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Vauxhall Astra GTE: Ben Barry on his first hot hatch

4.5

Ben Barry, 18 June 2012 11:12

Last year, my parents’ home caught fire. No-one died or anything, and the fire brigade caught the blaze before the whole place burned down, but there was some pretty significant damage, so my folks took the decision to gut the house and start again. This was a significant event for me, because I’d lived in that house since 1976 and, ...

Vauxhall Astra VXR (2012) CAR review

Ben Barry, 11 June 2012 12:00

There are some pretty serious operators in the hot-hatch business right now, and this is Vauxhall’s answer: the new 2012 Astra VXR. It’s based on the extremely good Astra GTC, but ups the ante considerably with 276bhp and 295lb ft torque. More details of the 2012 Vauxhall Astra VXR, please… The VXR uses an all-alloy – the outgoing car had ...

Ford Focus ST (2012) CAR review

2.5

Ben Barry, 11 June 2012 00:01

This is the new 2012 Ford Focus ST. It’s Ford’s rival for the Golf GTI, but the blue oval hot hatch undercuts its equivalent key rival from Wolfsburg by over £4k. It also outpunches the GTI in the power and torque stakes, the ST’s 247bhp and 250lb ft being considerably ahead of the GTI’s 207bhp and 206lb ft. Ah yes, ...

Road rage and me: a personal view

Ben Barry, 16 May 2012 07:00

Some people will scoff at this, but I like to think of myself as a fair and considerate driver: I don’t undertake people, I don’t tailgate (okay, I sometimes give dodderers a gentle push out of the fast lane, and there’s another caveat below, but bear with me), I stick to my urban speed limits, and on motorways and dual ...

Driving the classics: Lotus Cortina (1965) CAR review

3.5

Ben Barry, 08 May 2012 13:31

We deal with new cars here at CAR Online, but every now and again an oldie captures our attention and we just have to go and drive it. The Mk1 1965 Lotus Cortina you see here ticks that box, especially within the current context and the recent drama at Hethel. I’ve known Paul Wankle from Classic Cars Ltd in Pleasanton, ...

The demise of lollipop ladies and what's replacing them

Ben Barry, 25 April 2012 11:37

Just round the corner from where I live, a lollipop lady used to turn out every morning and every afternoon to dodge speeders and shepherd primary-school children across the road. Then, a little while ago, she disappeared. I don’t mean she’s a missing person or anything bad like that, but our 30mph zone became a lollipop-lady-free zone overnight. For a ...

Lotus Exige S (2012) CAR review

Ben Barry, 25 April 2012 00:01

Lotus stopped building the four-cylinder Exige a little while back, but the name returns with this, the new 2012 Exige S. It uses the old Exige’s basic tub and centre section, but combines it with new front bodywork and – the big news – a supercharged V6 from the Evora S that’s shrouded in all-new rear bodywork. What does the ...

Audi S6 Quattro (2012) CAR review

Ben Barry, 18 April 2012 09:39

This is the new S6 Quattro saloon, Audi’s rival to the BMW 550i and Jaguar XF V8. It costs £53,995, comes only with Quattro all-wheel drive and a seven-speed dual-clutch gearbox, and serves up 414bhp and 406lb ft. That’s a V10 under the 2012 Audi S6's bonnet, isn’t it? No. The previous Audi S6 did come with a V10, but ...

CAR interviews Dany Bahar on the crisis at Lotus (2012)

4.5

Ben Barry, 17 April 2012 14:41

CAR yesterday sat down with Dany Bahar, the chief executive officer of Lotus Cars, to discuss the company's financial situation. He talked about the recent takeover of parent company Proton by DRB-Hicom and what it means for Lotus, the financial performance of Hethel and the latest on plans to launch the new Esprit supercar and all the other new Lotuses in ...

Caterham SP300R (2012) CAR review

Ben Barry, 12 April 2012 14:41

There’s very little that’s more exhilarating than an R500, Caterham’s top-of-the-range 7; it wraps 263bhp and a 2.8sec 0-60mph time in a package that weighs little more than your basic coffin. But what next? What if you’ve simply acclimatised to being fired around a racetrack like a rocket on a rollerskate? You might want to try this: the Caterham SP300R. ...

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