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BMW M5 (2012) long-term test review

Rated 4 out of 54

the CAR road test team, 22 February 2012 11:38

Back to summer rubber for our F10 BMW M5 - 22 February 2012 Not long after the snow melted, I took a gamble and switched the M5’s Pirelli Sottozero winter tyres back to the standard Michelin Pilot Super Sport 19s. The comments below generally urged me not to, but I wanted the car back to its best. The winter tyres ...

Skoda Superb Greenline Estate (2012) long-term test review

Rated 3.5 out of 53.5

the CAR road test team, 20 February 2012 09:30

Servicing our Superb – 20 February 2012  Hold the front page! After months of maintenance-free motoring the Skoda is asking for its first service.  Up until now I was under the impression that the car had its own band of spanner wielding Czech goblins that visited in the night. The car just runs. It needs no oil, unlike a previous 1.9 TDI Audi I ...

Mini Coupe Cooper SD (2012) long-term test review

Rated 3 out of 53

the CAR road test team, 17 February 2012 12:00

If you read my farewell to the Honda CR-Z you will know that despite its dinky size, it majored on slinky and sleek style, foot-flat feel-good factor and bleeding-edge technology. It was missed the moment the collection man from Honda drove it down my road and out of sight. So any replacement keen to receive the same level of adoration ...

Mercedes CLS250 CDI (2012) long-term test review

Rated 3 out of 53

Ben Oliver, 16 February 2012 09:00

Loving the minutiae – 16 February 2012 When we first test a car we focus on the big picture: dynamics, quality, the figures. But the more time you spend with a car, the more you focus on the minutiae. But it’s not a loss of perspective: plenty of you will have ignored all the big stuff and chosen a car because you ...

Hyundai Genesis 5.0 R (2012) CAR review

Rated 2.5 out of 52.5

Hyundai Genesis 5.0 R (2012) CAR review, 15 February 2012 09:00

In the UK, we still think of Hyundais as being cheap little runabouts and, really, that’s true – a large number were shifted during the scrappage incentive, and you rarely see anything bigger than an i30 on our roads. These days we are getting a taste of more upmarket, sportier things from the Korean maker, including the impressive i40 and, ...

Hyundai i30 1.6 CRDi (2012) CAR review

Rated 3.5 out of 53.5

Ben Pulman, 14 February 2012 13:00

This is the new Hyundai i30. And it was only in late 2007 that Hyundai launched the first i30, so the fact another one is already upon us rubbishes the industry standard of 6-7 year lifecycles. The first Hyundai i30 (along with its sister, the Kia Ceed) made us start taking the Korean brand seriously, and from ix35 to i40 ...

Volkswagen Touareg 3.0 TDI (2011) long-term test review

Rated 3 out of 53

the CAR road test team, 14 February 2012 09:15

Timing the VW Touaregs, old and new - 14 February 2012 Before Christmas I strapped the timing gear to our VW Touareg 3.0 TDI and recorded 0-60mph in a very respectable 6.9sec. It feels quick, too, its off-the-line punch meaning it’s actually a lot easier to thread through city traffic than you’d imagine, given its considerable size. But it’s not quite in the same ...

Infiniti M35h hybrid (2011) long-term test review

Rated 4 out of 54

the CAR road test team, 14 February 2012 09:00

Keeping warm in the Infiniti M35h – 15 February 2012 See that reading on the instrument cluster? It hit a brisk -6deg C last night as I drove home. It's at times like that when niceties like a heated steering wheel make sense. The Infiniti's helm gets nice and toasty which takes the edge off clammy cold leather in a jiffy. ...

Lexus LF-A Nürburgring (2012) CAR review

Rated 4.5 out of 54.5

Ben Barry, 13 February 2012 13:30

Back in June 2010, right in the middle of the Toyota unintended acceleration scare, Lexus LFA test driver Hiromu Naruse died when his LF-A Nürburgring ploughed into a 3-series carrying BMW engineers on the 410, one of the public roads outside the Nürburgring. Toyota sources say Naruse-san didn’t appear to have been wearing his seatbelt and appeared to have been ...

Seat Alhambra 2.0 TDI SE DSG (2012) long-term test review

Rated 4.5 out of 54.5

Stephen Worthy, 13 February 2012 10:52

Big Al proves to be a winter winner - 13 February 2012 While I was standing in the road trying not to knocked over by a bus the other morning – I was trying to juxtapose the 221 to Edgware with my Salsa Red Alhambra, see – I watched my next-door-neighbour-but-one waste 20 minutes of his time. It had snowed overnight ...

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