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Ford Focus 1.0-litre Ecoboost (2012) CAR review

Ford Focus 1.0-litre Ecoboost (2012) CAR review

Rated 4.5 out of 54.5

Phil McNamara, 10 February 2012 12:15

A Ford Focus with a 1.0-litre engine! Isn’t that like getting Charles Hawtrey to compete for World’s Strongest Man, or sending Samson into battle after a crewcut? In one of the most extreme downsizing examples yet, Ford has plumbed an all-new, turbocharged three-cylinder petrol engine into its family hatch, all 1270 kilos of it in previously lightest trim. The 1.0-litre ...

Saab 9-5 2.0 TTiD Aero (2011) long-term test review

Saab 9-5 2.0 TTiD Aero (2011) long-term test review

Rated 3.5 out of 53.5

the CAR road test team, 09 February 2012 10:00

Spoilt for choice - 8 February 2012 When a bloke who works for a car mag says he’s ‘between long-term test cars’ it’s usually like when an actor says he’s ‘resting’ – ie, nothing doing. But mine is the opposite problem – my Saab hasn’t been collected yet and our Jaguar XF has been passed to me for safekeeping. This ...

Nissan Leaf EV (2011) long-term test review

Nissan Leaf EV (2011) long-term test review

Rated 3 out of 53

the CAR road test team, 08 February 2012 14:00

Nissan Leaf vs VW e-Up – 8 February 2012  Nissan might have been first to launch a mass-produced electric vehicle (it’s my Leaf, if you’re wondering) but the almighty Volkswagen Group is readying its own EVs. In 2013 electric versions of the Golf and Up will go on sale, and I tested a prototype of the latter in Germany last week; the ...

Jaguar XKR-S Convertible (2012) CAR review

Jaguar XKR-S Convertible (2012) CAR review

Rated 4 out of 54

Chris Chilton, 08 February 2012 10:00

This is the Jaguar XKR-S Convertible, a 542bhp drop-top with a £100,000-plus price. A Jaguar XKR-S Convertible? Sounds a bit wrong to me. Can you imagine Porsche doing a GT3 cabrio? No, but then the XKR-S coupe and GT3 are very different cars, whatever the Jag’s fighty face and mighty figures suggest. The Porsche is, was and always will be, a trackday ...

BMW M5 (2012) long-term test review

BMW M5 (2012) long-term test review

Rated 4 out of 54

the CAR road test team, 07 February 2012 07:55

Winter tyres on our BMW M5 - 7 February 2012 Watch just about any news update on the travel chaos caused by snow in the UK and the chances are you’ll see a BMW sitting there spinning its rear tyres and slithering across the carriageway. But my M5 long-termer has been fitted with 19-inch Pirelli Sottozero winter tyres, so I ...

Audi A1 1.6 TDI S-line (2011) long-term test review

Audi A1 1.6 TDI S-line (2011) long-term test review

Rated 4 out of 54

Sarah-Jayne Harrison, 06 February 2012 09:40

Rear headroom in the Audi A1, or lack of it - 6 February 2012 The A1 has a lovely sleek design and is a good-looking supermini. On that, we all agree. However it does possess one small flaw in its design - namely rear headroom. Not a problem for me, if I were to ever sit in the back seats, but my ...

Infiniti M35h hybrid (2011) long-term test review

Infiniti M35h hybrid (2011) long-term test review

Rated 4 out of 54

the CAR road test team, 02 February 2012 20:32

Winter tyres for our Infiniti M35h hybrid - 2 February 2012 You might have seen in the new February 2012 issue of CAR Magazine that we succumbed to the winter tyre craze for our M. There's still only a handful of Infiniti dealerships in the UK (another five open up this year) so we were directed to the Infiniti Centre in ...

VW Up 5dr (2012) CAR review

VW Up 5dr (2012) CAR review

Rated 2 out of 52

Ben Pulman, 02 February 2012 10:00

This is the Volkswagen Up, a little city car we’ve been excited about ever since the first rear-engined and rear-wheel drive concept was unveiled in 2007. Alas a layout akin to the original people’s car (the Beetle) proved too expensive to develop in the 21st century, so the production car is standard urban runabout fare – i.e. front-engined and front-wheel ...

BMW ActiveHybrid 5 (2012) CAR review

BMW ActiveHybrid 5 (2012) CAR review

Rated 3 out of 53

Ben Pulman, 01 February 2012 10:45

This is the new 2012 BMW ActiveHybrid 5. And if you haven’t guessed already, that means it’s a hybrid version of BMW’s 5-series executive saloon. Essentially it’s an electrified 535i, and rather idiosyncratically the addition of 150kg of extra weight has supposedly improved fuel consumption and emissions by a double-digit percentage. It’s simpler than the defunct twin electric motor BMW X6 ...

Honda CR-Z (2011) long-term test review

Honda CR-Z (2011) long-term test review

Rated 3 out of 53

Ben Whitworth, 31 January 2012 10:20

Goodbye to our Honda CR-Z – 31 January 2012 The departure of a long-term car is an odd experience. I rarely grow attached to the car as a true owner would, but tend to view them with a rather detached eye as something to be constantly evaluated and judged. The Honda was different. I really gelled with this car during the ...

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