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Ford Focus RS (2009) first ride

Rated 4 out of 5

Ben Barry, 09 January 2009 00:01

CAR has been lucky enough to bag the first passenger ride in the new 2009 Ford Focus RS with Jost Capito, the man responsible for Ford Europe’s fastest-ever production car. We experienced the car at high speeds in an ideal mix of typically British conditions – dry, damp, even icy – to analyse how a front-wheel drive car with 301bhp ...

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Lancia Beta Monte Carlo reader review

Rated 3.5 out of 5

Pagani1zonda, 07 January 2009 13:55

CAR Online reader Pagani1zonda takes a trip down memory lane in a 1976 Lancia Beta Monte Carlo. Read about his first drive from Perranporth to Playing in a classic Pininfarina design... My favourite garage was called Lancia Playing Place situated on the main A39 road from Truro to Falmouth in Cornwall. One day in 1976 I was driven from Perranporth ...

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BMW M3 (E36) long-term test review

Rated 4.5 out of 5

the CAR road test team, 05 January 2009 11:00

Long-term test hello - 1 January 2009 We get a lot of nice cars to drive here at CAR, yet still I hold onto to my ageing, slightly battle-scarred E36 BMW M3. Seems there’s no substitute for being able to thrash your own car absolutely senseless. And this car does love to be thrashed. I bought it back in 2001 ...

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Jaguar XF 2.7 D long-term test review

Rated 3.5 out of 5

the CAR road test team, 29 December 2008 13:30

Long-term test update – 29 December 2008 If you’ve seen the new January 2009 issue of CAR Magazine, you’ll see that we’ve shot our XF side-by-side with an original 1966 S-type. It reminded me how far Jaguars have come in the intervening 42 years: the XF is as modern as the S-type is period, but very much the right design direction ...

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Audi Allroad 3.0 TDI long-term test review

Rated 4 out of 5

the CAR road test team, 29 December 2008 09:30

Long term update - 29 December 2008 Yes, it really did fit. Even I was amazed when the Allroad swallowed the 6ft fridge freezer I’d bought second-hand when we moved house recently, saving me the hassle and expense of hiring a van. I wondered if the sloping rear window might cause trouble but all I needed to do was jiggle the front ...

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Mini Cooper S long-term test goodbye

Rated 4 out of 5

the CAR road test team, 11 December 2008 10:00

Long-term test goodbye – 11 December 2008 Our Mini Cooper S has gone back after a year’s motoring on the CAR fleet. It’ll be sorely missed and I maintain I’d rather have a Cooper S than any other hot hatch. Yes, a Renaultsport Clio might fly around corners with a smidge more attitude and a 500 Abarth might pack even more pizzazz ...

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McLaren P11 spyshots

Rated 0 out of 5

Gus Turney, 29 November 2008 07:00

Glad you liked the first set of spyshots of the P11. Here are three more. Apologies for the quality,as these are stills from the video posted on YouTube.Regards Gus.    

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Caterham Seven Superlight 150 long-term test

Rated 4 out of 5

the CAR road test team, 31 October 2008 11:45

Long term test update – 31 October 2008.  With the days getting darker and the nights longer, I took full advantage of last weekend and washed my Caterham. For me this was a big event – I can’t remember the last time I cleaned a long-term car. But the sun was shining so I went and bought some cheap car ...

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Ferrari California: real-time CAR review blog

Rated 4 out of 5

Chris Chilton, 15 October 2008 17:03

Bit of a CAR Online experiment here. We're driving the new Ferrari California today and attempting what, as far as we're aware, is the first real-time review of the Cali on the internet. Road test editor Chris Chilton has filed his thoughts electronically from the launch in Sicily to CAR HQ where we've updated this blog minute by minute with ...

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Mercedes-Benz C320 CDI long-term test review

Rated 3.5 out of 5

the CAR road test team, 07 October 2008 09:30

Long-term test report - 7 October 2008. So my Mercedes C-class has gone – and I will miss it like few other long-term cars. The C320 CDI really got under my skin. Its presence, its power and its ability to elevate any journey to a special event sucker-punched me a week after its arrival and my captivation grew with every passing ...

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