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Vauxhall VXR8 Tourer (2013) first official pictures

Rated 3.5 out of 53.5

Ollie Kew, 28 March 2013 10:50

This is Vauxhall's most powerful estate car ever: the VXR8 Tourer. Based on the Australian market's outgoing HSV Commodore R8 Tourer, the VXR8 uses a previous-gen Chevrolet Corvette V8 engine to lug along the biggest loadspace in its class. Is this the ultimate sub-£50k family car? Read on for the full spec... What are the Vauxhall VXR8 Tourer's vital stats? Power ...

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Vauxhall VXR8 Tourer (2013) first official pictures

Vauxhall VXR8 Tourer (2013) first official pictures

Rated 3.5 out of 53.5

Ollie Kew, 28 March 2013 10:50

This is Vauxhall's most powerful estate car ever: the VXR8 Tourer. Based on the Australian market's outgoing HSV Commodore R8 Tourer, the VXR8 uses a previous-gen Chevrolet Corvette V8 engine to lug along the biggest loadspace in its class. Is this the ultimate sub-£50k family car? Read on for the full spec... What are the Vauxhall VXR8 Tourer's vital stats? Power ...

Mercedes CLS63 AMG gets more power for 2013

Mercedes CLS63 AMG gets more power for 2013

Rated 3 out of 53

Ollie Kew, 10 January 2013 12:40

You wait for ages for a Mercedes four-door with supercar performance, and then two come along at once. Joining the facelifted E63 AMG saloon and estate unveiled this week are uprated versions of the CLS63 four-door coupe and Shooting Brake estate - packing a revised model range, and extra power. A straight engine swap for the 2013 Mercedes CLS63 AMG? That's right. Both ...

Audi RS6 Avant (2012) first pictures of new super-wagon

Audi RS6 Avant (2012) first pictures of new super-wagon

Rated 4 out of 54

Ollie Kew, 04 December 2012 23:01

In the battle of super-estate Top Trumps, Audi has just nicked the goalposts – in a suitably commodious family wagon. Despite boasting two fewer cylinders and 1200cc less than the old V10 RS6, the new RS6 Avant is even faster over the 0-62mph sprint, and will top out at over 190mph. Wow! A family estate that can out-accelerate a Porsche 911 ...

Mini Countryman updated – details of the 2013 facelift

Mini Countryman updated – details of the 2013 facelift

Rated 3 out of 53

Tim Pollard, 01 November 2012 09:44

Mini has given the Countryman baby SUV a mid-life facelift two years after launch. Key changes include a smarter interior, a range of new colours and cleaner engines. So what's new on the 2013 Mini Countryman? Blink and you might indeed miss the modestly upgraded Countryman faux-by-four. Most of the changes have been lavished inside the soft-roader's cabin: there are ...

Mercedes CLS Shooting Brake by Brabus (2012)

Mercedes CLS Shooting Brake by Brabus (2012)

Rated 3 out of 53

Ollie Kew, 09 October 2012 09:30

Mercedes tuning specialist Brabus has unveiled a raft of packages for the new CLS Shooting Brake. A range of tune-ups, body addenda, alloy wheel designs and sports exhaust packages are to be offered, but the real headline act is the 611bhp option for the flagship CLS63 AMG variant. It's not just a mad-cap power struggle though; Brabus offers a three-year/62,000-mile warranty ...

BMW 3-series Touring estate (2012) first official pictures

BMW 3-series Touring estate (2012) first official pictures

Rated 3.5 out of 53.5

Tim Pollard, 14 May 2012 09:37

BMW has unveiled the new 3-series Touring estate. It goes on sale on 22 September 2012 in UK dealers, priced from £26,180. Although not a big seller globally - it accounts for just 6% of 3-series sales globally - the Touring is popular in Britain, where it makes up 15% of all Three sales. We're the third biggest market, after Germany ...

Hyundai i30 Tourer estate (2012) first official pictures

Hyundai i30 Tourer estate (2012) first official pictures

Rated 2 out of 52

Tim Pollard, 23 February 2012 07:00

Hyundai is on a roll with its Tourer estates. Have you ogled the svelte-looking i40 wagon recently? Many at CAR have, and Mark Walton will in fact run one as his next long-termer. Today the Koreans unveil their next practical estate car: the new Hyundai i30 Tourer wagon. It's a polished, slick affair, judging by these first photographs issued ahead of its debut ...

Audi RS4 Avant (2012) first official pictures

Audi RS4 Avant (2012) first official pictures

Rated 2.5 out of 52.5

Ben Pulman, 15 February 2012 08:00

This is the Audi RS4 Avant, a 444bhp super-estate. It's the Mk3 RS4 Avant, and it will only be available as an Avant (the first RS4 was an estate-only twin-turbo V6, the second a brilliant V8-engined rival for the M3 and available in saloon and Avant guises). Important things first – how much space does the Audi RS4 Avant have for my ...

BMW Alpina B5 Bi-Turbo Touring (2011): first pictures

BMW Alpina B5 Bi-Turbo Touring (2011): first pictures

Rated 3 out of 53

Mark Hamilton, 24 February 2011 14:24

Alpina has released first details of the estate edition of its 5-series based B5 Bi-Turbo. The wannabe M5 Touring car will be officially unveiled at the 2011 Geneva motor show next week. B5 Bi-Turbo Touring: an M5 Touring by any other name... Alpina has been tuning BMWs for more than 40 years with the factory's blessing and increasingly close collaboration. Presaging the recent move ...

Choice of UK police cars massively slimmed down

Choice of UK police cars massively slimmed down

Rated 2.5 out of 52.5

Tim Pollard, 22 October 2010 11:03

Car enthusiasts will soon be able to relax a little after it was announced that the range of police cars approved for use in Britain is being slashed. Those backward glances in your mirror will now be a simpler mental process. This week’s Government spending review will purge many of the wilder police cars favoured by some constabularies, as they ...

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