http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/shared/handlers/rsshandler.ashx?N=4294780605+499+224&Ns=P_Publication_Date|1CAR Online | Reviews | Petrol | 5 RSS Feed(c) 2013, Bauer Media. All rights reserved.30This is the Jaguar F-type, in top-spec V8 S guise. Its supercharged V8 engine sends 488bhp to the rear wheels, giving the £75k F-type the performance of a £100k XKR-S. But can the F-type live up to the best sports...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Drives/Search-Results/First-drives/Jaguar-F-type-V8-S-2013-CAR-review/Wed, 17 Apr 2013 10:30:00 GMTReviewsThis is the 2013 Lamborghini Aventador Roadster. For almost £300k, you get a 691bhp V12, 217mph performance, and the most head-turning looks of any car this side of a Pagani Huayra. But is it a true driver's car underneath the...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Drives/Search-Results/First-drives/Lamborghini-Aventador-Roadster-2013-CAR-review/Fri, 12 Apr 2013 14:00:00 GMTReviewsThis is the Ford Fiesta ST, baby brother to the Focus ST and follow-up to the 2005-2008 ST. It costs from £16,995, putting it head-to-head with Renault’s new sub-£20k Clio RS and Peugeot’s new £18,895 208 GTI. What’s the tech...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Drives/Search-Results/First-drives/Ford-Fiesta-ST-2013-CAR-review/Thu, 28 Feb 2013 16:00:00 GMTReviewsThe new ‘981-generation’ Porsche Cayman S is 30kg lighter than the outgoing model, 5bhp more powerful, and boasts same the classy interior as its soft-top Boxster sibling. Is it still the £40-50k sports car benchmark? Porsche Cayman S: the spec...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Drives/Search-Results/First-drives/Porsche-Cayman-S-2013-CAR-review/Tue, 12 Feb 2013 12:30:00 GMTReviewsThis is the facelifted Mercedes E63 AMG, and inevitably it’s got more power than ever before. But now, thanks to four-wheel drive, it’s also got the hardware to deal with 577bhp and 590lb ft… Hang on! What’s all this nonsense...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Drives/Search-Results/First-drives/Mercedes-E63-AMG-S-4MATIC-2013-CAR-review/Wed, 06 Feb 2013 13:00:00 GMTReviewsWelcome to CAR's review of the Pagani Huayra supercar. Don't forget to check out Ben Barry's video review lower down the page, to see and hear that amazing bi-turbo V12 in action... You’ll know that the supercar world has changed...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Drives/Search-Results/First-drives/Pagani-Huayra-2013-CAR-review/Wed, 06 Feb 2013 09:01:00 GMTReviewsDriving the new 205mph Bentley Continental GT Speed around Thruxton, Britain’s fastest racetrack: now that’s a day out you look forward to. After all, this fastest-ever (roadgoing) twin turbocharged, W12 Bentley has 616bhp, up from 567bhp the standard W12. It...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Drives/Search-Results/First-drives/Bentley-Continental-GT-Speed-2013-review/Mon, 28 Jan 2013 10:24:00 GMTReviewsVolkswagen’s all-new, seventh-generation Golf went on UK sale on 7 January, with prices from £16,285. Is it worth your hard-earned cash? We’ve driven the 138bhp 1.4-litre petrol to find out. After 39 years and 29 million Golf sales, VW has...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Drives/Search-Results/First-drives/Volkswagen-Golf-14-TSI-2013-CAR-review/Wed, 16 Jan 2013 11:20:00 GMTReviewsAs ‘my’ 12C sparkles in the Spanish sunshine it’s at first difficult to establish that this is the Spider. Rivals from Lambo and Audi favour fabric roofs, but, like key competitor Ferrari, the team from Woking has opted for a...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Drives/Search-Results/First-drives/McLaren-12C-Spider-2012-CAR-review/Fri, 23 Nov 2012 12:15:00 GMTReviewsHere it is, then, CAR Magazine's long-awaited first drive review of the new Ferrari F12 Berlinetta, replacement for the 599. The F12 is an all-new car, but the basics remain familiar: a powerful, naturally aspirated V12 sits ahead of the driver, while...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Drives/Search-Results/First-drives/Ferrari-F12-Berlinetta-2012-CAR-Review2/Mon, 30 Jul 2012 10:22:00 GMTReviewsUnlike Volkswagen, who once wheeled out Le Mans 24 Hours legend Jackie Ickx as their new ambassador at a Jetta launch on the somewhat spurious basis that he, erm, keeps a Caravelle camper van at his home in South Africa,...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Drives/Search-Results/First-drives/Mercedes-Benz-SLS-Roadster-2012-CAR-review/Tue, 26 Jun 2012 11:24:00 GMTReviewsPolestar, the Swedish race team behind last year’s 450bhp C30 hatch, have turned their attention to the mild-mannered S60, changing it into a 500bhp M3 eater A 500bhp S60!? Is Volvo having a midlife crisis? If it is, it ought...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Drives/Search-Results/First-drives/Volvo-S60-Polestar-2012-first-drive/Thu, 21 Jun 2012 08:00:00 GMTReviewsThis is the Bugatti Veyron Vitesse. Or to give it its full name: the Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport Vitesse. It’s the ultimate Veyron, mixing the targa-roofed (and reinforced) body of the Grand Sport with the upgraded 1183bhp engine from...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Drives/Search-Results/First-drives/Bugatti-Veyron-164-Grand-Sport-Vitesse-2012-CAR-review/Fri, 15 Jun 2012 10:25:00 GMTReviewsWell, I’ve waited for what seems an eternity to get my hands on the Ferrari 458 Italia, and all I can say is, boy, was it worth it! Speed, agility, comfort, refinement, all-round usability and high-speed nonchalance… Other supercars will...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Drives/Search-Results/First-drives/Ferrari-458-Italia-2012-CAR-review/Wed, 30 May 2012 10:45:00 GMTReviewsThis is the Nissan GT-R Track Pack, a stripped-down, pumped-up Japanese coupe with designs on the 911 GT3. A GT-R GT3? Isn’t what the Spec V was all about. The GT-R Spec V was certainly the hardcore GT-R, but it was...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Drives/Search-Results/First-drives/Nissan-GTR-track-pack/Thu, 24 May 2012 09:59:00 GMTReviewsAfter a few years on the naturally-aspirated temperance wagon, the AMG-fettled SL V8 is back on the boost, with a downsized twin-turbo engine and all-new aluminium clothes. Read on for CAR Magazine's first drive review of the new 2012 Merc...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Drives/Search-Results/First-drives/Mercedes-SL63-AMG-2012-CAR-review/Wed, 09 May 2012 11:44:00 GMTReviewsLotus 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 –...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Drives/Search-Results/First-drives/Lotus-Exige-S-2012-CAR-review/Wed, 25 Apr 2012 01:01:00 GMTReviewsThere’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...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Drives/Search-Results/First-drives/Caterham-SP300R-2012-CAR-review-first-drive/Thu, 12 Apr 2012 15:41:00 GMTReviewsThis is the all-new Porsche Boxster, the third generation of Porsche’s mid-engined drop-top. Just like its big brother, the 991-gen Porsche 911, there are big changes afoot: a new aluminium/steel hybrid bodyshell, significantly tweaked vital stats, a base engine that...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Drives/Search-Results/First-drives/Porsche-Boxster-S-2012-CAR-review/Fri, 09 Mar 2012 07:00:00 GMTReviewsBack 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...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Drives/Search-Results/First-drives/Lexus-LFA-Nurburgring-2012-CAR-review/Mon, 13 Feb 2012 13:30:00 GMTReviewsThis is the Mercedes C63 AMG Coupe Black Series, a £100k rival for Porsche’s 911 GT3, Maserati’s MC Stradale and BMW’s M3 GTS. The C63 Black has a more powerful 6.2-litre V8, unique motorsport-inspired suspension, and that Black Series badge...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Drives/Search-Results/First-drives/Mercedes-C63-AMG-Coupe-Black-Series-2012-CAR-review/Wed, 04 Jan 2012 07:00:00 GMTReviewsA new BMW 3-series is a big deal. The default sports saloon accounts for one third of BMW’s sales so the Munich firm can’t afford to get it wrong. Read on for CAR's first drive review of the new BMW...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Drives/Search-Results/First-drives/BMW-320d-SE-2012-CAR-review/Thu, 22 Dec 2011 09:54:00 GMTReviewsIn an age when Clios and Minis have 200bhp, Golfs and Meganes sport 250bhp, and the hottest A3 and 1-series offer up over 300bhp, Suzuki’s new Mk2 Swift Sport is a breath of (modest) fresh air. The four-cylinder engine remains...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Drives/Search-Results/First-drives/Suzuki-Swift-Sport-2011-CAR-review/Mon, 21 Nov 2011 10:27:00 GMTReviewsEither this is the moment you’ve been waiting for since the first 991-spec Porsche 911 prototypes were spotted testing on the road back in 2008, or you should look away now as we drive the first of many iterations of...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Drives/Search-Results/First-drives/Porsche-911-Carrera-S-2012-CAR-review/Mon, 21 Nov 2011 09:23:00 GMTReviewsCan you spot the difference? No? Come on, look really closely. In fact don’t bother, because although this is a thoroughly revised 2012 model year Nissan GT-R, it looks absolutely identical to the 2011 model. So the Nissan GT-R is...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Drives/Search-Results/First-drives/Nissan-GT-R-2012-CAR-review/Mon, 07 Nov 2011 12:20:00 GMTReviewsThis is Audi’s R8 GT Spyder, and you can think of it in one of two ways: it’s a drop-top version of the R8 GT, itself a lighter and more powerful version of the already sublime R8 V10 supercar; or...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Drives/Search-Results/First-drives/Audi-R8-GT-Spyder-2011-CAR-review/Thu, 20 Oct 2011 15:30:00 GMTReviewsThis is the Ariel Atom Mugen. With a little help from Northamptonshire-based Mugen Euro (the European arm of Mugen, Honda’s favoured tuning partner) ten of these £50k Atoms are being built to celebrate the skeletal track car's tenth birthday. There's...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Drives/Search-Results/First-drives/Ariel-Atom-Mugen-2011-CAR-review/Tue, 18 Oct 2011 13:45:00 GMTReviewsCAR has driven the new Ferrari 458 Spider for a special 12-page feature in the new November 2011 issue of CAR out on 19 October. Read on for our first drive review of the new 458 Spider supercar - and...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Drives/Search-Results/First-drives/Ferrari-458-Italia-Spider-2011-CAR-review/Wed, 05 Oct 2011 13:50:00 GMTReviewsThe new October 2011 issue of CAR Magazine stars the new F10-era BMW M5 on the cover - and we gathered together the greatest M cars ever made to find out where the new 2011 M5 fits in the canon. Don't...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Drives/Search-Results/First-drives/BMW-M5-2012-CAR-review/Mon, 03 Oct 2011 11:32:00 GMTReviewsGot £20k? Then this lovely Caterham Seven Supersport can be yours. Okay, it’ll be yours as a pile of bits – it’s £19,995 in kit form, but £22,995 fully built – but a Caterham fanatic might describe it as a bargain....http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Drives/Search-Results/First-drives/Caterham-Seven-Supersport-2011-CAR-review/Thu, 11 Aug 2011 11:45:00 GMTReviewsThe Edition 35 is Volkswagen’s way of celebrating 35 years of the Golf GTi – it wasn’t the first hot hatch, but it was the first that actually mattered. But as anniversary presents go, is it a diamond ring, or...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Drives/Search-Results/First-drives/VW-Golf-GTI-35-2011-CAR-review/Wed, 13 Jul 2011 10:00:00 GMTReviewsRenault’s new Megane RS 265 Trophy recently smashed the Nurburgring lap record for front-wheel drive cars. But does that translate into more on-road fun? Read on for our first drive of the new Renaultsport Megane 265 Trophy to find out......http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Drives/Search-Results/First-drives/Renault-Megane-Renaultsport-265/Mon, 11 Jul 2011 13:00:00 GMTReviewsThis is the new Mercedes E63 AMG, the hottest Mercedes E-class. It looks the same, but those 'V8 biturbo' badges on the front wings give the game away: the old naturally aspirated 6.2-litre V8 has given way to a new...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Drives/Search-Results/First-drives/Mercedes-Benz-E63-AMG-2011-CAR-review/Fri, 08 Jul 2011 18:00:00 GMTReviewsIf you’re one of those people who think that Porsche should have given up on the 911 formula years ago – despite the gazillions of race victories and countless great road iterations that prove you’re wrong – then the GT3...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Drives/Search-Results/First-drives/Porsche-911-GT3-RS-40-CAR-review2/Fri, 01 Jul 2011 10:42:00 GMTReviewsWhen we discovered that Firebox, the gadgets and gifts company, was offering an exact recreation of the original 1966 Batmobile – made to order in America and imported as a £120,000, range-topping indulgence – we were interested. Then we found...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Drives/Search-Results/First-drives/Batmobile-replica-2011-CAR-review/Wed, 15 Jun 2011 12:00:00 GMTReviewsThe new XKR-S is Jag’s hottest XK yet, a 542bhp beast based on last year’s 75 anniversary special but with even more power. And this time it's got mouth as well as trousers. The front end of the XKR-S features...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Drives/Search-Results/First-drives/Jaguar-XKR-S-2011-CAR-review/Wed, 01 Jun 2011 01:01:00 GMTReviewsLamborghini’s new 691bhp/219mph/£247k Aventador supercar might look like a facelifted Murcielago, but it’s a radically different beast under the skin – and on the road. So what’s new on the new Lamborghini Aventador? The lot. The old Murcielago had some composite body...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Drives/Search-Results/First-drives/Lamborghini-Aventador-supercar-2011-CAR-review/Wed, 04 May 2011 18:30:00 GMTReviewsThis is the race version of Audi's R8 V10 and R8 GT supercars, the R8 LMS. Audi scooped a load of silverware in 2009 with these cars and added a class win in the Nurburging 24hrs covered in Phoenix Racing livery. For...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Drives/Search-Results/First-drives/Audi-R8-GT3-2011-CAR-Review/Tue, 26 Apr 2011 12:05:00 GMTReviewsLet me declare an interest. I have a serious fixation with the Porsche Cayman. Forget your 911s or supercars – the Cayman is what I trot out when I’m often asked what is my dream car. I just struggle to...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Drives/Search-Results/First-drives/Porsche-Cayman-R-2011-CAR-review2/Fri, 15 Apr 2011 08:00:00 GMTReviewsBentley’s Continental Supersports Convertible takes the flex-fuel, high-performance Supersports specification and applies it to that sun-loving celebrity’s favourite, the Continental GTC convertible. Does the Bentley Continental Supersports Convertible retain the performance and dynamics gains of the coupe, or is this...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Drives/Search-Results/First-drives/Bentley-Continental-Supersports-Convertible-2011-CAR-review/Thu, 14 Apr 2011 10:00:00 GMTReviewsThe Citroen DS3 Racing is a turbocharged 204bhp hot hatch that finally represents a road-going performance car link to Citroen's dominant World Rally Championship team. The Citroen DS3 Racing's WRC cousin is a safe bet for the 2011 WRC championship in the...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Drives/Search-Results/First-drives/Citroen-DS3-Racing-2011-CAR-review/Mon, 11 Apr 2011 14:00:00 GMTReviewsObscure supercars come and go, each proclaiming to be faster than the Bugatti Veyron. Five years after driving the original Veyron, it's time to try this final evolution of the species, the Super Sport, a car that should secure Bugatti...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Drives/Search-Results/First-drives/Bugatti-Veyron-164-Super-Sport-2010-CAR-review/Thu, 17 Mar 2011 14:00:00 GMTReviewsThis is a new Aston Martin and it revives the Virage name. Fortunately it looks nothing like the old Virage, but some will be disappointed that it looks very much the DB9 on which it’s based (which means it also...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Drives/Search-Results/First-drives/Aston-Martin-Virage-2011-CAR-review/Mon, 14 Mar 2011 12:00:00 GMTReviewsCAR's just driven the new Porsche Cayman R, the third addition to Porsche’s mid-engined coupe range to sit above the Cayman and Cayman S. There’s a whole host of weight-saving measures (some welcome, some not), more power, and a serious set...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Drives/Search-Results/First-drives/Porsche-Cayman-R-2011-CAR-review/Thu, 24 Feb 2011 13:00:00 GMTReviewsThis is the new Mercedes CLS63 AMG, Merc’s hotrod version of its ‘four-door coupe’. Think of its as a sleeker, more stylish version of the E63 AMG, only that this new Mercedes CLS63 doesn’t utilise its siblings naturally aspirated 6.2-litre...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Drives/Search-Results/First-drives/Mercedes-CLS63-AMG-2011-CAR-review/Wed, 16 Feb 2011 09:59:00 GMTReviewsSeventeen years after the iconic McLaren F1 made every other supercar redundant, McLaren is back with a new car: the long-awaited McLaren MP4-12C. Here’s a taste of what it’s like, but for our full review get yourself a copy of the March...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Drives/Search-Results/First-drives/McLaren-MP4-12C-supercar-CAR-review-2011/Mon, 14 Feb 2011 00:01:00 GMTReviewsThis is the (deep breath) Lamborghini Gallardo LP570-4 Spyder Performante. Think of it as a drop-top version of the Gallardo Superleggera, with the same weight-saving measures and the same 562bhp V10 engine. And with the Murcielago now dead, it’s the...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Drives/Search-Results/First-drives/Lamborghini-Gallardo-LP570-4-Spyder-Performante-2010-CAR-review/Mon, 27 Dec 2010 09:00:00 GMTReviewsThis is the Porsche 911 GT2 RS, not just the most powerful 911 that Porsche has ever built, but also the company's most powerful road car period. It has 611bhp from its twin-turbocharged 3.6-litre flat six, and for the facelifted...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Drives/Search-Results/First-drives/Porsche-911-GT2-RS-2010-CAR-review-/Wed, 22 Dec 2010 09:00:00 GMTReviewsThis is the Porsche 911 Carrera GTS, and it has the potential to be the best all-round 911 yet. An engine upgrade boosts power and torque; it uses the more seductive wide body from the four-wheel drive models; and features...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Drives/Search-Results/First-drives/Porsche-911-Carrera-GTS-2010-CAR-review/Fri, 19 Nov 2010 17:30:00 GMTReviewsThis is the Audi R8 GT, a lighter, more powerful (and thus faster) version of Ingolstadt’s finest supercar. Think of the GT as a Superleggera version of the R8, a car to take on the likes of the GT3 RS,...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Drives/Search-Results/First-drives/Audi-R8-GT-2010-CAR-review/Fri, 12 Nov 2010 13:00:00 GMTReviews