Mercedes C63 AMG Performance Package (2008) review Price: £54,645 24 September 2008 by Ben Barry The Mercedes C63 AMG Performance Package costs £3210 and promises to turn the four-door saloon from Affalterbach into an M3 beater. For your money you get uprated brakes and suspension, a limited slip... Car Handling Performance Usability Feelgood Car ratings 4 out of 5 4 out of 5 4 out of 5 4 out of 5 4 out of 5 Read more ...
Vauxhall VXR8 facelift (2008) review Price: £35,695 17 September 2008 by Ben Barry It might have only been launched a year ago, but the Australian-built Vauxhall VXR8 has already been upgraded. The big news is the new LS3 engine. Seems the 6.0-litre V8 LS2 was a bit weedy at 411bhp... Car Handling Performance Usability Feelgood Car ratings 4 out of 5 3 out of 5 5 out of 5 5 out of 5 4 out of 5 Read more ...
BMW 335i facelift (2008) review Price: £33,660 16 September 2008 by Glen Waddington If you’ve already read what we’ve written about the revised 330d, you’ll know about the changes BMW has wrought on the 3-series. It looks a bit sharper, has a bit more presence, some new tech –... Car Handling Performance Usability Feelgood Car ratings 4 out of 5 5 out of 5 5 out of 5 4 out of 5 4 out of 5 Read more ...
BMW 330d (2008) facelift review Price: £30,930 02 September 2008 by Glen Waddington Since the current BMW 3-series was introduced it’s faced new competition from the Mercedes C-class and the Audi A4. BMW is fighting back with a revised version that benefits from refreshed looks and a... Car Handling Performance Usability Feelgood Car ratings 4 out of 5 5 out of 5 5 out of 5 4 out of 5 4 out of 5 Read more ...
Audi A4 2.0 TDI SE (2008) review Price: £23,600 09 July 2008 by Glen Waddington If you want an Audi A4 2.0 TDI there’s no way I’m going to be able to talk you into buying a Ford Mondeo, even though it’s cheaper and much more engaging to drive. If you want an Audi, you’re set on... Car Handling Performance Usability Feelgood Car ratings 3 out of 5 3 out of 5 4 out of 5 4 out of 5 3 out of 5 Read more ...
Peugeot 407 1.6 HDI (2008) review 07 July 2008 by Richard Aucock Peugeot doesn’t really do facelifts. Look at any model over the years, and there is rarely any mid-life new radicalism. But even by these standards, the ‘new’ 407 is hard to spot. New bumpers include... Car Handling Performance Usability Feelgood Car ratings 3 out of 5 4 out of 5 2 out of 5 3 out of 5 3 out of 5 Read more ...
Jaguar X-type 2.2D (2008) review Price: £23,950 01 July 2008 by Richard Aucock The X-type isn’t dead. It’s been given another facelift. Should we care? Well, while it can’t hold a candle to a 3-series or A4, it is now becoming the car it always should’ve been. This latest... Car Handling Performance Usability Feelgood Car ratings 3 out of 5 4 out of 5 3 out of 5 2 out of 5 3 out of 5 Read more ...
Citroen C5 Tourer 2.2 HDi Exclusive (2008) review Price: £22,495 30 June 2008 by Keith Adams The Citroen C5 has certainly attracted its fair share of attention recently thanks to that annoying advertising campaign. However, despite marketing that’s brimming with premium Teutonic rhetoric,... Car Handling Performance Usability Feelgood Car ratings 4 out of 5 3 out of 5 3 out of 5 4 out of 5 4 out of 5 Read more ...
Ssangyong Rodius 270 S (2008) review Price: £14,995 12 June 2008 by Richard Aucock The Rodius is a well established winner... In ugly car awards, that is. So let’s look at the method in the madness, instead. Yes, it’s huge – stretching to over five metres in length – and that yields... Car Handling Performance Usability Feelgood Car ratings 2 out of 5 2 out of 5 2 out of 5 4 out of 5 1 out of 5 Read more ...
Volvo S40 2.0D SE Powershift (2008) review Price: £20,570 10 June 2008 by Colin Overland Volvo has joined the twin-clutch brigade with the arrival of this, the S40 2.0D with the Powershift transmission option. Powershift is Ford and Volvo’s take on the DSG idea that came to the fore with... Car Handling Performance Usability Feelgood Car ratings 4 out of 5 3 out of 5 4 out of 5 4 out of 5 4 out of 5 Read more ...
VW Passat R36 (2008) review Price: £30,990 29 May 2008 by Ben Barry This is Volkswagen’s most powerful production Passat yet - the new R36, a car that trumps the last generation’s unloved W8 in the power stakes. Big deal, you might think, but bear with us. For £30,990... Car Handling Performance Usability Feelgood Car ratings 4 out of 5 4 out of 5 4 out of 5 5 out of 5 4 out of 5 Read more ...
Audi A4 3.0 TDI SE Quattro (2008) review Price: £29,500 20 May 2008 by Glen Waddington Pick the optimum combo for a compact exec and the Audi A4 3.0 TDI SE Quattro might spring to mind: V6 diesel grunt and smoothness, the handling promise of four-wheel drive, suave looks and finish and... Car Handling Performance Usability Feelgood Car ratings 4 out of 5 3 out of 5 4 out of 5 4 out of 5 4 out of 5 Read more ...
Skoda Superb 2.0 TDI Elegance (2008) review Price: £19,000 16 May 2008 by Ben Whitworth Skoda’s Superb flagship has always been a leftfield option among mainstream motorway fodder. It had two difficult names to overcome, generic Volkswagen-esque styling, a lot of hand-me-down componentry... Car Handling Performance Usability Feelgood Car ratings 4 out of 5 3 out of 5 3 out of 5 4 out of 5 4 out of 5 Read more ...
Chevrolet Epica 2.0D LS (2008) driven review Price: £14,595 15 May 2008 by Richard Aucock The Chevrolet Epica probably isn’t a car review you’ve been waiting for, but the real appeal lies in what dealers stick to the windscreen: £13,595. A typo? No, a price that buys you a base Epica. Car Handling Performance Usability Feelgood Car ratings 3 out of 5 3 out of 5 2 out of 5 4 out of 5 4 out of 5 Read more ...
BMW M3 saloon (2008) review Price: £49,415 22 April 2008 by Ben Barry The BMW M3 saloon has two more doors, weighs 25kg extra, features blander taillights and, at £49,415, costs £1415 less than its E92 coupe sibling. Anyone with an internet connection can work that out. Car Handling Performance Usability Feelgood Car ratings 5 out of 5 4 out of 5 5 out of 5 5 out of 5 5 out of 5 Read more ...
Honda Accord 2.2 i-DTEC (2008) review Price: £24,900 07 April 2008 by Steve Moody Honda’s European-spec Accord has never really succeeded. It’s always been a humdrum family saloon with a mainstream badge, but with premium pretensions. So what to do with the new Accord? Give it a... Car Handling Performance Usability Feelgood Car ratings 4 out of 5 3 out of 5 3 out of 5 4 out of 5 4 out of 5 Read more ...
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X GSR FQ-360 (2008) review Price: £37,999 01 April 2008 by Nick Trott So here it is: the full loony-tune(d) Evo X. We’ve wondered what this car would feel like since we drove the standard model late last year. The new Evo X is a fine car, but its chassis is almost... Car Handling Performance Usability Feelgood Car ratings 4 out of 5 5 out of 5 5 out of 5 4 out of 5 4 out of 5 Read more ...
Mitsubishi Lancer 2.0 DI-D GS4 (2008) review Price: £18,499 31 March 2008 by Nick Trott While the new Lancer Evo X hoovers up all the headlines, Mitsubishi’s ‘standard’ new Lancers are getting ignored. And it’s a pity because the diesel in particular is worth a closer look – and no we’re... Car Handling Performance Usability Feelgood Car ratings 3 out of 5 3 out of 5 3 out of 5 4 out of 5 3 out of 5 Read more ...
Saab 9-3 Turbo X (2008) and Aero XWD (2008) review Price: £32,495 25 February 2008 by Glen Waddington Saab's been a bit cash-starved for a while, so the 9-3 Turbo X is the first new product from GM's Swedish outpost for some time. Don't get too excited: it's not a brand new car. But its advanced... Car Handling Performance Usability Feelgood Car ratings 4 out of 5 4 out of 5 4 out of 5 3 out of 5 4 out of 5 Read more ...
Citroen C5 2.0 HDi (2008) review Price: £17,500 11 February 2008 by Georg Kacher Citroen caused a stir when it unveiled the new C5. This is a class where Renault admits to making the Laguna purposively conservative. Where Citroen’s sister company Peugeot makes the... Car Handling Performance Usability Feelgood Car ratings 4 out of 5 4 out of 5 4 out of 5 3 out of 5 4 out of 5 Read more ...