Mercedes SLK350 (2008) review Price: £36,000 06 February 2008 by Nick Trott After 185,000 sales of the second-generation SLK (and 310,000 of the first), Mercedes-Benz has given its little sportster a raft of enhancements, improvements and other things ending in ‘ments’ . It... 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 ...
Audi RS6 Avant (2008) review Price: £77,625 29 January 2008 by Ben Barry Another performance car for the mid-life crisis, then? Harsh. The Audi RS6 carries on what the original car started back in 2002: it’s an all-wheel drive large family car – the estate goes on sale... Car Handling Performance Usability Feelgood Car ratings 4 out of 5 4 out of 5 5 out of 5 5 out of 5 5 out of 5 Read more ...
VW Golf 1.4 TSI 7spd DSG (2008) review Price: £15,982 28 January 2008 by Jesse Crosse If you subscribe to the theory that more is better, then you’ll like this. VW has just announced the latest version of its groundbreaking DSG dual-clutch gearbox with seven gears instead of six. It’s... Car Handling Performance Usability Feelgood Car ratings 4 out of 5 4 out of 5 3 out of 5 4 out of 5 5 out of 5 Read more ...
Hyundai i10 (2008) review Price: £6,499 18 January 2008 by John Sootheran We’re not expecting to see Hyundai’s i10 in the UK for a month or two, so CAR Online went all the way to India to test drive Korea’s latest progeny. ‘Best place for them,’ I hear many of you cry – but... Car Handling Performance Usability Feelgood Car ratings 4 out of 5 3 out of 5 3 out of 5 3 out of 5 4 out of 5 Read more ...
Lotus Elise SC (2008) review Price: £32,550 10 January 2008 by the CAR road test team We’ve been subjected to some rather tenuous special edition Elises in the past, but this is a bit different. The fastest, most powerful production version of Lotus’s baby sports car yet, it’s... Car Handling Performance Usability Feelgood Car ratings 4 out of 5 5 out of 5 5 out of 5 2 out of 5 5 out of 5 Read more ...
Mercedes C180 SE (2008) review Price: £22,937 07 January 2008 by Glen Waddington Four cylinders? A manual gearbox? Not traditionally attractive territory for a Mercedes, especially if you’re talking petrol rather than diesel. But Mercedes hopes you’ll go for this car rather than... 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 ...
Renault Grand Modus 1.2 TCE 100 (2007) review Price: £11,850 14 December 2007 by Peter Burgess You have to hand it to Renault. After the success of the original Espace, it didn’t sit on its laurels. The Scenic that followed had an even greater impact and had the kudos of being a truly original... 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 ...
Jaguar XF SV8 (2007) review Price: £54,900 14 December 2007 by the CAR road test team Today we reveal our first driving impressions of Jaguar’s replacement for the S-type and its answer to BMW’s big selling 5-series. Roomier, better built and better equipped than before it also... Car Handling Performance Usability Feelgood Car ratings 5 out of 5 5 out of 5 4 out of 5 4 out of 5 5 out of 5 Read more ...
Infiniti G37 S Coupe (2007) (European drive) review Price: £31,000 11 December 2007 by the CAR road test team Who are they trying to kid? Will Europeans really consider a premium car built by Nissan? Infiniti arrives in Europe in 2008 and we’re first to drive the new G37 Coupe to find out if it cuts the... Car Handling Performance Usability Feelgood Car ratings 4 out of 5 4 out of 5 4 out of 5 2 out of 5 4 out of 5 Read more ...
Lotus Exige S Performance Pack (2007) review Price: £37,550 04 December 2007 by the CAR road test team What? Another new Exige? Yes indeed, but don’t be expecting anything too groundbreaking: this is evolution over revolution. Essentially we’re talking 2008 model year changes here and the addition of... Car Handling Performance Usability Feelgood Car ratings 4 out of 5 5 out of 5 5 out of 5 2 out of 5 4 out of 5 Read more ...
Lamborghini Reventon (2007) review 04 December 2007 by the CAR road test team You’re driving Darth Vader’s car! Yes, Lamborghini’s outrageous Reventon is unlike anything else we’ve seen. Unveiled at the Frankfurt Motor Show last month, the Reventon is about the meanest, baddest... Car Handling Performance Usability Feelgood Car ratings 4 out of 5 5 out of 5 5 out of 5 3 out of 5 5 out of 5 Read more ...
Kia Picanto 1.1 Ice (2007) review Price: £6,995 04 December 2007 by the CAR road test team Hmm. It looks a bit better than the old car It does, doesn’t it? Out goes the old cat’s arse grille, to be replaced with something altogether neater. There are new bumpers front and rear, a new... Car Handling Performance Usability Feelgood Car ratings 2 out of 5 2 out of 5 2 out of 5 2 out of 5 2 out of 5 Read more ...
Nissan GT-R (2008) review Price: £65,000 04 December 2007 by Gavin Green Nissan GT-R. Finally, the full-blown road test… Yes, after all the hype, the teaser images, the passenger rides and interviews, we’ve finally been let loose in the Nissan GT-R, one of the most... Car Handling Performance Usability Feelgood Car ratings 5 out of 5 5 out of 5 5 out of 5 4 out of 5 5 out of 5 Read more ...
Ford Mustang Bullitt (2007) review Price: £31,075 12 November 2007 by Chris Chilton Mr Bullitt, we’ve been expecting you It was inevitable. You can’t build a retro version of America’s favourite sporty car and then ignore the fortieth anniversary of its starring appearance in... Car Handling Performance Usability Feelgood Car ratings 4 out of 5 4 out of 5 4 out of 5 3 out of 5 5 out of 5 Read more ...
Porsche Cayenne GTS (2007) review Price: £54,000 12 November 2007 by Steve Bennett Cayenne GTS? What’s that then? It’s a more sports-biased version of Porsche’s SUV supercar that seems to wind up just about everyone with an opinion, yet sells jolly nicely. Porsche also justifies the... Car Handling Performance Usability Feelgood Car ratings 4 out of 5 5 out of 5 4 out of 5 3 out of 5 3 out of 5 Read more ...
Maserati Quattroporte Sport GT S (2007) review Price: £86,400 12 November 2007 by Richard Aucock Maserati model names confuse me. What’s this Sport GT S all about? According to chief engineer Paul Fickers, it’s the car the Quattroporte always should have been. There are six Quattroporte variants... Car Handling Performance Usability Feelgood Car ratings 4 out of 5 4 out of 5 4 out of 5 4 out of 5 5 out of 5 Read more ...
Subaru Impreza WRX STi review Price: £24,995 09 November 2007 by Ben Oliver Please, please tell me the WRX STi is more impressive than the standard Impreza... It is, though the naturally aspirated 2.0-litre Scooby isn’t without merit. It provides a decent base for the WRX... 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 ...
Cadillac CTS 3.6 V6 (2007) review Price: £28,000 07 November 2007 by Richard Aucock What’s this? A Cadillac I like the look of? What’s going on? Strange things indeed. Oh-so-US Cadillac has long spoken of being a BMW alternative, offering look-at-me impact for less shy and retiring... 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 ...
BMW 330d M-Sport (2007) review Price: £33,095 06 November 2007 by Steve Prentice Admit it, it’s an oil-burner in a sports jacket … why fool yourself? Who said diesels can’t be nippy? You’ve not noticed a diesel’s won Le Mans? This 330d is an unashamedly rapid thing. With 231bhp... Car Handling Performance Usability Feelgood Car ratings 4 out of 5 4 out of 5 5 out of 5 4 out of 5 4 out of 5 Read more ...
Mazda 2 1.3 TS2 (2007) review Price: £9,999 06 November 2007 by David Motton Hmm, a new Mazda 2. The old car was pretty dull, wasn’t it? Yes, but the new 2 is different. Out goes the frumpy, MPV-like styling of the previous model to be replaced by something altogether more... Car Handling Performance Usability Feelgood Car ratings 4 out of 5 4 out of 5 3 out of 5 4 out of 5 4 out of 5 Read more ...