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Audi Q8 SUV coupe crossover road test review - Oliver Hammond - static front 34 grille Matrix headlights photo

Olly spends a week with an Audi Q8 50 TDI Vorsprung. Does it have a place in the lineup?

Audi has gone and done a proverbial Carlsberg with its flagship Q8 luxury SUV-coupe crossover. Its established rivals, the X6 and GLE Coupe, have often been labelled as ungainly-looking and they look even more so now alongside Ingolstadt’s finest, especially at the rear. Audi’s latest family grille is indeed more …

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Is Ford’s new Focus in 1.0 125PS EcoBoost Titanium X guise a driver’s car? [full road test]

Ford’s medium-size hatchback continues to customarily appear in the top 5 of the UK’s best-selling cars each year while enjoying being regarded as the driver’s choice in the segment, but last year saw it finish three places below the VW Golf. Combined with compelling alternatives from Kia and SEAT, along …

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Driven: the new Honda CR-V 1.5T VTEC EX AWD CVT

The Honda CR-V isn’t dissimilar to Hive’s smart, app-based home thermostat. It’s not the trendiest product on the market and owners don’t tend to shout and rave about theirs, quietly letting them get on with the tasks at hand. Yet Hive now has a 52% market share and over a …

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Mitsubishi Shogun Sport road test review Oliver Hammond - photo off-road main - photographer Isabel Carter

A week with the new Shogun Sport proved there’s not much wrong with old school

In today’s world of Gianna-titivated and Louis-encrusted luxury SUV interiors, Mitsubishi’s new Shogun Sport, which will eventually replace its daddy as the flagship, symbolically appeals to the kind of people who still have a place in their lives for a hard disk recorder that can also record to DVD and …

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Danni’s conspicuous week with a BTCC replica Honda Civic Type R

When you think ‘hot hatch’, you think a more exciting version of the standard model, right? Well, Honda has that down to a tee. The Japanese manufacturer has taken the standard Civic and tarted it up. From uprated performance and adaptive dampers that can be tailored at the touch of …

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New Citroen Berlingo Multispace 1.5 HDi 100 M Feel diesel MPV road test review - intro

Olly drives the new Citroen Berlingo in 100bhp diesel 5-speed Feel guise

A stalwart of the French marque’s range and the car world in general, the introduction of the third generation of Citroen’s convertible cargo trousers equivalent, the Berlingo, sees its already eyebrow-raising luggage capacity grow even further despite no real change in dimensions – and while it remains a van with …

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Volvo XC40 D4 R-Design AWD review by Oliver Hammond photo - badge

Why the XC40 is one of those cars I was sad to see depart after its week on test

Walk around any city in the world and it’s easy to fall into the habit of making a beeline for where one’s heading and miss out on a feast of details along the way. Exquisite, subtle beauty can be found in and on many edifices such as banks, council offices …

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Full road-test review: Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross ‘4’ petrol manual

The increasing ubiquity of mid-size SUVs and crossovers waning is as likely as Trump doing some soul-searching and admitting that his image is a trifle derisible, and although Mitsubishi is now part of the Renault-Nissan alliance it’s about time that an in-house model has come along to plug the gap …

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Abarth 595c vs 124 Spider head to head group test comparison review Danni Danielle Bagnall

Abarth-off: Danni drives the 595c and the 124 Spider in a head-to-head

You know when you’re looking for a car, but you have no idea where to start?! Well you’re further along than some if you’ve decided on an Abarth, but what model do you choose? Danni Bagnall puts the two models to the test. So, you know you want an Abarth, …

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Can the new Kia Stinger GT S really trouble Jaguar and the Germans? [week-long road-test]

Kia’s debutant in the gran turismo segment should come with various health warnings. After living with one for a week, scores of onlookers’ open-gaping mouths have been filled with gnats, others’ necks are cricked after being unable to peel their eyes away from the thing, while the rest are suffering …

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