Drive Test: Jaguar XF 2.2 diesel

    Light Bite When other cars start up, there’s often a momentarily chemically smell which blasts out of the A/C system as it all gets going. But in a Jaguar, the powered vent covers slide majestically away to release a whiff which has more in common with a manly cologne than anything potentially unsavoury. It really [...]

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    Drive test: Citroen DS4 THP 200 Sport

    Delightfully distinguished Some left over Festive fortune visited me in the first weeks of January, when I went through to collect a new Citroen DS4 HDi, and before I’d even left the city the oil-burner was flashing up dire warnings of repairs needed to the engine, apparently. Despite the engine feeling absolutely fine. Anyway… it [...]

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    Launch Drive: Honda Civic sedan

    Just Plain Engineering The just about ubiquitous Honda Civic, for all its trapezoidal faux tailpipes and spaceship-inspired cockpit design, has a bit of a problem in our market. Because of it being among the most reliable machines available in the car world today, there’s the perception that anything bar the Type R is really only [...]

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    Drive Test: Toyota Hilux Xtra Cab Raider 3.0 D-4D

    Microevolution My father-in-law, it must be said, is a very sensible man. Apparently it’s a necessity for survival as a professional mariner. Now that isn’t a subject which I’m particularly comfortable around – as a dyed-in-the-wool dreamer at heart. But I am able to recognise the effects of this strange mental state of being.

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    Drive Test: BMW 116i Sport

    The sounds of efficiency. My first drive in a BMW 1-Series way back when they first appeared was less than salubrious. In fact, the word I’d actually use to describe it best, was dismal. The brand-new, compact hatch-sized but still RWD Beemer, as least that first batch, was nothing like what we petrolheads had hoped [...]

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    Drive Test: Suzuki SX4 4X4

    SUZUKI SX APPEAL At first sight the Suzuki SX4 struck me as somehow wrong from an aesthetic point of view. I wasn’t sure about its compact, high-riding body or its big wheels and roof racks but it grew on me pretty quickly. The overall look is sporty and ready for action and those features which [...]

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