Not convinced? January 5, 2015 CHECK OUT THESE ALTERNATIVES… JAGUAR F-TYPE R COUPE PRICE: £85,000 0-62MPH: 4.0 secs TOP SPEED: 186mph CO2 G/KM: 255g/km THE VERDICT: The home team’s offering is a little cheaper and almost matches the 911 GTS stride-for-stride in terms of performance, but it’s more lairy both to drive and to look at. NISSAN GT-R PRICE: £78,020 0-62MPH: [...]
Car review: The new Land Rover Discovery Sport has everything you need for extreme winter driving December 22, 2014 There was a moment when I thought Land Rover had made a terrible misjudgement. Iceland in December. It was always likely to be cold, but the blizzard we hit driving from Reykjavik to our hotel was biting, with horizontal snow and visibility down to a few metres. The impenetrable darkness didn’t help matters, given we [...]
Not convinced? December 22, 2014 CHECK OUT THESE ALTERNATIVES… AUDI Q5 2.0 TDI QUATTRO S LINE 177PS PRICE: £36,560 0-62MPH: 9.0 secs TOP SPEED: 124mph CO2 G/KM: 159g/km MPG COMBINED: 47.1mpg THE VERDICT: DESIGN Four Stars PERFORMANCE Four Stars PRACTICALITY Three Stars VALUE FOR MONEY Four Stars BMW X3 xDrive20d M Sport PRICE: £38,650 0-62MPH: 8.1 secs TOP SPEED: 131mph CO2 G/KM: 141g/km [...]
Car review: The Lexus RC F is a slow burner, but its bark is better than its bite December 15, 2014 The gated communities of Marbella are used to hearing the growl of attention-seeking supercars. But for all the Ferraris and Lamborghinis with their oversized exhausts, it was the bark of Lexus’s new V8-engined RC F sports coup that had people jumping out of their skin when I visited. Pedestrians, too, found it hard to ignore [...]
Not convinced? December 15, 2014 CHECK OUT THESE ALTERNATIVES… BMW M4 PRICE: £56,650 0-62MPH: 4.3 secs TOP SPEED: 155mph CO2 G/KM: 204g/km MPG COMBINED: 32.1mpg THE VERDICT: DESIGN Three Stars PERFORMANCE Four Stars PRACTICALITY Three Stars VALUE FOR MONEY Three Stars JAGUAR F-TYPE S COUPE PRICE: £60,250 0-62MPH: 4.9 secs TOP SPEED: 171mph CO2 G/KM: 213g/km MPG COMBINED: 31.0mpg THE VERDICT: DESIGN Four Stars [...]
Car review: The BMW 3 Series plug-in hybrid prototype proves the family saloon has an electric future December 8, 2014 BMW applies its supercar hybrid drive technology to its best-selling family car with impressive results Don’t be put off by the garish exterior – this BMW 3 Series means business. That’s because the world’s best-selling executive family four-door saloon will soon combine BMW’s i8 supercar electric drive technology with the sort of everyday usability that’ll [...]
Not convinced? December 8, 2014 CHECK OUT THESE ALTERNATIVES… BMW 325D SE PRICE: £30,575 0-62MPH: 6.8 secs TOP SPEED: 152mph CO2 G/KM: 129g/km MPG COMBINED: 57.6mpg THE VERDICT: DESIGN Three Stars PERFORMANCE Three Stars PRACTICALITY Four Stars VALUE FOR MONEY Three Stars INFINITI Q50 HYBRID PRICE: £39,995 0-62MPH: 5.1 secs TOP SPEED: 155mph CO2 G/KM: 144g/km MPG COMBINED: 45.6mpg THE VERDICT: DESIGN Two Stars [...]
Car review: The Audi S6 may have Porsche performance but lacks drama December 1, 2014 I’m in the outside lane of the motorway, well into three-figure speeds, chasing a sales rep in a Vauxhall Insignia. I’m wishing the aggressive LED headlights on the new Audi S6 would encourage him to move over and let me make some real progress. Eventually he does; I squeeze the S6’s throttle and [...]
Not convinced? December 1, 2014 CHECK OUT THESE ALTERNATIVES… BMW 550I M SPORT PRICE: £57,910 0-62MPH: 4.6 secs TOP SPEED: 155mph CO2 G/KM: 206g/km MPG COMBINED: 32.8mpg THE VERDICT: DESIGN Four Stars PERFORMANCE Four Stars PRACTICALITY Five Stars VALUE FOR MONEY Three Stars MASERATI GHIBLI V6 S PRICE: £63,760 0-62MPH: 5.0 secs TOP SPEED: 177mph CO2 G/KM: 242g/km MPG COMBINED: 27.2mpg THE VERDICT: DESIGN [...]
Car review: Volkswagen’s new Passat 2.0 TDI SE is beaking into the family car elite November 24, 2014 Volkswagen’s new Passat challenges its premium rivals in a bid to become the vehicle of choice for families. It’s tough to break into the “elite” family car market. Audi, Mercedes Benz, BMW and Lexus have got it pretty well sewn up. In fact, nobody else really comes close. But I drove a [...]