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FIRST DRIVE: Land Rover Discovery

What is it? Originally a more comfortable, upmarket alternative to a Defender, the Land Rover Discovery has of late become more of a less Premier League Footballer-y alternative to a Range Rover as the Defender simply grew older and less relevant. It is big, it is extremely capable off the road and extremely comfortable on […]

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FIRST DRIVE: Isuzu MU-X

The Isuzu MU was the three-door version of the almost-as-stupidly-named Isuzu Wizard SUV. In the case of the MU the letters stood for “Mysterious Utility”. That is not the case with the new Isuzu MU-X. No, according to the company the letters now stand for “Multi Utility” which, when you think about it, is possibly […]

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The Rubicon Trail: Day Three

The start of Day Three of our Rubicon adventure blurs rather fuzzily into the end of Day Two, thanks largely to a feisty little Canadian beverage called “Fireball”. A cinnamon whisky that just keeps on giving, it proves rather too easy to drink and the common sense that suggests an early night is soon consumed […]

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The Rubicon Trail: Day Two (part 2)

The first thing that surprises you about the Rubicon Trail is the fact that, during the weekend it is like a main highway, with a simply staggering amount of traffic going in both directions. These are without exception highly modified beasts and they range from beaten, rusting hulks on massively hiked suspension through to completely […]

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First Drives New Cars

The Rubicon Trail: Day Two (part 1)

  Sweet Jesus, Cletus, for people who consume so much coffee, they really do struggle to make a halfway decent cup of the stuff in America. Quantity is no problem, but quality is a rare commodity in the US of A. While requesting “a bucket of your finest coffee-flavoured swill” may not seem like the […]

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