First Drives New Cars

FIRST DRIVE: BMW M3 and M4

  Rarely has one letter and one number meant so much when joined together. They are M and 3. This is exactly the sort of embarrassingly pretentious and utterly wanky prose that the BMW M3 inspires. As soon as I wrote it, I regretted it. But it serves as a great example of what the […]

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First Drives New Cars

FIRST DRIVE: Porsche Macan

Once upon a time a sports car company built an SUV. This made a lot of people very angry, but it also made a lot of other people very, very happy. Fortunately for the sports car company, the people it made happy bought quite a lot of them, saving the company from almost certain financial […]

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New Cars Road Tests

ROAD TEST: Kia Soul SX

The original Kia Soul was just okay. Behind all the gimmicky flashing speakers and unique looks hid a car that was largely half-baked and just not particularly good. It got by on largely by virtue of its big personality and surprising practicality, but other than that it hardly inspired excitement. The new Soul, however, is […]

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New Cars Road Tests

ROAD TEST: BMW 435i

BMW makes very good cars. The latest 3 Series is a very good car indeed, so it would make logical sense that the 4 Series coupe that has been spun off the 3 Series would also be a very good car. That is not always the case though. But it is here. In fact, the […]

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First Drives New Cars

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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New Cars Road Tests

ROAD TEST: Subaru WRX manual

Like most living things, cars also grow up. Some “evolve”, some “mature” and some just get old and useless. The Subaru WRX has grown up a lot with its latest incarnation and the best word to use would probably be “mature”. But don’t take that to mean it has come over all serious and sober […]

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