By CJ Hubbard Head of the Bauer Automotive Hub, road tester, organiser, extremely variable average wheel count View all Lexus Reviews ► Smallest Lexus SUV► Efficient hybrid power► Comfort over sportiness Premium-yet-compact SUV crossovers speak to a lot of buyers these days, so has the Lexus UX got what it takes to compete in a crowded marketplace? Smallest of the Japanese …
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By CAR’s road test team ► Hybrid Lexus hatch no longer on sale ► Brilliant build quality (used cars still look good) ► But disappointing in nearly every other way Lexus was years ahead of the curve when it launched the CT 200h in 2011. No other premium carmaker was championing hybrid hatchbacks then, although it’s becoming the norm now. The …
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View all Nissan Qashqai Reviews ► Nissan Qashqai long-term test review► We live with the Qashqai day-in, day-out► This month, a rare glimpse of its original colour Month 7: the end of our Nissan Qashqai long-term test Perspective – as, with the aid of a 1:32 scale Friesian cow, Father Ted once so brilliantly failed to demonstrate to Dougal – …
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View all Nissan Juke Reviews ► CAR lives with a v2.0 Juke► Top-spec Tekna+ under the microscope► Can the Juke keep up with competition? I must be cursed; three years working at CAR and a second long-term test car with gearbox problems. The Juke’s shift action had worsened, with third gear becoming increasingly difficult to smoothly engage, a few days …
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View all Lexus RX Reviews ► Lexus RX L long-term test► We live with a 2019 RX450h► Seven-seat hybrid SUV Month 9 of our Lexus RX L long-term test: looking back at nine months’ ownership The RX L has done plenty to cement our opinion of Lexuses – but it’s challenged a few of our preconceptions, too. The Japanese firm is hardly …
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