View all BMW 5-Series Reviews A year in our BMW 530d Touring – 20 January 2012 Are we road testers too easily entranced by big luxury diesel estates? Over a misspent youth poring over car magazines, I remember reading of hacks falling for the charms of said vehicles in the 1980s. One colleague on another mag actually bid for his …
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View all BMW 5-Series Reviews Month 11 running a BMW M5: we say farwell to out longterm M5 After 11 months and 16,000 miles – 11,000 of them in CAR’s hands – our M5 has finally departed. It arrived with the spoils of victory from a Jag XFR/Merc CLS 63/Panamera V8 group test and bowed out after a five-week sojourn …
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View all Honda CR-V Reviews Month 5 running a Honda CR-V: is the CR-V beaten by the Kia Sportage? After two Our Cars stints, first with the Kia Sportage and now with the Honda CR-V, it’s worth making a comparison. They’re considered direct competitors, but in our case it’s not a totally fair fight as the Honda is fully loaded …
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View all Toyota Prius Reviews Long-term test update – 23 July 2010 Breaking news: just filled the Prius after my best-possible-behaviour tankful of obeying all speed limits and using minimal throttle openings during a mix of mainly motorway and rural A-road driving, with a smattering of urban pottering. Result? 56.34mpg. Somewhat better than my normal low 40s mpg, still someway off …
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View all Audi A1 Reviews ► CAR lives with Audi’s pocket rocket► Two litres, 228bhp and four-wheel drive► Is the S1 fun enough to justify its price? Month 8 running an Audi S1 Sportback: the conclusion of our long-term test What a revelation the S1 turned out to be. Not just a jumped-up, go-faster version of Audi’s Polo for badge …
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