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Seat Toledo SE 1.6 TDi Ecomotive

11:58am Friday 24th May 2013

WE all love a bargain. There’s something deeply satisfying about walking away with a purchase priced below what you might have expected to pay.

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Renault Clio Dynamique Medianav TCE 90 S&S

11:39am Friday 17th May 2013

IT really is a case of love at first sight when you get an initial eyeful of Renault’s new Clio.

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Vauxhall Corsa Black Edition

11:36am Friday 17th May 2013

THERE are, apparently, 246 variants of the Vauxhall Corsa.

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Nissan Qashqai 360

11:54am Friday 10th May 2013

ONE of the most striking success stories among car manufacturers in recent years has undoubtedly been the formidable Nissan Qashqai.

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Volvo V40 Cross Country Lux D2

11:49am Friday 10th May 2013

BEFORE we go any further, let’s be quite clear about what the new Volvo V40 Cross Country is – and what it’s not.

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Volkswagen Golf 1.6 TDI SE

2:50pm Friday 3rd May 2013

WHEN Volkswagen introduces a new generation of its incredibly popular Golf, it’s customary to play a game of spot the difference.

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Land Rover Freelander 2 SD4 HSE

2:48pm Friday 3rd May 2013

ONCE the rising star of the Land Rover stable, the Freelander has largely had to live in the shadow of the outrageously successful Range Rover Evoque.

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Peugeot 208 GTI

2:46pm Friday 3rd May 2013

The weight of expectation lies heavy on the Peugeot 208 GTi.

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Kia Carens 1.7 CRDI 2 Ecodynamics

2:43pm Friday 3rd May 2013

THERE are signs that those kidcarrying, mum-driven MPVs jostling for parking spaces outside the school gates are downsizing.

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Toyota Auris Excel CVT

3:32pm Friday 19th April 2013

THIS is a difficult call. It was only at the start of the year that I was singing the praises of the hybrid version of Toyota’s new Auris. “Probably the best petrol hybrid car I have ever driven,” I said, and I stand by that.

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Vauxhall Cascada SE 2.0CDTI

3:30pm Friday 19th April 2013

WITH summer finally threatening to arrive, Vauxhall has put its first fullsized convertible since the 1930s into the showrooms.

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Suzuki Alto

3:27pm Friday 19th April 2013

CARS don’t come any cheaper than the Suzuki Alto.

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Peugeot RCZ GT

11:48am Friday 12th April 2013

YOU might be forgiven for thinking that the Peugeot RCZ was in as much need of a facelift as supermodel Kate Moss.

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Skoda Octavia 1.4 TSI SE

1:16pm Friday 29th March 2013

LONGER, lower and wider than the previous model, Skoda’s new Octavia blurs the lines still further between it and rival purchases such as the Ford Mondeo and Volkswagen’s Passat and Golf.

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Ford Fiesta ST

12:09pm Friday 22nd March 2013

THEY even ‘tortured’ the new Ford Fiesta ST to makes sure it had the guts to go the distance.

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