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Toyota Avensis Touring Sports Excel 2.0 D-4D – Review

The Toyota Avensis Touring Sports – a family Estate you choose with your head rather than your heart

The Toyota Avensis Touring Sports is Toyota’s large, family-friendly estate car that – just like it’s smaller sibling, the Auris Touring Sports – shouldn’t really have the word “Sports” anywhere near it.

It’s certainly large enough and comfortable enough inside to take … Read the rest

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Mercedes-Benz E220d AMG Line – Review

New Mercedes E-Class still top of the class for refinement and tech

The E-Class is to Mercedes what the Golf is to Volkswagen or the iPhone is to Apple. It’s the beating-heart of the range and, as such, any new model must stack up favourably against the opposition or it will lose ground quickly to them.

Audi have the A6, … Read the rest

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Audi TT TDI models now with quattro – News

New Audi TT TDI models get to grips with quattro

Successor to popular second generation TT combining TDI torque with quattro all-wheel-drive tenacity is now available to order in the UK.

 Audi is further expanding the repertoire of its iconic and multi-award-winning Audi TT range this week by introducing new, third generation successors to the popular TDI quattro Coupé and … Read the rest

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Renault Megane Dynamique S Nav dCi 110 – Review

New Renault Megane shakes things up but the ass isn’t one of them . . .

To be honest, a new model Renault Megane is not been something I’ve been excited about for a good while. Since it stopped “shaking that ass” back in 2004 it’s been rather humdrum and certainly needs to be shaken up again if it is Read the rest

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Eagle Spyder GT launched – News

Best part of £1 million lying around? Then you may want to rush out and buy the gob-smackingly beautiful new Eagle Sypder GT – I know I would . . .

Press release courtesy of Eagle E-Types

The latest addition to the world-renowned stable of ‘Special Edition’ Jaguar E-Types that comprises the Eagle E-Type, Eagle Speedster and the Eagle Read the rest

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Skoda Octavia Estate SE Sport 1.4 TSI – Review

Space, refinement and value for money make the Skoda Octavia Estate SE Sport stand out from the crowd

Consumer magazine What Car? Awarded the Skoda Octavia Best Family Car for 2016 and you would have to be a die-hard, stick-in-the-mud badge-snob to argue against that decision because the Czech manufacturer, with more than a little help from the Volkswagen group, Read the rest

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Seven out of ten drivers will pay MORE tax under new road tax rules

Government’s mixed message regarding eco-friendly cars will no doubt anger many motorists looking to cut their emissions

The majority of new car buyers will lose out when new road tax rules come into force on 1 April, according to latest research from HonestJohn.co.uk.

The leading consumer motoring site’s figures show that new tax rules will add more than £500 … Read the rest

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Mazda 3 SE-L Nav 120PS – Review

New Mazda3 – big heart, lighter body delivers an excellent driver’s car

THE Mazda3 is a smart-looking mid-sized hatchback which goes up against the likes of the ever-popular Ford Focus, new Vauxhall Astra and Volkswagen Golf in the “sensible family car” category – so it has its work cut out then.

Interestingly, Mazda have gone against the flow to make … Read the rest

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Toyota Auris Touring Sports 1.2 Design – Review

Toyota take the “sport” out of sporting but leave a decent load-lugger in the Auris Touring Sports

TOYOTA have opted to name the estate version of their popular Auris the Toyota Auris Touring Sports.

Now, I can understand the “Touring” bit but the “Sports” part is a bit of a mystery as the Auris Touring Sports is about as sporty … Read the rest