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History of The Focus
Focus Mk1 1998 The Escort replacement was a game changer when it was launched. Its polarising ‘New Edge’ styling took the entire concept of a family hatch in a new direction. Focus […]
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Ford Focus: Hot ST To Pack 250bhp; RS Could Top 400bhp
Ford is, reassuringly, one of those companies that you can guarantee would like to build exciting, fast variants of its cars whenever it can, and a Focus ST is already set into the model programme. […]
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Twenty Million Reasons VW’s All In On China
With a car market already in the tens of millions, little wonder the biggest manufacturer on the planet is determined to corner it Volkswagen sold 208,462 cars in the UK in 2017. In China, it […]
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Revival of the Fittest
Between 1959 and 1963, Aston Martin built 75 examples of the DB4 GT, which ruled on track and road. Now it is creating a further 25 for a cool £1.5m apiece and Mike Duff has […]
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Weird Science
James Attwood visited CES in Las Vegas to try the latest car gadgetry, and separate the gimmicks from the game-changers The Consumer Electronics Show dwarfs any motor show you’ve ever visited. It is vast: sprawling […]
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ROAD TEST: Volvo XC40
MODEL TESTED: D4 AWD First Edition Price £39,905 Power 188bhp Torque 295lb ft 0-60mph 8.5sec 30-70mph in fourth 9.7sec Fuel economy 38.3mpg CO2 emissions 135g/km 70-0mph 50.6m WE LIKE […]
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Same Difference
The Abarth 124 Spider and Honda Civic Type R offer diametrically opposed takes on the £30k driver’s car formula. Andrew Frankel decides which works best However much motoring journalists might wish that they did, car […]
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New A-Class Given Most Advanced Merc Tech
Greater refinement and a classy, high-tech cabin will be key A-Class draws Mercedes-Benz promises class-leading levels of connectivity from its new A-Class, which receives a new interior with the most advanced version yet of the […]
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The Tough and the Smooth
Incredibly, the 39-year-old G-Class is only now entering its second generation. Rachel Burgess meets the man behind Merc’s latest bit of rough The G is still a G,” states Mr G himself, the aptly named […]
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New X4 Hits Reset Button to Go After Macan
BMW has wasted no time or effort in its bid to right the old X4’s wrongs and take the fight to Porsche BMW is taking renewed aim at the Range Rover Evoque and a growing […]
