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We've tested a lot of cars over the past few years - here they are for your enjoyment.

There are road tests, drive stories, user reports (sent in by you), and car of the month drive stories. If you want to contribute your own features, drop us a line at the usual address.


Drive story: The longest day

Time to reach all four geographical extremities in the UK... that's 1200 miles in 24 hours.

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Drive story: Eight countries, one tank

We do eight countries on one tank of diesel in a Subaru Legacy Boxer Diesel

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Shootout: Alfa 156 v MG ZT

It's a battle of the turbodiesels - Alfa JTD v MG CDTi...

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Drive story: Convoy!

This is no supercar extravaganza though - just a tongue-in-cheek homage...

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Shootout: MG RV8 v TVR Griffith

It's Blackpool vs Abingdon in the archetypal V8 powered showdown...

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Tested: MG TF LE500

After three years away, the MG TF LE500 makes a welcome return. But has time been kind to it?

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Tested: MINI Clubman Cooper D

Keith Adams gives you the low-down on the most controversial MINI variant of them all - the diesel engined Clubman.

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First drive: Jaguar XF

Richard Porter gives you the low-down on the Jaguar XF, and concludes that it probably does deserve all the hype...

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Tested: MGF 1.8i

Like Marmite, you either love it or hate it... we love it...

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Battle of the Scouts: Škoda v Metro

Skoda's Roomster Scout is a funky faux off-roader that's extremely useful. However, Rover got there first 15 years ago...

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Driven: MINI Cooper D

We're issued a challenge: to get to the Nürburgring Nordschleiffe, do some laps, and get back home. For £100. Including crossing. Did we make it?

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Shootout: MGC vs Triumph TR6

RICHARD GUNN pits two of the UK's most famous sporting convertibles to, and comes up with a surprising conclusion in a close-fought contest...

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Shootout: Austin vs Triumph 1300

Which arm of BL produced the better upper-crust mid-sized car in the early Seventies?

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Shootout: Maxi vs Renault 16

The battle to find the champion hold-all of the Sixties and Seventies...

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Shootout: Marina vs Avenger

It's the mid-Seventies, and now it's time to find out which is the better repmobile... the one from Rootes or the one from BL

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Rover 800 tests and drive stories

Many examples of this oft-misunderstood range of cars have passed through our hands - here is a selection of road tests, drive stories and long term tests for your delectation

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Rover 45/MG ZS tests and drive stories

The underdog of the MG Rover range, but well regarded by those who understood it - here we test a pair of examples...

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Rover 25/MG ZR tests and drive stories

The faithful Rover 25/MG ZR was produced in plenty of different versions. Here's the ones we've tested so far...

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Rover 75/MG ZT tests and drive stories

We've tested a few - and here they all are grouped together for your convenience...

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Shootout: MG ZT 260 V8 vs Rover Vitesse

It had to happen: V8 vs V8...

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Tested: CityRover

Roger Blaxall's assessment of MG Rover's new baby.

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Tested: Radford MINI Miglia

£34,000 for a MINI? Expensive, but boy, is it cool...

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Tested: MINI Cooper

On the eve of its replacement, we take the MINI Cooper to Nürburgring and come away quietly impressed...

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Tested: R56 2007 MINI Cooper S

Mike Duff tests a prototype 2007 MINI Cooper S and comes away impressed.

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Tested: MINI Cooper S with John Cooper Works GP Kit

It was the ultimate MINI - but was it any good?

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Tested: MINI Cooper

The new new MINI - and it's better than the last one. But by how much?

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First drive: Roewe 750E

The first driving impressions of a pre-production 750E. The prognosis is that it's good for the price... but not perfect.

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First drive: MG 7

Autocar's Steve Cropley samples the MG 7 for size in its native China, and comes back impressed...

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Driven: MG XPower SV

It's a car that divides opinions - but looking beyond the hype, we reckon it's a great car to drive...

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Driven: Land Rover Defender

Contrasting old and new - does the Defender have a place in 21st century Britain?

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Tested: Škoda Fabia vRS Special Edition

Škoda's warm hatch is dieselly good...

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Driven: TVR Griffith 500

We take Blackpool's Rover-powered supercar on a homecoming tour...

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Tested: Ford Ka

Claire Smith sings the praises of her Ford Ka, and doesn't find the need to apologise...

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Tested: Citroen C6

Keith Adams takes a spin in the much-vaunted Citroen C6 V6 HDI Exclusive and comes away impressed, if slightly confused as to whether it really has a point in today's market...

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Tested: Proton Gen 2

Roger Blaxall asks the question no one else dared - could the Proton Gen 2 be turned into a credible new small Rover.

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Tested: Škoda Octavia L&K

Roger Blaxall samples the Skoda Octavia and wonders what could have been...

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Tested: Škoda Octavia vRS

Skoda's Octavia vRS is tested by Roger Blaxall - and he gets all nostalgic about the 620ti in the process...

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Tested: Mazda MX-5

Mazda's MX-5 is now king of the hill in the open-topped sector, but Roger Blaxall wonders if this will change when the revitalised MG TF is launched this summer...

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