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Review: Honda CR-V

Honda's Comfortable Runabout Vehicle has become more and more car-like with each new model, with the latest CR-V coming closest to the Japanese carmaker's original concept of combining the utility of an MPV with the handling of a [...]

Posted On : Apr, 04 2012 | Comments : 0

Review: Honda Civic Hybrid

All one needs to understand why a Honda hybrid functions the way it does is to find out what the IMA abbreviation in the instrument cluster stands for. IMA is short for 'Integrated Motor Assist' and it reflects Honda's view th [...]

Posted On : Mar, 06 2012 | Comments : 0

2012 Audi A5 - Review

The 2012 Audi A5 is widely acknowledged to be one of the handsomest Audis sold, and many reviewers just give it the superlative without qualification. Certainly its designer, Walter d'Silva, said it was the most beautiful car he'd [...]

Posted On : Dec, 20 2011 | Comments : 0

Audi Q3 review

Audi has been a busy bee of late: the now ubiqitous German marque has launched 12 new models in five years, from the gargantuan Q7 SUV back in 2006, to its baby sister, the Q3 soft-roader, this month. Compare that with Renault, for exampl [...]

Posted On : Oct, 28 2011 | Comments : 0

Preview: 2012 Audi S8

Pamplona, Spain • Pity the poor A8 — it truly is the Rodney Dangerfield of luxury cars. Four generations on, aluminum space frame and all and it still can’t get respect. I got limo’d around in a long-wheelbase Audi [...]

Posted On : Oct, 21 2011 | Comments : 0

New Car Review – 2012 BMW 1 Series

BMW’s 3-Series coupe/convertible is a car that many car lovers dream about. Most of these dreamers, unfortunately, awake in the morning to the harsh reality of the Three’s economic inaccessibility: A 335i convertible is a $52k [...]

Posted On : Sep, 15 2011 | Comments : 0

Mercedes-Benz C-class Coupé review

As a rival for the highly regarded BMW 3-series and Audi A5, the new C-class Coupé has got its work cut out. Prospective buyers will note, however, that it arrives at a good time for Mercedes, which has long since put any issues of [...]

Posted On : Jun, 01 2011 | Comments : 0

Review: Audi RS 5

Given its fearsome reputation, the biggest surprise about the Audi RS 5 is just how civilised it can be. Locked into comfort driving mode it feels pretty much like any other luxurious German coupé. Its two plus two seating c [...]

Posted On : Jan, 01 2011 | Comments : 0

Honda Insight, 2010: The Weekly Driver Car Review

The original Honda Insight, sold from 2000 to 2006, was odd-looking. But as the first mass-produced hybrid available in the United States, its unique status and strange looks made it cool. When the Insight departed, the Toyota Prius took [...]

Posted On : Dec, 27 2010 | Comments : 0

Review: BMW X3

AS THE current X5 Sports Activity Vehicle (SAV) has moved up in size to become a seven-seater, BMW has seen fit to grow the new X3 SAV in every dimension except height, neatly slotting into the position - size-wise - vacated by the previ [...]

Posted On : Nov, 01 2010 | Comments : 0

Review: BMW X1

IF YOU think the BMW X1 looks like it's about the same size as the bigger X3, you're not wrong. Notwithstanding the nomenclature, the X1 is not significantly smaller than the X3. But that doesn't mean the German car maker can [...]

Posted On : Oct, 04 2010 | Comments : 0

BMW 550i GT Road Test and Review

When it comes to luxury cars, BMW has consistently wowed us with things like the 7 Series, 5 Series and for those initiated readers, the 8 Series sports coupe – a personal favourite of mine. Hatches are now commonplace at the lower [...]

Posted On : Sep, 30 2010 | Comments : 0

2011 Audi R8 GT - First Drive Review

We’re not quite sure the world needs an even faster, lighter, and more powerful Audi R8, but Stephan Reil, head of development at Quattro GmbH, the company’s performance division, thinks it does. “More and more customer [...]

Posted On : Sep, 23 2010 | Comments : 0

Audi S5 Sportback review

What do you get if you cross a four-door, five-seat saloon with a two-door, four seat coupé? The answer, it would appear, is the Audi A5 Sportback, a five-door, four-seat solution to a problem that never really existed. At first g [...]