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  I drove our long-term Subaru Impreza STi home yesterday evening and was impressed by how much smoother...
• Land Rover SVX - an extraordinary concept
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• DSG: is it really one clutch more than necessary?
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• It's not carbon, okay?
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• The X-type must die
  I just spotted a new Jaguar X-type sitting in our car park as I headed out to lunch. I think Jaguar is...
• F1 back at the BBC
  It’s rare that news about broadcasting fills me with enthusiasm, but today is the day. The Beeb has finally...
• Punctuation in car names – put a stop to it!
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• The Nano effect
  It looks like UK PLC may soon be doing business with Ratan Tata. A line hidden way into Alistair Darling's...
• Nissan's one star car
  What went wrong at Nissan? The company recently scored the highest-ever Euro NCAP rating for the Qashqai...
• Gloves off!
  I've just been stuck in a traffic jam for 25 minutes on the way to work in the Freelander. I left...