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Based on 15 million inspections performed over the last two years, the DEKRA experts once again determined the most reliable and unreliable amongst the used cars on Germany's streets in 2013. Cars were evaluated in three categories accordi...

So, you currently own a 600bhp Bentley Continental GT Speed. What is the last thing that is likely to go through your mind? The answer is MORE speed. Power in the Supersports is upped to 624bhp and the car is lightened considerably to increase the...

Mercedes CLS63

Prior to last night I had not tried a new CLS or the new ‘63’ engine, now I’ve killed two birds with one stone what did I think? When the CLS came out (the original car) it represented a brand new niche which has since b...

It reminds me of the old one…again

When the original Continental GT Speed was unveiled in 2008 it became my favorite Bentley overnight, so expectations were set very high for the latest GT to bear the ‘Speed’ designation. The 2008 car had a power hike from 552bhp to...

I am not sure that I have always been the biggest advocate of electric cars in general. In fact, I’ll go as far as to say that I have railed against them on numerous occasions. I’ll also let you into a secret, before last Wednesday, ap...

I have always struggled to reconcile myself with the M6. It is a car that loses two seats in comparison to its saloon car brother while sharing the same mechanicals and therefore power output and gearbox. What does it really offer? Well, like ...

Monday Having travelled back up to Leicestershire from London on Sunday night in a diesel VW Golf I was ready for some action on Monday morning. Sadly the first job on the list was to push the Renault Clio 172 out of the garage where it h...

After the furor that surrounded the launch of BMW’s pocket rocket, based on its last generation 1 Series Coupe, called the 1M it feels a bit like the M135i has fallen under the radar, but you’d be wrong to discount it. BMW won&rsqu...

The new 3 Series saloon was released to universal applause early this year and despite the wait for the load-lugging Touring version I have been quietly confident about what it will deliver. When I climbed back out of the driver’s seat o...

I took a picture of a Chevrolet Volt parked in the car park at work a little while back and tweeted it with a rather uncomplimentary tagline – something about the interior looking like a cheap iPod from memory. As of today I think it (or its...