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SEAT Toledo 1.6 TDI: the legend returns?

8:43pm Sunday 19th May 2013

A MASSIVE boot. That’s what you bought a Seat for 20 years ago. It didn’t matter if it looked about as exciting as grandad’s beige crimplene “action slacks” or had an interior with all the structural integrity of a plate of wet noodles, the cavernous luggage area was all that really mattered.

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Grime time in the Hyundai Santa Fe

9:02pm Sunday 28th April 2013

THE previous Santa Fe was the car that really lit a fire beneath Hyundai’s sales in the UK. It became the company’s best-seller - and remained so even after the arrival of newer models like the i20 and i30 - and did much to cement the Korean company’s reputation as a purveyor of fine motor cars.

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Can the BRZ save Subaru?

9:20pm Sunday 21st April 2013

SUBARU BRZ

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Grime stoppers: Suzuki Grand Vitara

3:41pm Wednesday 17th April 2013

SUZUKI GRAND VITARA SZ5.

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Golf clubs rivals with new tech

5:13pm Tuesday 2nd April 2013

Volkswagen Golf 1.6SE

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Revolution comes back full circle

4:15pm Wednesday 27th March 2013

Is the Nissan Leaf a new beginning for the automobile or a false dawn? Motoring Editor Nigel Burton considers the evidence.

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VW's amazing concept - the future is now

3:12pm Monday 18th March 2013

CARS have been getting more and more fuel efficient since the 1980s. Fuel may be at record prices but the massive cost increase has been cancelled out by cars that go further on less.

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Them's the breaks - new Mercedes turns on the style

7:56pm Monday 11th March 2013

Until now, a "sporty" Mercedes estate had about as much street cred as Eric Pickles on a skateboard.

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