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Road test 2015 Fiat 500 facelifted

New Fiat 500 Making the great even greater. It’s spot-the-difference time for Fiat’s facelifted 500. Just how much has the refreshed best-seller improved? Story...

1939 Aston Martin Monoposto – road test

Last of the breed. Aston Martin’s only pre-war single-seat racer was also the last car ever to be tested at Brooklands. We release the...

Lamborghini Countach LP5000S TT – turbo road test

Lamborghini Countach Turbo 520bhp, 195mph and 0-60 in four-point something seconds. We drive arguably the maddest of all the mad Eighties supercars. Insanity for...

Road test Rover P5B Coupé

The List. Sixties cabinet ministers insisted on it, Richard Burton drove one while playing a gangster and it’s reader Stuart Grainger’s dream drive. So...

BMW M3 E46 vs. M3 E92 and new M4 F82

Meet the Ancestors. We know the new M4 is good but what is it like in the company of its predecessors? We borrow an...

Lancia Fulvia Coupe 1.3S vs. Alfa Romeo GT 1300 Junior

Epic battle: Italian Sports Coupés Lancia Fulvia Coupe 1.3S vs. Alfa Romeo GT 1300 Junior. The closest contest yet, but there’s only one winner....

1971 Citroen SM road test

Citroen’s super machine. For years Citroen made slow, ugly, interesting cars. Now they’ve made a fast, beautiful, fascinating car – road test by John...

Ferrari 512 BB road test

The List: a reader gets to drive this Ferrari 512 BB. It feels as though there’s nothing it couldn’t overtake. Cop Stuart McNaughton fell...

1961 Citroen DS19 road test

When the unique Citroen DS19 was first introduced at the Paris Salon in 1955 it was clear that here was a worthy successor, both...

Aston Martin V8 vs. Mercedes-Benz 500 SEC C126 – 1982 road test

Clash of the Titans. 1982 Aston Martin V8 vs. 1982 Mercedes-Benz 500 SEC C126 (W126 based coupe). Big British horsepower, bred in (he old-fashioned...

Reliant Scimitar GTC vs. Triumph Stag

Epic battles Reliant Scimitar GTC vs Triumph Stag – “t” for two. Can the Tamworth T-bar beat Canley’s classic convertible? Sam Skelton decides. It was...

1979 Mercedes-Benz 450 SEL 6.9 W116 – road test

Mercedes-Benz 450 SEL 6.9 W116 - aristocratically powerful. Very large engined Q-car, top of the Mercedes range (forgetting the W100 600 limousines), with enlarged...
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