Car reviews

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2012 Alfa Romeo Mito 1.3 JTDm-2 first drive

Looks aside, Alfa’s most frugal Mito disappoints for its strangled performance and firm ride

2012 Alfa Romeo Mito 1.3 JTDm-2 first drive

The ML63 gets more aggressive styling than lesser models

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Mercedes-AMG ML 63 first drive

Not only one of the most powerful SUV your money can buy, but also very rapid, encouragingly capable, fantastically refined and exceptionally practical.

Mercedes-AMG ML 63 first drive

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Kia Optima 1.7 CRDi first drive

Handsome, spacious, well-priced Kia Optima is easily good enough to measure up – in the right spec

Kia Optima 1.7 CRDi first drive

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Corvette Grand Sport Convertible first drive

Full of charisma but too lacking, dynamically and elsewhere, to justify its £70k-plus price

Corvette Grand Sport Convertible first drive

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BMW 530d GT M-Sport first drive

Chassis and trim revisions make sense of BMW’s mixed-up 5-series GT luxury crossover

BMW 530d GT M-Sport first drive

BBR offers a three-stage tuning package, with the possibility of 400bhp...

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Mazda 3 MPS BBR 320 first drive

Brackley-based tuning specialist BBR has a long history of working with Mazda’s MX-5, and the firm has now launched a three-stage tuning programme for the 3 MPS. BBR’s work turns the Mazda 3 MPS into a seriously quick hatch

Mazda 3 MPS BBR 320 first drive