The all-new Toyota Prius has convincingly won the prestigious Japan Car of the Year trophy in Tokyo. Entering the awards ceremony as the favourite to win, the sleekly-styled Prius polled a massive 360 votes. The BMW X1 finished in second place with 150 votes to take the Import Car of …
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We get to grips with Alfa Romeo’s first plug-in hybrid – the Tonale SUV… Slotting in below the Stelvio in the Alfa range, the Tonale is arguably one of the best-looking mid-sized crossovers on the market. It’s athletic and well proportioned, it features some delicious Alfa Romeo design cures, such …
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We road test the iX1 – the 100% electric version of BMW’s much improved entry-level SUV… Back in November 2022 I reviewed the impressive new third-generation BMW X1. As well as an extensive drive of a petrol model, I also got a quick whiz in a pre-production LHD pure electric …
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We road test the all-new BMW X1 – the ‘baby’ of the brand’s SUV family is bigger than before, and much better for it… More than 119,999 BMW X1s have found homes in the UK since the model was launched way back in 2009. Now it’s time for the third …
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We’ve been road-testing the all-new Lexus UX – the baby of the Japanese premium brand’s SUV family, slotting in below the RX and NX in the range. Lexus expects the UX (Urban Crossover) to take over as its most popular car within the year and lower the average age of …
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Volvo’s smallest SUV made the biggest impact when it was unveiled in late 2017. Critically acclaimed, it picked up several awards including the prestigious European Car of the Year title. We were hugely impressed when we road-tested the XC40 in early 2018, but we only got to try the 188bhp …
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Unless you’re Ferrari, no car manufacturer can afford not to have an SUV in its range. Enter the DS 7 Crossback – the first original model and first sports utility vehicle from DS Automobiles, the standalone premium brand hived off from Citroen in 2014. What is the DS 7 Crossback? …
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Seat’s popular Leon hatchback has topped the What Car? Used Car of the Year Awards, fending off stiff competition from 14 other category winners to be named the best used car on UK forecourts today. Introduced in 2013, the latest version of the Leon was praised for its unbeatable combination …
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It’s official – the car with the most ‘school gate cred’ for dads is the award-winning Jaguar F-Pace. Jaguar’s first-ever SUV beat the Range Rover Evoque to the title, plus the ‘school run’ star of TV adverts – the Volkswagen Tiguan. The poll of motoring editors at automotive experts hpi …
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It’s fair to say that the outgoing BMW X1, launched in 2009, wasn’t everybody’s cup of tea. Yes, it sold well – some 730,000 globally and 40,000 in the UK alone – but it had a slight identity problem, occupying a fuzzy area somewhere between an SUV, hatchback and estate. …
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