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Motoring: An executive head turner

Birmingham Mail — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 12:56:00 GMT

THE German car trio of BMW, Audi and Mercedes-Benz still dominate the premium saloon car market – but there are credible alternatives.

It's a Mini marvel

Birmingham Mail — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 11:43:00 GMT

IT’S sporty, it’s quirky and it’s the first MINI ever to have just two seats.

Motoring: Welcome back... we've missed you

Birmingham Mail — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 12:41:00 GMT

IT’S hard to believe, but there hasn’t been a Volkswagen Golf Cabriolet manufactured for more than nine years.

Motoring: It's the rear of the year!

Birmingham Mail — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 12:54:00 GMT

IT looks like a big car from the outside but even that view doesn’t prepare you for what you find when you step inside the latest Skoda Superb Estate.

Motoring: Falling for the all-electric Leaf

Birmingham Mail — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 12:59:00 GMT

WHATEVER your thoughts about electric cars there’s no denying Nissan’s all-electric Leaf has style.

Motoring: A touch of personality to your car

Birmingham Mail — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 09:30:00 GMT

CITROEN won the hearts of a lot of enthusiastic young motorists when it launched its radical DS3 model – and now it intends to do the same for a more mature buyer with the DS4.

Motoring: Ahoy, me hearties

Birmingham Mail — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 07:00:00 GMT

Edward Stephens feels the wind in his sails with Volvo’s V60 special edition

Motoring: Boot-iful... no more juggling with your bags of shopping

Birmingham Mail — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 10:23:00 GMT

YOU know how it is. You have your arms full of shopping when you reach your car and you either have to put everything on the floor or do a juggling act while you try to find your keys to open the boot.

Motoring: Miraculous new Micra

Birmingham Mail — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 09:39:00 GMT

NISSAN’S Micra has always had a strong following of loyal fans who wouldn’t drive anything else.

I could get quite used to driving a Roller...!

Birmingham Mail — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 09:20:00 GMT

THE invitation came out of the blue.

Motoring: Exec-style saloon packed with features

Birmingham Mail — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 10:46:00 GMT

IT’S hats off – or perhaps that should be berets off – to Peugeot.

Motoring: Enough power to take on supercars

Birmingham Mail — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 09:42:00 GMT

AT first glance there’s not a lot to distinguish the Audi TT RS Roadster from the rest of the TT range, apart from the badges on the boot and grille.

S spells success

Birmingham Mail — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 13:37:00 GMT

EVER since the inception of the Mini, the Cooper S badge has been reserved for the fastest, most powerful standard production version of the car.

Turn over a new Leaf with the car of 2011

Birmingham Mail — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 11:46:00 GMT

IT HAS been named Car of the Year for 2011 and is a ground-breaking model for a host of reasons.

Jump into driving Seat

Birmingham Mail — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 11:45:00 GMT

CELEBRATIONS continue to ring out at SEAT as the Spanish car maker continues to notch up new car sales records for the second quarter of 2011.

The Mazda that means business...

Birmingham Mail — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 11:44:00 GMT

MAZDA has launched a new variant of the popular Mazda6 hatchback, aimed specifically at the corporate market.

Choice is unprecedented

Birmingham Mail — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 11:43:00 GMT

CAR buyers face an almost unprecedented array of new models next month to coincide with the arrival of the latest 61 series of number plates.

Watch out, there’s a hybrid about

Birmingham Mail — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 13:12:00 GMT

IT’S finally happened. There is now a hybrid so quiet it comes with an audible warning system to alert pedestrians when it’s manoeuvring at low speed.

Slimline Megane a winner

Birmingham Mail — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 10:56:00 GMT

WHEN coupe-cabriolets first became popular there tended to be one problem – in order to house the folding metal roof the boot had to be big, and that made the rear bulbous.

The Jetta just got a lot betta

Birmingham Mail — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 12:54:00 GMT

IT used to be affectionately termed a Golf with a boot – but all that has changed with the latest generation of Volkswagen Jetta.