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List of reviews in alphabetical order by manufacturer, followed by group tests at bottom:
Individual reviews
ALFA ROMEO - Alfa con brio
ASTRA CTDi - It's Astra with a 'D'
AUDI ALLROAD - Lower case for Audi SUV
AUDI Q7 - Audi joins the SUV queue with presence
AUDI RS4 - Audi's RS phwoar!
AUDI TT II - Form finally finds function
AUDI TT Roadster - Audi's soft option
AUDI R8 - Uncompromising Audi supercar
AUDI S8 - Splendid isolation
BENTLEY FLYING SPUR - stirred Spurred, not stirred
BMW M3 - BMW M3 comes of age
BMW X5 - Seven-up for X5
CHRYSLER 300 CRD - Frugal imposter
DAIHATSU TERIOS - Bush baby
DAIHATSU MATERIA - Materia whirl
DODGE AVENGER - Avenger unmasked
DODGE CALIBER - Out of left field
DODGE NITRO - It's hip to be square
FIAT 500 - Ciao ciao Bambina!
FIAT GRANDE PUNTO - Bigger Punto just grand
FORD FALCON: Ford's last chance saloon
FORD MUSTANG - Ultimate Mustang ready to rumble
FORD MONDEO III - Bondeo
FORD TERRITORY TURBO - Powerful ranger
HOLDEN CAPTIVA - Holden's Captiva audience at long last
HOLDEN COMMODORE SS - Consummate Commodore
HOLDEN EPICA - Holden's six-hitter
HOLDEN HSV E-SERIES - Five second thrillers
HOLDEN RODEO - Rodeo revamp brings new diesel
HONDA ACCORD 2007 - Accord gets less bling, Odyssey gets more
HONDA ACCORD EURO 2006 - A belter, with braces
HONDA ACCORD V6
HONDA FCX II - Honda's silent achiever
HONDA LEGEND - A Legend at last
HONDA CR-V - Five minutes and you'll love this Honda
HYUNDAI GETZ - Diesel does it for little Korean
HYUNDAI ELANTRA - Korean Korolla
HYUNDAI I30 - Hyundai does it by numbers
HYUNDAI SANTA FE - Santa Fe moving up
JAGUAR XF SEDAN - XF finds the right spot
JAGUAR XJ - Obsoletely fabulous
JAGUAR XJR - XJR's performance spectacular
JAGUAR XK8 - A date with Kate
JAGUAR XKR - A supercharged special machine
JEEP PATRIOT - New age SUV JEEP WRANGLER - Extended family
KIA CARNIVAL - Thirsty but affordable
KIA PICANTO - Cheek to chic
KIA SORENTO - Gets more power
LAND ROVER FREELANDER III - Taking the high ground
LEXUS LS460/LS600H - Dozing on the job
LEXUS RX400h - Silent achiever
MASERATI QUATTROPORTE - A driving experience
MAZDA CX-7 - Mazda's mixed metaphor
MAZDA2 - Light fantastic
MAZDA3 MPS - Mazda's MPS hothatch
MAZDA6 - Mazda's goes Japanese
MERCEDES-BENZ C-CLASS - Deceptive Benz
MERCEDES BENZ R-CLASS - Holiday hauler
MERCEDES CLS - Mercedes bends
MITSUBISHI I-CAR - Easy being green
MITSUBISHI LANCER - A new shark in the car park
MITSUBISHI OUTLANDER V6 - Sixes and sevens
MINI - Bigger car, smaller price
NISSAN MURANO - Murano changes the face of SUVs
NISSAN MAXIMA - A Maxima like the good old days
NISSAN TIIDA - A car less ordinary
NISSAN WINGROAD - Welcome wagon
PEUGEOT 207 - Affordable French treat
PEUGEOT 207 CC - Super coupe goes diesel
PEUGEOT 207 GTi - Peugeot hatch still a hero
PEUGEOT 207 HDI - French lessons
PEUGEOT 307 SW - Room with a view
PEUGEOT 308 - Peugeot gets to play Golf
PORSCHE 911 GT2 - Porsche's ultimate 911
PORSCHE 911 TURBO - Rohrl model
PORSCHE CAYENNE II - Posh Spice
PORSCHE CAYMAN S DESIGN EDITION 1 - A Porsche for the World Cup
PORSCHE TARGA - Great expectorations
RANGE ROVER SPORT - Flying fortress
RENAULT CLIO III - Looking sharp
RENAULT TWINGO - New Twingo a French treat
SUZUKI SX4 - This one's a winner
SSANGYONG ACTYON - Convincing pick-up line
SUBARU TRIBECA - Tribeca redefines SUVs
TOYOTA BB - Toyota's box pop
TOYOTA CAMRY - Gets its attitude back
TOYOTA COROLLA - Tenth generation Corolla
TOYOTA HIGHLANDER - Honest Highlander
TOYOTA YARIS - Size doesn't matter
TOYOTA YARIS SEDAN - The little car that could
TOYOTA RAV4 - Set and forget
VW GO! - Volkswagen goes Up!
VW POLO - A packet of Polos
Group tests
GROUP TEST - SMALL HATCHBACKS
GROUP TEST - FIVE MICROS
GROUP TEST - THREE SOPHISTICATED DIESELS
GROUP TEST - HOT HATCHES
GROUP TEST - SUN ROOF ROADSTERS
TRIPLE TEST - THE THREE D'S
TRIPLE TEST - MID-SIZE HATCHES COMPARED
TWIN TEST - DEUCED COUPES
TWIN TEST - THUNDER, LIGHTNING
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