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  • BMW M5 (2012) long-term test review
    Hitting the limiter in our 552bhp M5 – 3 February 2012  How fast can our long-term BMW M5 go? It’s got to be pretty fast, hasn’t it, what with 4.4 litres of twin-turbo V8 goodness and 552bhp and 501lb ft. Fast enough...
  • Is Lamborghini too extreme for its own good?
    Ferrari and Rolls-Royce recorded their greatest ever sales in 2011, Bentley’s volumes are back to pre-recession levels, but what about the world’s self-proclaimed super-sports car company, Lamborghini? Well, 2011 sales were up 26% on 2010, but 1602 sales is still...
  • Fiat 500L (2012) first official pictures
    Fiat will show its new addition to the 500 range at the 2012 Geneva motor show: the new 500L mini MPV. It's designed to squeeze MPV practicality into the footprint of a B-segment city car – with a sprinkling of...
  • Toyota prices the new GT 86 at £25k
    Toyota has quashed all the rumours about how much its new GT 86 rear-wheel drive sports car will cost: the price has been confirmed at £24,995 in the UK. Some speculation had suggested the price might soar nearer £30k on...
  • News watch February 2012: today's auto industry news
    Welcome to CAR Magazine's news aggregator as we round up the daily stories in the auto industry. Top tip: news summaries are added from the top hour-by-hour Friday 3 February 2012• Jaguar Land Rover plans to partner Chery in China to...
  • Infiniti M35h hybrid (2011) long-term test review
    Winter tyres for our Infiniti M35h hybrid - 2 February 2012 You might have seen in the new February 2012 issue of CAR Magazine that we succumbed to the winter tyre craze for our M. There's still only a handful...
  • Infiniti 'actively looking at a GT-R based halo car'
    Infiniti is actively considering building a flagship sports car based on the running gear of the Nissan GT-R. 'It's too good a platform to use only on one model,' said Francois Bancon, head of advanced planning for Infiniti in Tokyo....
  • Why an old Honda Civic beats the new 2012 one
    A few months back, I tested the all-new Civic and wasn’t particularly impressed: I didn’t like the too-high seating position, the oddly weighted steering, the coarse diesel engine, the still-dubious rear visibility and, crucially, the lack of any discernible fun factor....
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