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Peter Tomalin
Jaguar XK
Jaguar XK
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Jaguar XK

The Jaguar XK keeps getting better and better, despite an ignition glitch and a wallet-lightening service bill
6 Feb 2007
Jaguar XK
Long term tests

Jaguar XK

Peter Tomalin's still impressed by the Jag, and judging by the public's reaction, they are, too
5 Oct 2006
Westfield XI
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Westfield XI

Our Westfield's gearbox had been whining with great character. Then it jammed...
5 Oct 2006
BMW Alpina D3
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BMW Alpina D3

Affordable Alpina D3 delivers (diesel) power to the people and deserves to do very well indeed
7 Aug 2006
Jaguar XK
Jaguar XK
Long term tests

Jaguar XK

7 Aug 2006
Jaguar XK
Long term tests

Jaguar XK

The Jag arrived on a chill grey Tuesday morning in early April. I didn't get much work done that day, largely on account of leaving my desk every ten …
16 May 2006
Mercedes-Benz SL350
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Mercedes-Benz SL350

The 'entry level' SL gets a timely revamp
16 May 2006
Jaguar S-type 4.2 V8 R
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Jaguar S-type 4.2 V8 R

When the first S-types appeared in the late '90s, I hated them with a passion. Too many focus groups and styling clinics had produced a throwback to a…
30 Mar 2006
Jaguar S-Type 4.2 V8 R
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Jaguar S-Type 4.2 V8 R

The Jag has now been back with us for more than a month since the prolonged investigation into its electronic epilepsy. It has also become clear why i…
6 Feb 2006
Studio G G350
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Studio G G350

It's a sort of Cobra replica with a twist. It's also a real blast
20 Dec 2005
Chrysler 300C
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Chrysler 300C

300C range-topper now available in right-hand drive
19 Dec 2005
Toyota Celica GT
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Toyota Celica GT

There's a really good car under there...
7 Nov 2005
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Jaguar S-type 4.2 V8 R
Long term tests

Jaguar S-type 4.2 V8 R

Last month's report, you may recall, ended on something of a cliff-hanger. The Jag had developed a number of intermittent faults, starting with the ce…
7 Nov 2005
Jaguar S-type 4.2 V8 R
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Jaguar S-type 4.2 V8 R

The Jaguar has a comedian's sense of timing. We'd promised the kids three days at Disneyland Paris in the last week of the school holidays and, becaus…
3 Oct 2005
Mercedes-Benz SLK 280
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Mercedes-Benz SLK 280

Many owners may not realise it, but this is a 'sports car'
1 Sep 2005
BMW Z4
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BMW Z4

New entry-level Z4 has a Brit-built engine. It's good, too
1 Sep 2005
MG SV-R
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MG SV-R

There was always an air of slight surreality surrounding the MG SV-R, and now that it's gone we almost have to pinch ourselves to believe it was ever …
30 Aug 2005
Jaguar S-Type 4.2 V8 R
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Jaguar S-Type 4.2 V8 R

How many of the gadgets on your car do you actually need? How many do you actually use? Give me air-conditioning and a good CD player and I'm happy; w…
3 Aug 2005
Jaguar S-type 4.2 V8 R
Long term tests

Jaguar S-type 4.2 V8 R

I think I may be turning into my father, which is slightly unsettling, though not as unsettling as turning into my mother. I started thinking about th…
6 Jun 2005
Jaguar S-type 4.2 V8 R
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Jaguar S-type 4.2 V8 R

A memory comes back to me from the early '90s, of driving the then-new 3.8-litre version of the M5. I can vividly remember being blown away by the Bee…
11 Apr 2005
Nissan 350Z
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Nissan 350Z

Regular readers will know I've become a massive fan of the latest-generation Z-car. I reckon it's one of the greatest affordable performance cars of t…
7 Feb 2005
Jaguar S-type 4.2 V8 R
Long term tests

Jaguar S-type 4.2 V8 R

Jaguar is back in the headlines this month, and this time for the right reasons. Finally it has revealed the car it should have built at least five ye…
7 Feb 2005
Nissan 350Z
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Nissan 350Z

The 350Z's 3.5-litre V6 has always made a good noise; there's just never been quite enough of it. The obvious answer is to fit a freer-breathing exhau…
6 Dec 2004
Nissan 350Z
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Nissan 350Z

I've done a few stupid things in my time. Leaving my brand new pushbike parked under the wheels of a coal delivery lorry when I was seven. Trying to c…
5 Nov 2004
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Nissan 350Z
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Nissan 350Z

I hadn't realised the Z had been racking up the miles so quickly, and I'd overshot the 20,000-mile service; fortunately Camden Nissan of Northampton t…
11 Oct 2004