http://www.topgear.com/Latest Car Reviews from Top Gearen-GB© Copyright 2000-2010 Top GearTop Gearhttp://www.topgear.com/uk/audi/tt-roadster/road-test/1.8-tfsi?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ongoinghttp://www.topgear.com/uk/audi/tt-roadster/road-test/1.8-tfsi?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ongoingForget the hyperdrive quattro versions. This honest, no frills TT is one of the best you can buy.Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:47:17 ZForget yer 335bhp TT RS, with its big face and ooh-so-postmodern quattro references. Indecently rapid though the five-cylinder flagship is, the TT has always made most sense in front-wheel-drive base-spec form, and you can't get your TT Roadster any more base-spec and front-drive than this, the new http://www.topgear.com/uk/porsche/911-turbo/road-test/pdk-sport-chrono-pack?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ongoinghttp://www.topgear.com/uk/porsche/911-turbo/road-test/pdk-sport-chrono-pack?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ongoingMost powerful Turbo ever gets flappy paddles and a double-clutch ’box. The most useable supercar ever?Mon, 16 Nov 2009 10:08:30 ZLet's start with the noise. This 911 - the second ‘997' to wear the Turbo badge - produces a deep soundblast of whooshes, woofles and faint artillery booms. A racecar whirr cuts through the sonic mayhem to remind you that, way back behind you, a new 3.8-litre flat-six engine is doing its thttp://www.topgear.com/uk/skoda/yeti/road-test/1.2?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ongoinghttp://www.topgear.com/uk/skoda/yeti/road-test/1.2?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ongoingThe Yeti’s well built, decent to drive and even works off-road. At last, a rival for the omnipresent Qashqai.Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:10:14 ZFor the past two years, the Nissan Qashqai has single-handedly given the hatch/SUV niche mass appeal. It outsold the Insignia in May and was only 18 registrations short of the Mondeo that month - it's now firmly entrenched in the top ten seller list in the UK. No wonder Skoda wants a piece of the ahttp://www.topgear.com/uk/vauxhall/insignia-sports-tourer/road-test/vxr?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ongoinghttp://www.topgear.com/uk/vauxhall/insignia-sports-tourer/road-test/vxr?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ongoingEstate version of Insignia VXR makes more sense than the hatch. Quick and practical, but is it just too thirsty?Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:29:19 ZVauxhall's torque-steery, big-winged VXR brand has always sat at the - how to put this? - static-generating sports leisurewear end of the market. But the four-wheel-drive Insignia VXR hatch, released earlier this year, proved that the VXR chav is growing up. Now, with the release of the estate versihttp://www.topgear.com/uk/citroen/c3/road-test/1.6hdi-exclusive?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ongoinghttp://www.topgear.com/uk/citroen/c3/road-test/1.6hdi-exclusive?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ongoingNot spectacular, but everything is done well, from the design to the drive. So much better than the old version.Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:22:02 ZReading the specification of the new Citroen C3 is about as fulfilling as watching a bunch of flowers slowly die on the grave of a well-loved family pet. I know, because I've just done it. Let me share them with you. The basics are these: the new C3 is a small Citroen hatchback with a range of four-http://www.topgear.com/uk/skoda/superb/road-test/combi-2.0-tdi?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ongoinghttp://www.topgear.com/uk/skoda/superb/road-test/combi-2.0-tdi?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ongoingA car so unremittingly honest it’ll make the vicar’s whip-round feel akin to grand larceny. Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:41:23 ZSkoda is sitting pretty. The economy may just have scraped itself off the canvas, but it's definitely still slumped in its corner, breathing heavy and missing some teeth. Money is vulgar. What little there is of it. The Archbishop wants you to grow your own veg. Tomorrow is about cutbacks not investhttp://www.topgear.com/uk/volkswagen/scirocco/road-test/gt-2.0-tdi-170ps?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ongoinghttp://www.topgear.com/uk/volkswagen/scirocco/road-test/gt-2.0-tdi-170ps?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ongoingSuperb engine which suits the car, but not quite as slick as the 2.0-litre (or 1.4) petrol units. Close, though.Wed, 04 Nov 2009 09:41:30 ZIf you ever needed a jolt to remind you just how good four cylinder diesel cars have become, drive the Scirocco 2.0 TDI 170PS for, oh, five or six seconds. This is a very impressive car indeed. The best two compliments you can pay it are that A) it's genuinely sporty, and B) that the engine's charahttp://www.topgear.com/uk/fiat/grande-punto/road-test/evo-1.4-multiair?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ongoinghttp://www.topgear.com/uk/fiat/grande-punto/road-test/evo-1.4-multiair?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ongoingMid-life updates and excellent new engines put Punto back towards the top of the class. But we want the old face.Wed, 04 Nov 2009 09:41:10 ZShallow it may be, but did the Punto really need facelifting? The sleek little Grande Punto has always been one of the finest-looking city cars and - though these things are subjective - I can't help thinking they've made this, the revised Punto Evo, just a bit uglier. In an attempt, presumably, tohttp://www.topgear.com/uk/mazda/3-mps/road-test/256bhp?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ongoinghttp://www.topgear.com/uk/mazda/3-mps/road-test/256bhp?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ongoingHugely fast and far more entertaining to drive than before. But too expensive, even with tons of standard kit.Wed, 04 Nov 2009 09:40:09 ZThe original Mazda3 MPS managed the intriguing feat of being very interesting on paper - a 256bhp hot hatch, the most powerful production front-drive car in the world - yet dull both to look at and, in comparison to its rivals, drive. It was launched in a more innocent age, way back in 2007, when phttp://www.topgear.com/uk/mini/one-cooper/road-test/first-1.4?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ongoinghttp://www.topgear.com/uk/mini/one-cooper/road-test/first-1.4?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ongoingAll the Mini you could ever want. Some of the shiny bits have been stripped out, but the crucial stuff remains.Wed, 04 Nov 2009 09:38:24 ZGood news - MINI HAS finally provided an alternative to being fleeced by its ‘options' packs. At £10,950, the Mini First becomes the cheapest on sale, undercutting the Mini One by £1,395. And the First is brilliant. There are no blank switches inside and at no point do you think y