http://www.topgear.com/Latest Car Reviews from Top Gearen-GB© Copyright 2000-2010 Top GearTop Gearhttp://www.topgear.com/uk/seat/ibiza/road-test/fr?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ongoinghttp://www.topgear.com/uk/seat/ibiza/road-test/fr?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ongoingFR offers ignificant performance shortfall versus insignificant savings. Buy the Cupra. Or better yet the Clio Cup.Fri, 05 Feb 2010 14:27:59 ZSome six months since we had our first crack at it, Seat's Ibiza FR has finally made it to the UK. Good news? We are, after all, hot hatch junkies on this congested isle. But it might've done VW's Spanish subsidiary a favour to get it here before we all got addicted to the new Renault Clio Cup. http://www.topgear.com/uk/bmw/x1/road-test/xdrive23d-se?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ongoinghttp://www.topgear.com/uk/bmw/x1/road-test/xdrive23d-se?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ongoingReally quite a good car for something, but we’re not exactly sure what. Answers on a postcard...Fri, 29 Jan 2010 12:08:57 ZAt the forefront of many a mind at this precise moment will be the word ‘why?' Possibly prefaced by ‘Dear' and ‘God'. The X1 is the latest in an increasingly long line of confused and confusing BMW products. Much like the 5-Series GT, it demands a double take, just to work out http://www.topgear.com/uk/volkswagen/golf-estate/road-test/2.0-d?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ongoinghttp://www.topgear.com/uk/volkswagen/golf-estate/road-test/2.0-d?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ongoingIt’s a Golf, just one with a big boot. Won’t set your world on fire, but nobody ever said it would.Thu, 28 Jan 2010 11:17:20 ZHere's a Golf with some extra rump. We've had the Mk6 hatch for well over a year now, but this estate version only arrived in November. And that's exactly what it is: an estate. Not a sports tourer or a station wagon or an avant. Just a plain old estate. And it does what an estate should do, by ignhttp://www.topgear.com/uk/porsche/911/road-test/paul-stephens-300r?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ongoinghttp://www.topgear.com/uk/porsche/911/road-test/paul-stephens-300r?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ongoingIt’s not cheap, but retro 911s don’t come better made or better engineered than the Paul Stephens 300R. Pose value high, reliability high.Thu, 28 Jan 2010 10:20:10 ZStep away from your piggy bank; every 911 Sport Classic has been sold. If this statement has ruined your world, if you still yearn for a retro-looking 911 on (relatively) modern running gear, then take heart from this. Developed by Paul Stephens Autoart, the 300R takes a 964 chassis (that's a 1989 9http://www.topgear.com/uk/lotus/exige/road-test/cup-260?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ongoinghttp://www.topgear.com/uk/lotus/exige/road-test/cup-260?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ongoingOne of the most visceral cars on sale today. Nothing else feels so intimate to drive. Watch out for the ride though.Thu, 28 Jan 2010 10:16:19 ZNo sound deadening, no carpets, no central locking, no sun visors, no mudflaps - everything in the Exige Cup 260 is absolutely functional. There isn't a better example of Colin Chapman's ‘light is right' philosophy, the whole package designed to let the driver get on with the driving, free http://www.topgear.com/uk/subaru/legacy-sports-tourer/road-test/2.0d-se-navplus?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ongoinghttp://www.topgear.com/uk/subaru/legacy-sports-tourer/road-test/2.0d-se-navplus?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ongoingA rather sad example of plot loss. Only consider it if you must have a 4WD and can’t stand big Skodas.Wed, 27 Jan 2010 17:06:45 ZOh dear. Legacy wagons used to be great cars a few years ago. This new one isn't. For a start, it has lost the old-school individuality. It now looks like some sort of mash-up of Accord and Mazda6. Old generations, in both cases. And the interior is covered in brash spangly plastic like some 19http://www.topgear.com/uk/mini/clubman/road-test/john-cooper-works?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ongoinghttp://www.topgear.com/uk/mini/clubman/road-test/john-cooper-works?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ongoingIf you really want a quick Clubman, buy it. If you want a proper hot hatch, get a Golf. Or a Megane RS...Wed, 27 Jan 2010 17:05:04 ZThe weird-doored, tiny-booted oddity that is the Clubman has always resisted classification by conventional taxonomy. But now Mini has given its wonky-orificed family car the full John Cooper Works treatment to create the quickest Clubman ever, muscling it straight into hot hatch territory. Is this http://www.topgear.com/uk/audi/a3/road-test/cabriolet-1.6-diesel?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ongoinghttp://www.topgear.com/uk/audi/a3/road-test/cabriolet-1.6-diesel?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ongoingA cabriolet with a diesel engine? Trust us, or trust Audi: light, powerful, economical, logical.Wed, 27 Jan 2010 17:04:54 ZAn odd thing this, and one that a few years ago no one would have considered: a small, sporty, diesel cabriolet. Back then, a soft-top with a diesel engine was called a tractor, but technology waits for no man. The A3 Cab, with its more compact and efficient 1.6 TDI engine, is walking the walk. Forhttp://www.topgear.com/uk/toyota/iq/road-test/gazoo-racing-tuned-by-mn?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ongoinghttp://www.topgear.com/uk/toyota/iq/road-test/gazoo-racing-tuned-by-mn?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ongoingCould be proper fun if/when it gets a turbo. Until then, nothing more than a curio with an interesting backstory.Wed, 27 Jan 2010 17:04:41 ZImagine the unlikeliest candidate in the world for a soup-up job. No, try harder: something even dafter than a Merc G-Wagen AMG. Meet the factory-tuner version of the iQ, Toyota's tiny cube-shaped premium city car aimed at people who don't have the slightest interest in driving. And yet I'm findinghttp://www.topgear.com/uk/porsche/911/road-test/sport-classic?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ongoinghttp://www.topgear.com/uk/porsche/911/road-test/sport-classic?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ongoingIgnoring the price, it would score 17. But the Sport Classic is too much money, no matter how exclusive it is.Wed, 27 Jan 2010 17:04:15 ZTwo numbers sum up the best and worst of this Porsche - 250 and 140,049. The former is how many will be built, the latter is the cost of each one. Yep. £140,049. So it's incredibly exclusive, even for a Porsche - in contrast, 1,270 Carrera GTs were sold - but when it comes down to the finer d