WHEN WE PUT the Ford Fiesta Zetec two-door under the TMR microscope back in March, we found it an absolute delight to drive. “Approaching brilliant,” we said.

We also proffered the view that this car, the Fiesta, Ford’s steamrolling entry into the light car segment which is bolting out of showrooms in every market it’s [...]

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Some things are just plain wrong. Like pineapple on pizza. Like bicycle pants. And like putting “BMW” and “bargain” in the same sentence. That’s gotta be wrong. So what’s going on with the BMW 125i Coupe? Who ever heard of a BMW-badged two-door coupe, a growling three-litre straight six in the snout (like we’re talking [...]

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“Think of it as being like Mike Tyson in a business suit – smooth on the outside, but you can just tell that it’s ear-bitingly mad on the inside”

Life, as they say, is full of compromises. It’s a familiar tale – boy meets girl, marries, then rug-rats, and goodbye to the low-slung sports coupe. Then [...]

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Chrysler executives have reportedly confirmed that either the Jeep Liberty (known here as the Cherokee) or the Dodge Nitro will be phased out by 2012. Both of these mid-size SUVS are built on the same production line in Toledo, Ohio, and share the same platform and engine lineup, and - to be brutally honest [...]

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We’ve probably all been through the following scenario at some stage. A certain individual has been catching your eye for a few months and while you know absolutely nothing about them – they look hot – and that’s often enough, isn’t it? You ask them out, they say yes…

So you roll-up at their door, pressed [...]

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It’s probably not too often that a beefy Aussie bloke spends a week in a little three-door hatch and genuinely laments handing back the keys. Let’s be realistic here, most of the cars in this class are targeted to female buyers. They’re cute, cool and sometimes sassy but rarely a ripper drive. With small four-cylinder [...]

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What’s the first thing you do when sliding behind the wheel of a new car? If you’re Mike, you’ll cop a feel of the dash—soft is good, hard not so good. The Insider will run his hands around the steering wheel and peer over his left shoulder, we still have no idea why. Me, I [...]

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The all-new 2008 model TMR website has finally launched, and we’re suitably rapt. There’s still a lot of work ahead of us, but we’re off to a flying start.

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