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    • New Land Rover Defender: the ultimate restomod?

      24 August 2020 by Phil McNamara

      Our editor-in-chief on the new Defender: off-roading and other reflections

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    • The perfect Christmas car? A festive road test in Aston's DB11

      01 January 2018 by Phil McNamara

      The perfect Christmas getaway car? Aston's divine DB11

      Our editor-in-chief has just spent a Christmassy week in a DB11. Here's how he got on

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    • McLaren 720S reviewed by a regular driver: more Ali G than lateral G

      09 May 2017 by Phil McNamara

      What does it really feel like to be strapped into a just-launched 710bhp supercar on an unfamiliar race track?

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    • Editor’s welcome: Audi and the race to own premium, CAR+ June 2016

      30 May 2016 by Phil McNamara

      Audi’s brand is so robust that it can stretch from the supercar R8 to a tiny A1 hatch, and compete on all fronts

      Editor Phil McNamara introduces the latest issue, and looks at what the future holds for premium brands

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    • Editor’s welcome: The man making the lion king again, CAR+ May 2016

      01 April 2016 by Phil McNamara

      Peugeot-Citroën boss Carlos Tavares: he turned incalculable losses into staggering profits

      Editor Phil McNamara welcomes you to the May issue of CAR magazine

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    • Editors welcome: And the Car of the Year is…, CAR+ April 2016

      16 March 2016 by Phil McNamara

      Against the best of Germany, Sweden and Japan, the British-built Astra won the day. We salute it

      Editor Phil McNamara welcomes you to the April issue of CAR magazine

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    • How I voted in the 2016 Car of the Year awards, by the editor of CAR

      29 February 2016 by Phil McNamara

      Vauxhall Astra: Car of the Year 2016

      A look at the voting process by CAR editor Phil McNamara

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    • Editor’s welcome: M2 – sideways to BMW’s future, CAR+ March 2016

      18 February 2016 by Phil McNamara

      Our Georg was first behind the wheel of the M2 (as usual). And he burned through a set of rears (as usual)

      Editor Phil McNamara welcomes you to the March issue of CAR magazine

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    • Editor’s welcome: 2015 – the year of the new car buyer, CAR+ February 2016

      20 January 2016 by Phil McNamara

      The Ford Fiesta topped the list of new cars bought in in 2015, that's the title held for seven years now

      Editor Phil McNamara welcomes you to the February issue of CAR magazine

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    • Editor’s welcome: the best of 2015, CAR+ January 2016

      30 November 2015 by Phil McNamara

      Porsche, McLaren and Lamborghini: they all played the hardcore card with devastating effect in 2015

      CAR's editor Phil McNamara welcomes you to the final issue of 2015

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    • Editor’s welcome: Renault reborn in German clothes, CAR+ December 2015

      01 November 2015 by Phil McNamara

      Renault design boss van den Acker: ‘Although it’s great to love French design, if it falls apart it’s no good’

      CAR's editor Phil McNamara discusses Renault's history and move towards a premium look

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    • Editor’s welcome: Tesla moves the electric goalposts, CAR+ November 2015

      14 October 2015 by Phil McNamara

      Tesla has taken the electric car concept away from nerdy Johnny Cabs and into the realms of Porsche-baiting

      As the dieselgate saga continues, Elon Musk must be laughing as his electric cars step on the heels of supercar drivers

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    • Editor’s welcome: the rise and rise of McLaren, CAR+ October 2015

      16 September 2015 by Phil McNamara

      The McLaren 650s, a truly mind-blowing supercar

      It's been an up and down relationship with McLaren over the years, but now their cars are terrific

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    • Editor’s welcome: hard knocks in pothole Britain, CAR+ September 2015

      09 September 2015 by Phil McNamara

      Councils may have filled 2.67m potholes in 2014, but sadly not the one that clipped this Bentley Flying Spur’s wings

      CAR's editor Phil McNamara ponders pothole Britain as his Bentley's tyre pops

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    • Phil McNamara: my 2012 Car of the Year verdict

      05 March 2012 by Phil McNamara

      Phil McNamara: my 2012 Car of the Year verdict

      How CAR's editor voted, and why he picked the Ampera

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    • Nine reflections after 577 miles in new Porsche 911s

      05 March 2012 by Phil McNamara

      Six days and two 911s, but what's the verdict?

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    • The winners and losers from GM and Peugeot-Citroën’s alliance

      02 March 2012 by Phil McNamara

      The editor of CAR mulls over this week's big news that Opel and Vauxhall have formed an alliance

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    • Is Lamborghini too extreme for its own good?

      03 February 2012 by Phil McNamara

      CAR's editor probes the Lambo business plan

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    • New A-class critical to Mercedes’ bid for world domination

      20 January 2012 by Phil McNamara

      New Mercedes A-class due at the 2012 Geneva motor show; here's the Concept A-class

      CAR's editor meets Merc CEO, hears A-class plan

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    • Jaguar & Me. What Jag means to Steven Gerrard

      20 May 2010 by Phil McNamara

      England footie vice captain tells CAR what Jag means to him

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    • Jaguar & Me: Sir Ian Botham on Jags

      20 May 2010 by Phil McNamara

      Sir Ian Botham drives a Jag XKR and we caught up with him for his views on Jaguars. ‘I love Jaguar because it’s British,’ says Sir Ian, English cricket’s most prolific wicket taker and the owner of a...

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    • Jaguar & Me | Natasha Danvers | Memories

      20 May 2010 by Phil McNamara

      CAR caught up with 2008 Olympic bronze medallist Tasha Danvers at the launch of the Jaguar Academy of Sport. The Olympian drives a Jag XF Diesel S; previously she drove an Alfa Romeo. ‘Jaguars used...

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    • Martin Brundle’s predictions for the 2010 F1 season

      09 March 2010 by Phil McNamara

      F1 countdown is go: we go one to one with race pundit

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    • Inside Toyota’s $15m driving simulator | Toyota Simulator

      24 November 2009 by Phil McNamara

      Inside Toyota’s $15m driving simulator

      Our editor has a go in world’s most complex simulator

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    • Is ousted GM boss Rick Wagoner a failure?

      30 March 2009 by Phil McNamara

      Rick Wagoner

      Editor McNamara dissects GM CEO's legacy

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    • How Phil McNamara voted in Car of the Year 2009

      17 November 2008 by Phil McNamara

      The following is an exact copy of what Phil wrote in his judging form for Europe’s 2009 Car of the Year. Let’s start by dismissing Renault’s Megane – its maximum NCAP rating is its sole outstanding...

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    • SEMA 2008 show report

      06 November 2008 by Phil McNamara

      Welcome to the SEMA show, the place where a Mini Clubman, Ferrari Scuderia and Think electric golf cart can sit alongside Hummers with caterpillar tracks, the converted Cadillac ambulance from...

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    • Porsche, Ken and the inequality of CO2 tax

      19 February 2008 by Phil McNamara

      Pulling onto the Heathrow slip road, a deliciously ironic sign confronted me and my BMW 335i (emissions: 238g/km CO2): ‘You are entering a low emissions zone (LEZ)’. Beneath the world’s most ...

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    • Is the Mitsubishi Evo past it?

      14 March 2007 by Phil McNamara

      'Have punters lost interest in Evos?' I asked Mitsubishi UK boss Jim Tyrrell last week. No way, he countered, saying that he already has 250 orders for the Evo X, only seen so far as this...

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    • The truth about SUVs: an essay by Phil McNamara

      01 March 2007 by Phil McNamara

      There's life in the old SUV yet, says CAR editor Phil McNamara The SUV is heading the way of the dinosaur. That's according to the national newspapers, but why should they let the truth get in the way...

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