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  Ford EcoSport 1.0L EcoBoost: first impressions

  14 May 2013 / 35 comments

  Compact SUVs have all of a sudden come into focus. The Renault Duster has been doing very well sales-wise globally, which has prompted many automakers to bring their own versions about. The Ford EcoSport is [...]

  
  

   

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  DRIVEN: New Subaru XV 2.0i crossover tested in Bali

  1 May 2013 / 35 comments

  Midi-SUVs are undergoing something of a renaissance. For the longest time, they were slightly over-glazed alternatives to MPVs. Practical, sensible and good for the rough logistics of moving stuff from A to B. but you [...]

  
  

   

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  Four-way luxury sedan comparison – Audi A6 vs BMW 520i vs Infiniti M25 vs Lexus GS 250

  26 April 2013 / 97 comments

  This luxury sedan comparison test originally ran in Issue #0 of Driven+ Magazine. Download Driven+ Magazine from the iTunes App Store or Google Play Store. It isn’t hard to believe that the BMW 5 Series [...]

  
  

   

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  DRIVEN: All-new Peugeot 208 VTi tested in Malaysia

  17 April 2013 / 84 comments

  UPDATE: The Peugeot 208 has been officially launched – read our launch report here. These are indeed exciting times for the car buyer. Auto manufacturers are coming up with interesting products, vehicles with good specifications, [...]

  
  

   

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  DRIVEN: BMW 3 Series Gran Turismo in Sicily

  12 April 2013 / 37 comments

  Innovation. Otherwise known as a clever term for a clever idea. It’s also another word for the inability to stand still and be content with things. Which isn’t as bad as it sounds. This drive [...]

  
  

   

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  DRIVEN: Volkswagen Golf Mk7 1.4 TSI in Malaysia

  17 March 2013 / 212 comments

  Honestly, what can be said of the Volkswagen Golf that hasn’t already been said a thousand times over? With seven model generations, over 29 million sold and numerous accolades conferred upon it, you know that [...]

  
  

   

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  DRIVEN: Volkswagen Golf Mk7 tested in Sardinia

  13 March 2013 / 36 comments

  And so, ‘The Car’ has arrived. Not just the car, but the one, if you are to understand what the term suggests. Such flourish is usually dripping with self-aggrandisement, but you’ll forgive the best-selling European [...]

  
  

   

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  DRIVEN: Honda CR-V fourth-gen tested in Thailand

  5 March 2013 / 80 comments

  UPDATE: The new Honda CR-V has been officially launched in Malaysia, read our launch report here With more than five million examples sold in the last 18 years, the Honda CR-V, that erstwhile comfortable runabout [...]

  
  

   

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  DRIVEN: New Audi A6 Hybrid full test drive review – sure, it’s tax-free, but is it free of driving thrills too?

  1 March 2013 / 155 comments

  Here’s a funny story: a few days before Euromobil launched the Audi A6 Hybrid, they called me to test it out for a couple of days. Unbeknownst to me, a dear old reader snapped a [...]

  
  

   

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  DRIVEN: New Mazda6 sedan to Bukit Tinggi and back

  1 February 2013 / 262 comments

  The new Mazda6 is such a seductively smooth machine that it could encourage a tattooed thug to sing along with Sade: “No need to ask, he’s a smooth operator… Smooth Operatoor.” And when that bare-knuckle [...]

  
  

   

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