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2004 Audi TT 3.2 Quattro DSG - Part 2
In part 2 of this long term test review, our engineering editor describes at length the different modes of the DSG transmission. more |
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2004 Audi TT 3.2 Quattro DSG Long Term Review Introduction
European car introduces its 2004 Audi TT 3.2 Quattro long-term test vehicle. more |
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2004 Brabus Smart Roadster Coupe - Long Term Test Update
Alistair Weaver, our European correspondent, talks about driving his 2004 Brabus Smart Roadster Coupe on the Spa Francochamps racetrack in... more |
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2004 Smart Brabus Roadster Coupe Introduction
Alistair Weaver, our European correspondent, introduces a 2004 Smart Brabus Roadster Coupe as a long term test car. more |
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2004 Volkswagen Phaeton Long Term Test Introduction
From our long-term tester responses, the 2004 Volkswagen Phaeton has impressed more than a few with this gorgeous piece of machinery. I... more |
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2004 Audi TT 3.2 DSG - Long-Term Wrap
Giving cars back is never easy, but this one was particularly hard to let go. Over the past year we've grown pretty fond of our TT,... more |
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2004 Volkswagen Phaeton V8 - Long-Term Update
I am the antithesis of the jaded automotive journalist used to driving new or long-term cars on a regular basis. I feel like a kid in a... more |
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2005 Porsche Cayenne S - Long-Term Update
In the first written installment on our long-term Cayenne (ec 05/05), Editor Bidrawn referred to it as "a lifted 911, a sports car for dirt... more |
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2004 SAAB 9-2X - Long-Term Update
Regular readers will know our Saab 9-2X has been residing somewhere on the fringe of our long-term fleet. Engineering editor Jay Chen was... more |
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2005 BMW X3 - Long-Term Update
For the most part, I've found automotive navigation systems more of an amusement than a viable tool. I'll turn on the nav screen so the... more |
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2004 Smart Brabus Roadster Coupe - Long-Term Update
One of the great privileges of being a motoring journalist is having the opportunity to test a huge range of new vehicles. Much of my life... more |
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2004 Volkswagen Phaeton - Long-term Update
When the digital odometer in our long-term Phaeton recently hit 10,000 miles, I just happened to glance down at the precise moment. I... more |
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2004 Audi TT 3.2 DSG - Long-term Update
There are two types of car people out there. The first is attracted to premium marques because of the luxury and status these cars afford;... more |
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2005 BMW X3 - Long-Term Update
When BMW introduced the X3 I found myself wondering why they'd want to do such a thing. Then I reasoned the suits in Munich were just... more |
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2005 Porsche Cayenne S - Long-Term Update
It's hard to write about a car I don't like. It's even harder when I can't put my finger on what specifically I didn't like about it. It's... more |
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2004 Volkswagen Phaeton V8 - Long-Term Update
Driving the Phaeton around surface streets in Southern California has made something clear to me: It's too good for surface streets in... more |
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2004 Audi TT 3.2 DSG - Long-Term Update
Former Le Mans-winning driver Hurley Haywood drove the first TTs for Audi during its press launch way back in 1999. Essentially, he was a... more |
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2005 BMW X3 3.0i - Long-Term Intro
It's amazing what phenomenal cars BMW builds. Take our new long term X3 3.0i. This was a car I initially loathed having when it was first... more |
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2005 Porsche Cayenne S - Long-Term Intro
The photography on these pages was done in a remote section of the Mojave Desert. Most of you will never go there nor would you want to. No... more |
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2004 Audi TT 3.2 DSG - Long-Term Update
Either you hate the Audi TT or love it. I belong to the former group. To me the TT is a Southern Californian yuppie go-kart: Impractical,... more |
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2004 Smart Brabus Roadster-Coupe - Long-Term Update
This was not the most sensible way to introduce myself to my new smart long termer. Within 2 hours of its arrival on my doorstep, I was on... more |
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2004 Volkswagen Phaeton V8 - Long-Term Intro
A VW dealer print campaign for the Phaeton asks, "What have we been smoking?" I can just imagine Dr. Piech and crew sitting around a giant... more |
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2004 Smart Brabus Roadster-Coupe - Long-Term Intro
The first smart I ever drove belonged to none other than Sir Stirling Moss. I picked it up from his house in the center of London and drove... more |
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2004 Audi TT 3.2 Quattro DSG - Long-Term Intro
I want this car. Okay, granted I technically "have" it, since the TT is the latest member of european car's long-term test fleet. But I... more |
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2003 Mercedes-Benz C230K Sport - Long-Term Wrapup
It's always interesting to drive, back to back, two generations of the same car. Progress, or the lack thereof, is readily evident and is... more |
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