http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Shared/Handlers/RSSHandler.ashx?&N=503&Ns=P_Publication_Date|1CAR Online | First drives RSS Feed(c) 2009, Bauer Media. All rights reserved.30CAR Online reader Pagani1zonda takes a trip down memory lane in a 1976 Lancia Beta Monte Carlo. Read about his first drive from Perranporth to Playing in a classic Pininfarina design... My favourite garage was called Lancia Playing Place situated...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Drives/Search-Results/First-drives/Lancia-Beta-Monte-Carlo-reader-review/Wed, 07 Jan 2009 13:55:00 GMTDrivesThis is the BMW 7-series for people who think a 740i is a bit slack. And also for people who think the 740i is a bit too short. If you happen to be a chauffeur or a chauffeur’s employer the...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Drives/Search-Results/First-drives/BMW-750iL-2009-CAR-review/Mon, 05 Jan 2009 09:00:00 GMTDrivesIt doesn’t feel as though it’s been around that long, but four years have passed since Mitsubishi launched its wedgy baby, the Colt. So it’s had a fiddle. Nothing that looks too substantial, despite claims that the latest car shares...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Drives/Search-Results/First-drives/Mitsubishi-Colt-CAR-review/Sun, 04 Jan 2009 20:50:00 GMTDrivesIt’s taken Volkswagen and Seat a while to trickle down their respective environment-focused Bluemotion and Ecomotive badges to their large MPVs, the Sharan and Alhambra. That tells you all you need to know about the pecking order at VAG. The...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Drives/Search-Results/First-drives/VW-Sharan-BluemotionSeat-Alhambra-Ecomotive-2009-CAR-review/Thu, 01 Jan 2009 09:00:00 GMTDrivesIt might be hard to imagine, but back when the BMW M6 was launched in 2005, CAR Online wasn’t actually around. Hence the BMW M6 not being previously reviewed on this site. But in the name of being comprehensive –...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Drives/Search-Results/First-drives/BMW-M6-2008-CAR-review/Wed, 31 Dec 2008 14:11:00 GMTDrivesWe like the Civic Type R here at CAR. Really like it. But there’s always been one thing that’s bothered us: the colour choices. Let me explain. The brilliant driver’s car that was the ’90s Integra Type R wore an...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Drives/Search-Results/First-drives/Honda-Civic-Type-R-LSD-2009-CAR-review/Tue, 30 Dec 2008 09:00:00 GMTDrivesAudi’s dinked the A5’s old 1.8-litre base engine, and brought in this 2.0-litre turbo, that kicks off the range in 178bhp front-drive mode for £26,150. There’s also this 208bhp version, tested here with Quattro four-wheel drive. Great-looking car, the Audi...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Drives/Search-Results/First-drives/Audi-A5-20TFSI-Quattro-CAR-review/Thu, 25 Dec 2008 23:35:00 GMTDrivesBarely 25 years ago, Mercedes and Jaguar had this market – then the sub-Rolls market – sewn up. BMW was knocking on the door but only got its foot in with the second-gen 7-series of 1986. Audi came along with...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Drives/Search-Results/First-drives/BMW-730d-2009-CAR-review/Thu, 18 Dec 2008 15:01:00 GMTDrivesDo you have a handy mat for kneeling on in the garden? How about an all-in-one slipper for both your feet? Cantilevered ‘easy’ tongs for picking up leaves without bending down? Is the biggest thrill in your day the frisson...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Drives/Search-Results/First-drives/Toyota-Avensis-18-Valvematic-Tourer-2009-CAR-review/Mon, 15 Dec 2008 17:00:00 GMTDrivesTo be taken seriously as a car firm these days it seems you need a low carbon dioxide model in your range. Volvo hasn’t had one up until now so it’s addressing that failing with three new models: eco versions...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Drives/Search-Results/First-drives/Volvo-S40-16-DRIVe-2009-CAR-review/Fri, 12 Dec 2008 10:40:00 GMTDrives