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The rather brilliant BMW M4 Competition Package

In BMW, Car Reviews by Tom Scanlan

The whole point of the M4 with the competition package is pure, unadulterated fun, isn’t it? BMW introduced the Comp Pack version having 444 bhp, which is just 19 bhp more than the standard M4, but with the same torque, 550 Nm…Read More

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Mercedes-Benz A220d 4MATIC AMG Line | Review

In Car Reviews, Mercedes-Benz by Tom Scanlan

I’m getting that ‘deja vu’ feeling…been driving a Mercedes-Benz A-Class immediately after a week in the new Infiniti Q30. I’m getting that ‘deja vu’ feeling…been driving a Mercedes-Benz A-Class immediately after a week in the new Infiniti Q30. It should have been the Mercedes first followed by the Infiniti, because the A-Class platform is what the Infiniti is based upon…

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A family performance car, the Skoda Octavia vRS 230

In Car Reviews, Skoda by Tom Scanlan

As it happened, the Skoda Octavia vRS 230 was the third of three fast cars I had experienced in successive weeks. First was the awesome Audi R8 V10 Plus, then a mighty Golf R and then the Skoda. Even with a zero to 62 mph time of ‘as long as’ 6.7 seconds – more than twice the time the Audi R8 takes and a whole 1.6 seconds slower than the VW Golf R – it rather strangely didn’t feel that sluggish by comparison…