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Blunder Buses: Volkswagen Phaeton

There are good reasons for developing a new car from scratch, but hubris isn’t one of them. Richard Bremner explores Dr Piëch’s great misstep

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Blunder Buses: MG XPower SV

Its gestation was convoluted, its lifetime cut short, its sales far below expectations. But, as Richard Bremner reports from behind the wheel, it was by no means all bad

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Our Cars: BMW 650i

Buying a 20-year-old V8 BMW was always going to be a journey even before it began steering itself. Richard Bremner remains undaunted

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Blunder Buses: Pontiac Aztek

Thanks to a certain TV series, many of you will know the irretrievably ugly Aztek already, but not how it got that way. Richard Bremner has the answers

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Blunder Buses: Peugeot 1007

The theory of a city car with sliding doors that could be opened in tight spaces was sound. But in this case, says Richard Bremner, the reality was rather different

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Blunder Buses: Fiat Stilo

The 2001 Fiat Stilo should have been a stern rival for the mighty VW Golf. Instead, writes Richard Bremner, it contributed to its maker losing a million euros a day

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Blunder Buses: Mercedes Vaneo

It is a van? Is it a car? Who thought it a good idea to sell the former dressed like the latter but named after the former? Sometimes, says Richard Bremner, you just can’t make it up

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Our Cars: BMW 650i Sport

Major issues behind him at least for now, Richard Bremner is still tinkering with the E63, fixing all those small items that have been annoying him to date

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