MotorBar: Reviews of the latest new cars, CDs, DVDs, books and travel

latest news¬

¬ Kylie's World Tour KylieX2008 opens in Paris on May 6 and sees her return to her true home — the live stage — when she opens her greatest-ever tour in Paris. The tour will take Kylie through most of Europe... read more

¬ TEETH — in cinemas from 6 June. Watch it with an open mind and crossed legs...

¬ Refreshing changes for the Mercedes-Benz SLK, SL and CLS 2008 ranges...

¬ BBC accused of deliberately hiding news video showing accident caused by Police speed camera van...

¬ Britain's Got Talent — the UK's most popular family entertainment show — is back. And this time it's going live on tour...

¬ For a real Room with a View, spend the night in Ålesund's hottest new abode — Room 47, tucked away in an old lighthouse...

¬ The British Steam Car Speed Record attempt is on track for August at Bonneville Salt Flats, USA...

¬ Jack Black stars in the hilarious comedy Be Kind Rewind about two best friends, one electromagnetic field and every movie you've ever loved...

¬ The full line-up for this Summer's Motor Show Music Festival has now been confirmed, with new-wave icons Blondie the final act to be announced. Blondie will play at the event, to be staged at ExCeL London, on 28 July...

¬ The icebergs are coming! People are flocking to the shoreline in Newfoundland and Labrador on the hunt for icebergs...

¬ Perfectly timed for Summer, Alfa Romeo has extended the head-turning Alfa Spider range with a limited edition version complete with £3,000 worth of extra features at no extra cost...

¬ A-Mayzing Value — Get away from it all this May to the Lake District with Holbeck Ghyll...

¬ New 6.2-litre 425bhp V8 for Vauxhall VXR8: Same calories, fuller flavour...

¬ Ford Focus instruments and Rock Heroes raise funds for Teenage Cancer Trust charity....

¬ The new travel guide series that's changing the way travellers see the world...

¬ Supergrass confirmed to appear at The Hop Farm Festival alongside Neil Young and Primal Scream...

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new car reviews¬

Mercedes CLC 220 CDI 3-door coupe. Click to read the review.

¬ Mercedes CLC 220 CDI SE — Sporty-looking three-door compact coupe is new entry-level model in Mercedes' Coupe family range...

¬ Mazda2 1.3 TS2 5-door — The Mazda2 edged out the new Ford Mondeo and Mercedes-Benz C-Class to take the World Car of the Year 2008 award...

VW's desirable Golf goes 'green'. Click to read the review.

¬ VW Golf Match BlueMotion 1.9 TDI — The 'green' BlueMotion Golf is a hard car to say 'no' to...

¬ Audi RS 6 quattro Avant — 572bhp super-estate. Avant-age Audi...

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latest book reviews¬

¬ The Time Traveller — Ron Mallett idolised his father, an electronics whiz who died when Ron was just ten years old. Time, he says, stopped for him on 22 May, 1955. Such was his grief that the young boy, after reading H G Wells' The Time Machine, resolved to build his own time machine to go back and save his father... read more

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car+motorsport book reviews¬

¬ Ferrari: The Red Dream — Dreams of men, if you believe them, mainly centre on blonde bombshells and sports cars. At the top of the list is usually a Ferrari. And a red one, at that... read more

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latest cd reviews¬

¬ Rush — This is rock that understands you don't have to go too hard to be good...

¬ Jethro Tull — One of the most successful and enduring acts in British rock history. Out next week is
a very special 2-CD 40th Anniversary Collector's
Edition of the band's seminal debut album This Was...

¬ Rick Astley — The biggest star of the Eighties, Rick Astley is back with his 'greatest hits' album...

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latest dvd reviews ¬

¬ All For Love — Based on a Robert Louis Stevenson novel, All For Love is a sumptuous costume drama set against the backdrop of the turbulent Napoleonic Wars. With a superb all-star cast led by smouldering French actor Jean-Marc Barr (Dogville, The Big Blue), it is a compelling tale of action, romance, treachery and tragedy...

¬ Youth Without Youth — The first film directed by Academy Award-winning Francis Ford Coppola (The Godfather Trilogy) since The Rainmaker in 1997, Youth Without Youth is a beautiful film with wonderful scenery of India, Romania, Malta and Switzerland and is part romance, part psychological thriller and part science fiction. With a dose of history and reincarnation thrown in...

¬ Tsubasa — The popular anime series Tsubasa returns for a fourth instalment...

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travel+lifestyle¬

Antwerp for a little bit of what you fancy... Click to read the review.

¬ Antwerp is a wonderful, friendly, safe and civilised city with many treasures and elegant shops to explore — from the ornate Renaissance guild buildings of the Grote Markt (the city's opulent central square) to the Rubens museum, the zoo and the incredible chocolate shops... read more

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competitions¬

¬ Eleven new DVD and CD titles to be won: Pistol Whipped, The Defender, Take That: Never Forget Live, Dreamland, Dragon Wars, TCT at the Royal Albert Hall, Rick Astley's new album Rick Astley: The Ultimate Collection, Beautiful Belly, Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares: Momma Cherri's Soul Food Shack And More, Yoga to the Rescue for Back Pain and Shiva Rea Yoga for Beginners...

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