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What were your favourite reviews of 2011?

  • Your reading habits on Top Gear's shabby corner of the Web have provided fuel for a debate that has raged across the centuries. It's also stumped our understanding of an ‘Internet'. Unbeknownst to you, TopGear.commer, you are an ‘incompatibilist'; you believe in free will.

    Such metaphysical japery does not normally find space on these rusty, fuel-injected pages, but there could be no other explanation for our stats. Why, in a year when we've driven the Ferrari 458 Spider and Mercedes SLS roadster and Range Rover Evoque, did you prefer to read a road test on the new Chrysler 300C?

    Free will. That, or our Internet's knackered. And it's definitely not the latter. Definitely. Have a click through and see which reviews caressed your car parts in 2011. There's even a diesel. A diesel. We've driven a ruddy 660bhp Ferrari for goodness sake...

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  • Chrysler 300C

    "...take off your driving gloves and fireproof jumpsuit, and the big exec is totally different. It retains the brutish, old-school mafia-esque looks of the old 300C, gets a massively improved interior, and the ride is lovely. Seriously..."

    Read the full review here

  • Jaguar XF 2.2 diesel

    "On the road, the XF has mucho whoosh over a nice wide torque spread, and plenty of refinement nearly all the time. And as the engine is a bag of cement lighter than the V6, it's even better in sharp corners..."

    Read the full review here

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  • BMW M5

    "It's chuffing excellent. There you go Top Gear-heads, an instant, internet-friendly verdict on the new BMW M5. Go spread the news far and wide..."

    Read the full review here

  • Audi RS3

    "Irresistible force, meet immovable object. Just get your foot down out of a bend. Sooner. Sooner again. It catapults away from slow corners, wet corners, whatever. Nothing's going to stand in its way..."

    Read the full review here

  • Caterham 7 Supersport

    "...when you wind the Supersport out to 7000rpm and drink in the noise and the wasps and the stupefying, mass-free acceleration, all of the hassle and bucking and unbuckling and footwear expense required to get there becomes irrelevant. This is driving distilled: one hundred per cent proof..."

    Read the full review here

  • Mercedes C63 AMG Black Series

    "With no turbos to get in the way of the noise, the Coupe Black Series announces its arrival with a ragged V8 fanfare. You really could bottle and sell the snarling noise it makes..."

    Read the full review here

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  • Aston Martin Vantage S

    "The whole car feels a lot sharper, though. The steering is so much more direct that the old car's is vague in comparison, and with the Sport button pressed, throttle response is ace. It needs driving hard to get the most from it..."

    Read the full review here

  • Vauxhall VXR8 GTS

    "You know how the Nissan GT-R has a screen showing everything from turbo temperature to throttle angle? Well, this is the Aussie answer. There are various displays to flick through, but I come to a rest on the one that shows angles of oversteer and understeer. Hell, yeah..."

    Read the full review here

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  • Lotus Evora S

    "The overwhelming reason to buy the Evora is still the way it drives, because in that, it takes the Cayman to the cleaners..."

    Read the full review here

  • Porsche 911 Carrera S

    "All things considered - its price, its performance, its economy and emissions - it's pretty clear we're talking about the world's best sports car here..."

    Read the full review here

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