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Road tests of the year 2012

We look back at a vintage year of road testing in our highlights special

Welcome to Auto Express’s 50 road test winners 2012. In the past 12 months, we’ve covered over 250,000 miles putting more than 400 cars through their paces, and here we pick our top 50 test winners.

All the new cars we drive are subjected to a host of rigorous assessments by members of our expert team, who have more than 50 years of road testing experience between them.

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Every day, we drive the hard miles and crunch the numbers to deliver Britain’s biggest and best road tests with verdicts you can trust. So, sit back and relax as we look back at a vintage year of road testing.

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