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Tannis was the first time we got to test the Renault 5, and on first impression, it lived up to the hype. It also felt like the headline act at the Tannistest, its prime parking spots opposite the entrance to the hotel only adding credence to a view that it’s the car to beat.
If that proves true, it would be only the second time a car maker had won back-to-back Car of the Year titles, after Fiat did so with the Punto and Brava/Bravo in 1995 and 1996.
Other Tannistest first drives included the Ford Capri, which felt like more of an electric successor to the Mondeo than the iconic coupé with which it shares its name.
The Cupra Terramar was a rare non-electric car, with the hybrid having more character than most for being based on the Volkswagen Group’s ubiquitous MQB architecture.
The Hyundai Inster was a rather curious proposition, packed with big-car technology but very much a city car, then priced alongside larger models such as the 5. Likeable in so many ways, it’s still a car with caveats.
No such caveats were needed for the Range Rover-sized Nio EL8, which is forbidden fruit for us in the UK. We’re not missing anything: its suspension is so soft that in trying to be comfortable it actually becomes uncomfortable.
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