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We wrap up the last episode of 2011 with a quick bit of news about BMW’s 6-series Gran Coupé and the ridiculous Smart ForUs pickup truck. Then we all nominate our favourite cars of the year in four categories: hatch, sedan, fun car and practical car.

We’re in Tokyo, well not really but we give you all you need to know on the VW Passat Alltrack, VW CrossCoupe, Audi A1 Sportback, Volvo Polestar upgrades and we review the Chevy Orlando 1.8 LT and Alfa Romeo 159 TBi.

Beale needs wheels so we tell him what to buy. For the rest it’s news and a review of the new Honda Accord 2.4 Automatic in a show featuring Thomas Falkiner from The Times.

The fast cars are always the best ones, right? Not in this case, long-term ownership is a reality and our family man and diesel car-lover Trevor van de Ven thinks that he might just be able to live with this one.

Patrick, Christo and John chat about their favourite cars from the 2011 Frankfurt Motor Show. Then they talk about a Volkswagen Passat that isn’t very exciting.