… Renault Kadjar 1.5 dCi 110 Dynamique S Nav … Looks are always a very personal thing. One man’s example of automotive art is another’s skip on wheels. Or to put it another way, car designers can make their cars appealing to some of the people some of the time, […] Read more »
04 Jan: Kia Sorento 2.2 CRDi
… Kia Sorento 2.2 CRDi KX-4 … If you need 7 seats, four wheel drive and have to tow a 2.5 tonne trailer or boat, and you prize cost and creature comfort above driveway snobbery, then the Kia Sorento is hard to beat. This a remarkably well equipped, comfortable and […] Read more »
25 Nov: The Last Defender
… Land Rover Defender 110, Heritage Edition … It’s noisy, cramped, uncomfortable and has the capacity to inflict pain. But I love it. Any vehicle which has the physical presence to make you smile every time you see it must be rather special. Walking out of the house on a […] Read more »
16 Nov: DS5 Prestige
… DS5 Prestige … In 2014, Citroen and DS parted company with Citroen establishing DS as a standalone brand with more focus on style and sport than the mainstream brand. On that basis, perhaps the fact that Citroen celebrated the 60th anniversary of the original DS just last year was […] Read more »
01 Sep: Peugeot 308 SW GT
… Peugeot 308 SW GT … Don’t confuse the ‘GT’ badge with ‘GTi’ or ‘Sports’ or ‘RS’. It’s more subtle than that. Apparently, the Italians are credited with the origins of the GT badge on the rumps of cars. Originally, it stood for ‘Gran Tourismo’ or ‘Grand Touring’ machines with […] Read more »
31 Aug: Vauxhall Corsa VXR
… Vauxhall Corsa VXR … The Vauxhall Corsa VXR is most certainly a ‘hoot hatch’. No, that’s not a typo or a spelling mistake, this hot hatch is a hoot to drive. Developing 202bhp from its 1.6 litre turbocharged petrol engine in a car weighing 1.7 tonnes, there’s plenty to […] Read more »
21 Aug: Vauxhall Viva
… Vauxhall Viva SE … When I heard Vauxhall was planning to bring back the Viva, it conjured up mixed memories. The original Viva HA had all the stylistic panache of an ex-shoebox designer’s first attempt at automotive family transport. To be fair, fifty years ago priorities were different and […] Read more »
28 Jul: Jaguar XE
… Jaguar XE Portfolio … Jaguar has high hopes for its compact executive saloon, the XE, and rightly so. It looks good and goes well. For too long the German triumvirate have ruled this sector of the business car market with BMW’s 3 series, Audi’s A4 and the Mercedes-Benz C […] Read more »
16 Jul: Volvo S60 D2
… Volvo S60 D2 SE Nav Manual … The trouble with the latest generation of Volvo saloon cars, is the 740. It is still the car by which I judge the modern versions. I had one quite few years back and it was one of the most comfortable cars in […] Read more »
10 Jul: Audi TT Roadster
… Audi TT Roadster … I was sitting outside the shops. Waiting for the wife. So I had plenty of time to sit and look around the interior of the Audi TT Roadster and simply enjoy the little engineering flourishes that some proud professionals had built into their creation. Forget […] Read more »