It’s been delayed for a couple of years, but is the replacement for Ford’s most important model worth the wait? Ford has been producing the new Mondeo for the last few years over in America, where it sells as the Fusion, but it’s only just made it to the UKContinue Reading
Can the S-Cross, Suzuki’s answer to the Nissan Qashqai, give the Japanese firm a foothold in the lucrative crossover market?Continue Reading
Suzuki is bringing back the Vitara after a 16 year absence. Is it worth the wait?Continue Reading
This is the third generation of Skoda’s ever-popular small hatchback, and it’s been tasked with winning sales from a talented and crowded sector that includes the likes of the Volkswagen Polo, Vauxhall Corsa and Ford Fiesta. To do that it needs to be better than just ok, otherwise it’ll beContinue Reading
This is a car that sits in its own little niche, itself within another slightly larger niche. It’s a city car, one of many to choose from, but it’s also stylish and customisable. That cuts down your options significantly, but what if you want it as a nearly-convertible? You’re thenContinue Reading
Three-thousand two hundred… three-thousand four… three-thousand six… BAM! The Lexus RC F forgets Japanese discretion and screams with joy in the Spanish evening sky, eight cylinders drumming as fast as your heart beats. Drum again, Yukihiko-san. In a world where engines are downsizing and turbos are added in multiples, theContinue Reading
Running a car on a tight budget is not a difficult thing to do. It’s something I make a hobby of (I know…) and have got through a long list of incredibly undesirable and unreliable cars, from a Renault Safrane to a Lancia Dedra. People do tend to ask howContinue Reading
Quality oozes out of every grille slat, vent and opening in the new Volkswagen Passat, the eighth generation of the model to have graced the world’s roads. Tasked with taking on the new, but very delayed, Ford Mondeo as well as more premium targets from the like of BMW andContinue Reading
The Maserati brothers Alfieri, Bindo, Carlo, Ettore and Ernesto were all involved in motor racing in the early part of the 20th century, winning back-to-back Indy 500’s in the 30s and going on to worldwide fame in the 50s when Juan-Manuel Fangio won Formula One championships with the team. ItContinue Reading
Even to the bloke in the van in front of me at the filling station this morning, the Alloro Green and yellow paint job on AMV 8, Aston Martin’s N430 Vantage press demonstrator was instantly recognisable. “I love Astons, beautiful aren’t they?” he declared as I topped-up its tank. “What’sContinue Reading
For anyone who cares about driving there should always be an appeal to basic, light, low power transport marketed toward fun. The kind of thing that harks back to the original Mini but is increasingly hard to find in these days of driving aids and airbags to cater for everyContinue Reading
More than just a facelift, Ford has worked their magic on the new Focus, promising to make it faster, more efficient and more desirable. I find out if they’ve succeeded…Continue Reading
There are few invitations involving a 600-mile round trip which would elicit a positive response, but an invitation from one marque proved to be an exception. By the time you get to read this, last week’s whopping great pothole that shut all three lanes of one side the M25, andContinue Reading
The average house price in the UK is somewhere in the region of £250,000. On my meagre motoring journalist income I can only dream of average, settling instead for a three-bed semi in Huntingdon. Still, it’s better than my first flat. That had a kitchen small enough to allow meContinue Reading
Can a big SUV really manage 148mpg? Thanks to hybrid technology, Mitsubishi thinks so. We take the keys and find out…Continue Reading
When it comes to developing cars for new segments BMW is developing quite a knack at making something for everyone. The Bavarian firm may often come in for harsh criticism in this regard but in the case of its new 2 Series Active Tourer it looks set to win overContinue Reading
When I was in my late teens I absolutely adored the shape of the Jaguar XJ. That expansive bonnet stretching toward the quartet of headlamps was perfectly proportioned and the retro looks underlined the brand’s heritage without feeling contrived. Compared to its self-consciously and aggressively forward-looking German contemporaries, I thoughtContinue Reading
