People want different things from cars. Some want outright practicality, at the expense of style. Others prefer economy, at the expense of style. For some it’s all about company car tax bills. There are quite a few that just want their cars to look good though and they’ll put upContinue Reading
No matter how much MG might cling to their British origins, every time you step in to the MG3 you’re reminded by an SAIC logo on the window that you’re driving one of Shanghai Automotive’s cars. Not that its Chinese parentage should concern you. If anything, having the backup ofContinue Reading
The A-Class has been around a while now, with the small Mercedes getting rave reviews for their A45 AMG super-hot hatch, but it’s the more frugal diesel versions that appeal to business buyers. Keen to take a larger share of the market, the German firm has glued an ‘ECO’ badgeContinue Reading
The Fiat Panda 4×4 just wasn’t man enough for Fiat, so they’ve taken the car, bolted on all manner of plastic bits to the bodywork and beefed up its off-road credentials. The result is the Panda Cross, a car that can apparently tackle any road you throw at it. ThatContinue Reading
It’s got more power per litre than a Bugatti Veyron, which sounds astonishing for a car as diminutive as the Ford Fiesta.Continue Reading
The Aygo has been a resounding success for Toyota, notching up some 760,000 sales across Europe over the nine years that’s it’s been available in the UK. Now it’s time for a change. Teaming up with their partners at Citroen and Peugeot, the new Aygo promises to be something different,Continue Reading
Small is beautiful, so the saying goes. There’s the iPhone, Monaco and Kylie Minogue for example, although they’re all quite expensive. I want something that is small but also good value, avoiding the trap of increasing prices with miniaturisation that’s caught out Smart with the ForTwo and, more recently, Renault’sContinue Reading
The life of a motoring journalist involves flying to and from the various airports of Europe, often at times of day I’d forgotten even existed, jumping in to a new car and driving it around the countryside for a few hours before heading back home. In the time I’ve beenContinue Reading
If you’re waiting for a hot Cloverleaf version of the newly-facelifted Giulietta, then you’ll be disappointed. Alfa Romeo is dropping the Anglicised name, instead insisting that the fastest models are now labelled as Quadrifoglio Verde. This would be fine, if they hadn’t just dropped evocative model designations such as TurismoContinue Reading
When Maserati promised me the keys to their GranCabrio Sport, I obviously snatched them as quickly as I could. I then had to work out exactly what I was going to do with the car over the week it was on my drive. It had to be something to matchContinue Reading
“Perhaps a little earlier on the brakes there,” calmly suggested my chaperone as I threw the new Alfa Romeo 4C off the tarmac at pretty significant speed. I’d been invited to the Isle of Man to put the 4C through its paces, although not on the infamous Snaefell Mountain Course.Continue Reading
A hot-hatch rivalling, people-carrying, luxurious load-lugger?Continue Reading
We’re tackling the Mother Road, taking Route 66 all the way from Chicago to Los Angeles in a Lexus LS 460. It’ll be an adventure, and we’d love for you to join us… We’re setting off on 22 April, heading to New York where we’ll be a very short (butContinue Reading
We’ve covered thousands of miles on Route 66, from Chicago all the way to Santa Monica, with each and every step being tracked by TRACKER Vision. Find out where the Lexus LS 460 and the two of us got to on the overview below…Continue Reading
Monday 28 April, 21:50.Chicago, Illinois. You never need an excuse to take a road trip, something I’ve done many times in the trusty old General Lee(xus). To those who don’t know, the General is an old Lexus LS 400 that’s been very unsympathetically painted to (vaguely) resemble the famous orangeContinue Reading
Want to win some Route 66 memorabilia? We’ll be picking up all sorts of Americana while travelling across the States in the Lexus LS 460, but how many miles will we cover as we go? If you can guess correctly (or are closer than anybody else) we’ll make sure someContinue Reading
Barely awake despite an early-morning alarm call, I was handed the keys to the new Lexus CT 200h and sent off in to the Friday morning rush hour traffic. That’s usually a good way to wake up the senses, but when the city in question is Rome, the adrenalin startsContinue Reading
