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VAUXHALL INSIGNIA: infotainment on the move
IT was, on the face of it, probably the most under-anticipated car scheduled to turn up ready for appraisal. Boy, how wrong can you be?
Vauxhall’s Insignia has never been a car that has evoked more than mild interest in me – about as likely to spark a reaction as an impassioned plea from the other half for a bit of retail therapy.
BENTLEY CONTINENTAL GT SPEED: one of life’s good things
BENTLEY. The epitome of British Racing Green, the legend forever linked with those heady days of the 1920s when the Bentley Boys went racing in France and trounced the opposition. And then quaffed a large G and T or six afterwards.
Magnificent cars then, and they still are today.
DACIA SANDERO STEPWAY: acceptable alternative?
HOLIDAY trippers will be more used to the name Dacia than car buyers in the UK – but that’s a situation that is changing by the day.
We hired a Dacia Logan earlier this year on a jaunt to Tenerife and despite the fact that in true rental car trim it had almost bald tyres and a dent or scrape on every panel, it did its job well conveying us round the island’s holiday hotspots.
RENAULT CAPTUR: also available in black….
THERE’S wacky and there’s wacky. And then there’s the Renault Captur – their seemingly off the wall slant on the current fad for producing supermini crossovers.
Talk about polarising opinion. I’ve yet to see one that wasn’t resplendent in a combination of colours and our test mule this week is no exception – oyster grey in the main, but with a metallic orangey bronze roof and exterior trim detailing that makes it stand out in any car park.
HONDA JAZZ: Cheesy to live with….
WITH downsizing the buzz word and costs escalating Honda’s Jazz is well placed the meet the needs of an ever more demanding motoring public.
And really, you can’t argue with its credentials – it’s won eight JD Power Customer Satisfaction awards on the trot, so they must be doing something right for their buyers.
SEAT LEON SC: a sporty Spanish coupe
YOU’VE got to feel a bit sorry for the Spanish at the moment, because yet again their top sporting hero has been blown into the gravel traps by a precociously talented blond haired German in a car built in a factory in Milton Keynes.
Fernando’s not been hearing the drums (or the national anthem) of late, so thank goodness for SEAT, who of course are a Spanish firm (owned by the Germans) who are starting to put together a decent portfolio of motor cars for us to buy.
RS-ing around in new Audis
ONE of the big box tickers about motoring journalism is getting the chance to try out a car long before anyone who might be in the market to buy one actually gets their bum in the drivers seat.
A privilege indeed, all the more so when the car park in front of you contains upward of a million quids worth of hot new talent.
PORSCHE CAYMAN: a truly snappy performer
IT’S just been driven off up the road, and as the highly distinctive burble from the twin exhausts gradually fades I’m genuinely sorry – really genuinely sorry – to see it go.
Porsche’s new Cayman created a lasting impression of a car that’s grown out of its shorts and is now ready to go toe to toe with its 911 big brother in long trousers.
KIA pro_cee’d GT: a far from subtle hint….
THIS week I have mostly been driving a very quick Kia – a car that always gives you a good welcome when you slip behind the wheel and turn the key.
The pro_cee’d GT is the most eagerly anticipated new model in Kia’s history, their first real high performance offering – and while only 50 of the GT 1st Edition will be available for sale here in the UK, the good news is there are actually other variants that might cause you the odd laundry problem.