BACK in the days when I first started road testing cars, there was one that stood out like a beacon when it came to reliability – and let’s face it, 30 odd years ago cars were NOT that reliable.
Toyota’s Corolla was the car the world bought because while it was hardly likely to raise your blood pressure or bring out beads of sweat on your forehead, you knew it would always get you home. Without fail.
THERE’S definitely something surreal about driving along a French autoroute and being able to see an aerial view of everything to the right and left of you.
In an Audi, you can – a fact highlighted by the all-new A3 Sportback, which goes on sale on March 16.
In our house we know it as the car that Jim drives….
Hyundai has introduced the New Generation Santa Fe – one of the brand’s most iconic and popular models in the range.
The popular D-segment SUV has been re-styled outside and inside, fitted with intelligent new technology, and is now powered by a more efficient diesel engine with reduced CO2.
Va Va Voom is back – but not, I’m afraid, Thierry.
The legendary Frenchman will nonetheless be happy to see his favourite small car has shed 100 kgs, is some 45mm lower than before and has a more masculine look that Renault are hoping will give buyers more reason to reurn to the Regie.
DACIA have only been in the UK for around seven months – but already their Sandero model is an award winner.
As well as the holder of the title of Britain’s cheapest new car, it’s also picked up FHM magazine’s ‘Best For When You’re Short of Cash’ award…..
VAUXHALL‘S first entry into the fashion-led city car sector could be about to spark a mini (no pun intended) revolution in the way we go about buying our cars.
‘ADAM’ made its UK bow yesterday (February 12) in a shopping unit at Westfield Stratford City, in the east end of London. And Vauxhall executives hinted that they could be taking the new car to motorists all over the country in a series of ‘pop-up’ shops, where you, I or more probably your fashion-conscious sister can just nip in to browse without the pressures of a car showroom. And obviously where there is no nearby Vauxhall dealer.
Sporting the GT tag (Gran Turismo), the new BMW model goes on sale mid June in the UK, with prices from £28,830.
AS the Monty Python chaps would say, and now for something completely different…..
No longer does the Mercedes-Benz entry level model fall over and wave its wheels in anguish at the sight of a roadside Elk. In fact the latest model to carry the name is so well sorted it’s almost race track ready.
HERE’S a car that really can tackle the kerbside assault course outside schools in the morning…..
Fiat’s Panda is the little A sector city car with 4×4 capability, and is currently the most fuel efficient 4×4 you can buy.
THERE aren’t a huge amount of cars that have a long shelf life.
Off the top of my head I can think of four versions of Ford’s best selling Escort, and a Mk5 incarnation of the ubiquitous Cortina. So it’s something of a major achievement when a car hits the roads in its seventh guise, some 38 years after the original set the benchmark for small family cars.
Doff your cloth cap, then, to the Volkswagen Golf Mk7.