HATS off to Skoda – they’ve managed to produce a diesel engine that sounds for all the world like a booming, burbling V8….
It languishes under the bonnet of the fastest production diesel Skoda built so far, and comes with twin turbos attached.
The effect, for any petrolhead, is impressive, if a little false.
REMEMBER that classic scene from Only Fools and Horses where Del and Rodney realise their dream of becoming millionaires, and the Reliant Robin starts rocking?
Well, the all new Suzuki Jimny rocks too, both in the side to side sense on its soft springs and by virtue of the fact it’s a fairly unique piece of motoring architecture.
Don’t reach for the phonebook to find your nearest dealer though, as this year’s UK allocation is long sold out, such is the clamour to own one.
A NEW Volvo WITHOUT a diesel engine? How times have changed, and how indeed Volvo has changed.
The Scandinavian purveyor of one of the best and most complete range of cars on offer to those who appreciate a fine bit of motoring architecture claims the latest all-new S60 is the most dynamic handling Volvo ever made.
BIG Brother has come to the SEAT range with the launch of the new Tarraco.
Following in the wheeltracks of the hugely successful Ateca and Arona – cars that have helped the Spanish brand be the fastest growing in the UK market – Tarraco becomes the flagship model in the range.
IT’S not just Paloma who’s got faith in the latest Skodas – the motoring public have seen the light too.
Long, long gone are the utilitarian models of old, replaced by cars that are bang up to date and offer a wide and varied selection for all sorts of owners.
WITH SUVs being the car of choice for many, there was an inevitability about the arrival of a very quick one.
And it comes from an all-new brand, although you may recognise the car in question.
Cupra has been a trim level used by SEAT for some time, but from now on will stand alone as a pukka range, in the same way Citroen have done it with DS.
STYLISH? Tick. Range anxiety alleviated? Tick. User friendly? Double tick.
Meet the Kia e-Niro, a car that successfully combines two of the fastest growing motoring trends – smart crossover styling with full electric power.
THE last week has been spent in near silent driving mode, in a vehicle that is the transport of choice for a multitude of mini cab drivers here in Milton Keynes. And probably elsewhere.
Starting up Toyota’s latest Prius is a bit like coming across some motorway roadworks – you begin to wonder if anything is actually going on.
FORD’S KA has been a popular small city car among those whose budgets were a little on the tight side – a bit like the space inside.
Around town it was in its element, small and manoeuverable, but not the sort of car you’d drive to the middle of France and back, though I know someone who did undertake that very trip some years back.
But the car you’ll find in the Ford sales brochures now bears very little similarity to the original 1996 version.
WHEN it comes to car design, no one has ever accused the French of re-inventing the wheel.
And while some might think they have done just that with the squared-off offering used to point the wheels on the all new Peugeot 508, they’d be wrong.