EVER wondered why our taxi driving brethren have a penchant for hybrid Toyotas?
It’s a question to which there is a fairly simple and logical answer – and that is because they’re efficient.
Their full hybrids are engineered to run on both their petrol engine and electic motor but will run as often as is possible on electric power alone.
IT’S a main road, a dictionary description of excellence, a naff teeny boy band from the past – and the smallest Audi of the modern era.
Now revisited, reworked and relaunched, the latest Audi A1 Sportback proves that few technologies are made worse by being smaller, as this still manages to hang on to that prestige feel even though it’s been extensively remodelled.
BRIDGESTONE has announced the launch of Enliten, a new lightweight tyre technology that represents an unmatchable reduction in material and rolling resistance performance to contribute to the reduction of a vehicle’s CO2 emissions.
And yet it still provides the same wear life as a standard original equipment tyre. Enliten technology is also claimed to improve the vehicle’s handling and stability to increase driving pleasure.
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.