By David Miles It was only a matter of time before the workhorse became a dressage contender. The Range Rover Evoque Convertible is the latest in a highly successful series which owes its family blood line to the luxury off-roader which really created a whole new sector in 1970. Heralded by Land Rover as the World’s … [Read more...]
First Drives
Sunday drive: Ford Focus RS
It has been years in the making but you only have a couple of weeks to save yourself £1,000 if you want to buy the latest hero car, the Ford Focus RS. With the economic recession over there are even more new hard-core performance competitors in mid-sized car growing market sector such as the Audi RS3, VW Golf R, BMW M235i, Honda Civic Type R, and Mercedes … [Read more...]
New head of the Q: Audi RS Q3 performance
Britons love Q-ing, at least to get their hands on the SUV versions of Audi’s extensive range. The Q3, Q5 and Q7 models in the line up accounted for 18.7% of Audi UK sales amounting to 166,709 cars last year. Anna Chudley, product manager for Q3 and Q7 models, said, “The RS Q3 Performance is being launched this month as the halo model in the Q3 range, … [Read more...]
Sunday drive: Ford Mustang gallops into UK
Ford’s latest marketing strategy is ‘Un Learn’ as they try to remove our preconceptions of the brand and past products, says David Miles. It is therefore strange and inconsistent that they have been wheeling out nostalgia as a hook to catch owners wanting Ford’s latest and first ever official right hand drive Mustang muscle car. The … [Read more...]
Sunday drive: Built in Britain Infiniti Q30
Infiniti, the premium brand from Nissan, has launched their all-new UK built Infiniti Q30 C-segment five door hatchback and it’s thoroughly British. Not only is it the first Infiniti ever to be built in Europe, it was created at the Nissan-Infiniti Paddington design facility, engineered at their Cranfield department and is now in production at Nissan’s … [Read more...]
Sunday drive: Mini John Cooper Works 3-door
With another record year of sales behind them in 2015, MINI is well placed with the introduction of their third generation range of models to continue their record breaking sales record. Last year MINI achieved 63,581 UK new car registrations, an 18.5% increase over the previous year and the sixth consecutive year of growth. During the … [Read more...]
Weekend roadtest: Volvo XC90 T8 Twin
Volvo is on a roll with its two in one luxury XC90 T8 SUV. The XC90 is the first model to be built on the firm’s scalable product architecture and using the latest low energy powertrains, the range topping hybrid combines 320bhp turbo-charged four-cylinder 2.0 litre petrol engine with a plug in rechargeable 87bhp electric motor at the rear, so it pushes … [Read more...]
Sunday drive: BMW X5 xDRIVE 40e
With a record year of UK sales behind them in 2015, when they replaced Audi as the best selling premium brand, and their centenary in front of them in 2016, BMW look fully charged to have a good year. First of their new models to be handed to the UK’s motoring media at the start of their centenary year was BMW’s first plug-in hybrid (PHEV) production car … [Read more...]
Weekend roadtest: X-files reopened with BMW
X-marks the spot for BMW UK sales successes. The SUV series begins with the X1 and since its launch in 2009 over 40,000 have been sold in Britain. Last autumn the second series was announced and first orders are now trickling through. The new X1 runs to five models from about £31,225 to £36,060 with a choice of three diesels – 1.8 150, 2.0 190 or 2.5 … [Read more...]
Sunday drive: New Peugeot 308 GTI
In the PSA, Peugeot, Citroen and DS, group of brands Peugeot’s aim is to move their brand up-market and part of this process is to further inject some sporting pedigree into a family best known in the main for their fuel efficient, family and business orientated models. This process of reclaiming their sporting prowess they started with the legendary 205 … [Read more...]
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