Born restless is the advertising strap-line for Audi’s latest scorching hot five door hatchback – the RS3 five door Sportback with its 2.5-litre, five cylinder, 367HP turbocharged petrol engine, S tronic auto transmission and quattro all-wheel drive. Restless it might claim to be but in fact because five door hatchbacks of this type tend to be used … [Read more...]
Roadtests
Sunday drive: Ford Mondeo Hybrid
The all-new Ford Mondeo range is huge in the number of models with the price list showed 56 versions with prices starting at £21,095 and ranging up to £33,310. Core versions are either five door hatchbacks or estates with Style, Zetec, Titanium and Titanium X levels of spec depending on the engine chosen and there again there are numerous options from … [Read more...]
Weekend roadtest: Volkswagen Scirocco GT TDI
It’s easy to understand why the Volkswagen Scirocco has been an enduring success. Over three generations since 1974, the smart coupe body has embraced a range of ultra reliable powertrains. These have been consistently updated and improved while the interior blends purpose, practicality and panache. Little wonder the Scirocco has been copied by … [Read more...]
Sunday drive: Volvo debut S60 and V60 Cross Country
As model types converge with manufacturers eager for new car sales exploiting every gap in the market so we get more – ‘Crossovers’ mostly with elevated ground clearance. Volvo, the Swedish premium brand owned by the Chinese Geely Automotive group, is not new to such models. They introduced their V70 Cross Country, a crossover between an estate and an … [Read more...]
Weekend roadtest: Range Rover Hybrid
Range Rover has come up with another successful recipe - mixing water and electricity with the first underwater hybrid car. Defying logic and beating rivals has been a trademark of Land Rover for 60 years and it has, you might say, plumbed new depths to make competitors despair. Boldly facing the challenge of making its luxury range topping model more … [Read more...]
New Mitsubishi L200 – the legend lives on
The legend that is the Mitsubishi L200 lives on in the new Series 5. After 33 years and four generations the trend-setting pickup-cum-poser SUV goes on sale in September in the latest in-carnation. And it’s more car-like than before with new fascia and seats, rotary mode selector replacing secondary levers, and an urban friendly turning … [Read more...]
Sunday drive: Jaguar F-Type 5.0 Coupe AWD
With the new Jaguar XE compact sports saloon now going on sale, with the larger new XF shortly to arrive, the XJ limousine already updated and the F-Pace SUV based on the XE due to go on sale early next year, Jaguar has picked up the pace with more new and updated models. As an example the 2016 model year Jaguar F-Type two-seater range has been … [Read more...]
Weekend roadtest: Honda Civic 1600 DTEC SR diesel manual
The Honda Civic is synonymous with Swindon and the 10th generation of the series is the lifeblood of its global manufacturing plant, so its good to find the newcomer is in good shape after a facelift. In fact, style is what the Civic is all about and it’s arguably one of the most immediately recognizable five-doors on the road and now enhanced by new nose … [Read more...]
Commercial test: Vauxhall Vivaro 1.6CDTi 120 2900
If you could wrap up the success of the British motor industry in modern times, it would shape up as the Vauxhall Vivaro. Fourteen years of continuous production has seen three generations of the serious workhorse come out of Luton and the current model is taking that to a million vehicles. When the newest was given the go-ahead in mid-2014 it saw a … [Read more...]
Commercial test: Vauxhall Vivaro 1.6CDTi 120 2900
If you could wrap up the success of the British motor industry in modern times, it would shape up as the Vauxhall Vivaro. Fourteen years of continuous production has seen three generations of the serious workhorse come out of Luton and the current model is taking that to a million vehicles. When the newest was given the go-ahead in mid-2014 it saw a … [Read more...]
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