New Year, new opportunities and if that means cutting your motoring costs it has to be a resolution worth taking seriously when you look at what there is in the Ford Fiesta Sport Van. A few years ago, a 95ps hot hatch would have been highly desirable but with insurance premiums escalating, enthusiasm for them has cooled. Enter the modern Fiesta Sport Van, … [Read more...]
Roadtests
Weekend roadtest: Ford Fiesta Sport Van 1.6TDCi
New Year, new opportunities and if that means cutting your motoring costs it has to be a resolution worth taking seriously when you look at what there is in the Ford Fiesta Sport Van. A few years ago, a 95ps hot hatch would have been highly desirable but with insurance premiums escalating, enthusiasm for them has cooled. Enter the modern Fiesta Sport Van, … [Read more...]
Weekend roadtest: Mercedes-Benz B 220 CDI BlueEfficiency Sport
The highly popular 220 diesel B Class is an ideal multi-role model. It embodies practicality and versatility and delivers good dynamic performance as well as remarkable economy. This is largely to do with the very refined powertrain underfoot and although the four cylinder diesel engine can be noticeably noisy when loaded, it actually remains … [Read more...]
Hybrid power boosts Range Rovers’ appeal
Land Rover has seemingly pulled off the impossible and mixed electricity with water in the new Range Rover and Range Rover Sport Hybrids. The uncompromising design and purpose of the Range Rover has been maintained with the development of the latest Hybrid luxury models. In its Autobiography top of the range specification the Range Rover Hybrid costs … [Read more...]
Weekend roadtest: Ford Mondeo Titanium X1.6 EcoBoost 5dr
The most important roll-out of Ford’s EcoBoost engine technology to date has come with the updated Ford Mondeo. The popular D-sector medium sized saloon and estate series, which runs to 48 versions in the UK, has the 160ps 1596cc four-cylinder petrol unit made in Bridgend Engine Plant as a choice among the extensive range of petrol and diesel engines … [Read more...]
Weekend roadtest: Chevrolet Captiva 2.2 VCDi LTZ 7-seat
It comes with a new look and an incredible near-80 years behind the Chevrolet Captiva. Now made in South Korea the Captiva can trace its origins to the Chevrolet Suburban launched in 1934 to US buyers as the first SUV. Then it was a people carrier version of a Chevrolet pickup truck which went on to do sterling WW2 service as a troop carrier, but … [Read more...]
Christmas roadtest: New Audi R8
The R8 supercar with Coupe and Spyder body options is very much a niche product in a niche area of the market. Around 300 units a year are available to the UK market. The Coupe version accounts for 70% of these sales and 92% of all R8s sold in the UK will have the new S tronic twin clutch auto transmission which marginally reduces CO2 emissions and … [Read more...]
Weekend roadtest: Vauxhall Insignia 140 2.0 diesel manual
Vauxhall Insignia dominates the medium sized fleet market and you can understand why. There are over 50 models in the UK range from just under £18,000 to almost £31,270 and we tested the fleet popular version with low emissions and 11% tax rising to 12% in the 2014/ 15 financial year. The four-cylinder diesel engine is an immediate starter, it pulls … [Read more...]
Weekend road test: Peugeot 308
The New Peugeot 308 is lighter, leaner, cheaper to live with and looks a whole lot better for it. Gone is the pronounced ‘nose’ on the bonnet while under the streamlined skin it’s much lighter, powered by new or revised engines and it’s bristling with technology and equipment. It comes to the UK on 2 January up to £1,400 less than the outgoing model … [Read more...]
Weekend road test: Peugeot 2008 Allure e-HDI
Cross-overs are like the cat that had the cream this year. While medium sized models are suffering in the salesrooms, the cross-over category is meeting a demand which is being driven by the buyers. Essentially, a cross-over is two or more types of car in one model and in the case of the Peugeot 2008 Allure tested it brings together family hatch and … [Read more...]
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