Back in 1994 the world of the 4×4 vehicle was dominated by big, hulking monstrosities like the Range Rover and the Mitsubishi Shogun – or pick-up trucks like the Ford Ranger and Toyota Hilux. These were vehicles mostly driven by posh people and farmers. Or posh farmers.… Read the rest
THE new Vauxhall Viva is nothing like the old Vauxhall Viva which was a full-sized family car capable of taking a family of five – including luggage – on a full day’s drive to Pontins Holiday Park at Prestatyn Sands in Clwyd.
The new Viva will still get … Read the rest
THE BMW 330d Touring xDrive M Sport is one of the sportiest estates you can get these days – unless you go for the 335d, which may be a little overkill.
After all, 258bhp and 560Nm of torque should be enough to get you anywhere you want to go pretty quickly … Read the rest
VOLVO have a knack of getting things right when it comes to styling these days. You only have to look at the simple, sweeping lines of their V40 family hatchback or the stunning … Read the rest
The Toyota Avensis Touring Sports is Toyota’s large, family-friendly estate car that – just like it’s smaller sibling, the Auris Touring Sports – shouldn’t really have the word “Sports” anywhere near it.
It’s certainly large enough and comfortable enough inside to take … Read the rest
The E-Class is to Mercedes what the Golf is to Volkswagen or the iPhone is to Apple. It’s the beating-heart of the range and, as such, any new model must stack up favourably against the opposition or it will lose ground quickly to them.
Audi have the A6, … Read the rest
To be honest, a new model Renault Megane is not been something I’ve been excited about for a good while. Since it stopped “shaking that ass” back in 2004 it’s been rather humdrum and certainly needs to be shaken up again if it is … Read the rest
Consumer magazine What Car? Awarded the Skoda Octavia Best Family Car for 2016 and you would have to be a die-hard, stick-in-the-mud badge-snob to argue against that decision because the Czech manufacturer, with more than a little help from the Volkswagen group, … Read the rest
THE Mazda3 is a smart-looking mid-sized hatchback which goes up against the likes of the ever-popular Ford Focus, new Vauxhall Astra and Volkswagen Golf in the “sensible family car” category – so it has its work cut out then.
Interestingly, Mazda have gone against the flow to make … Read the rest
TOYOTA have opted to name the estate version of their popular Auris the Toyota Auris Touring Sports.
Now, I can understand the “Touring” bit but the “Sports” part is a bit of a mystery as the Auris Touring Sports is about as sporty … Read the rest
