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Kia e-Niro First Edition – Review

IF you’re looking for a family-sized electric vehicle that is both affordable and capable of clocking up many miles between charges, then you may have given up the search by now and gone for a hybrid instead. 

However, Kia are about to change all that with the introduction of their all-electric e-Niro model which not only has a real-world range … Read the rest

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Hyundai i30 Fastback N – Review

REMEMBER back in 2008 when Hyundai were known for producing cheap, no-frills (and no-thrills) vehicles for the masses? How times have changed . . . 

Since then, Hyundai have become one of the top-10 best-selling manufacturer’s in the UK with over 90,000 vehicles sold last year, including the Prius-beating Ioniq hybrid which I thought was a game-changer for the Korean manufacturer when I … Read the rest

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New Fiesta ST not quick enough? Mountune have the answer . . .

THE new Ford Fiesta ST has had its shackles removed by mountune’s latest upgrade. The m225 package for the Mk 8 Fiesta ST provides significant increases to both power and torque, without compromising the vehicle’s safety or reliability. The new upgrade is being launched alongside the innovative mTune SMARTflash app, which allows users to install and update vehicle calibrations in Read the rest

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Suzuki Vitara SZ-T 1.0 Boosterjet – Review

OUTWARDLY, the latest Suzuki Vitara hasn’t had to change a great deal from the previous one and that’s mostly because people like it very much, thank you.

But the Japanese manufacturer have never been one for letting the grass grow beneath its wheels – and with the likes of the SEAT Arona, Kia Stonic and Hyundai Kona being available with … Read the rest

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Phoney War . . .

Almost a quarter (23%) of drivers said their vans are not hands-free enabled

A third of drivers admitted they have the technology but don’t always use it

Van drivers risking £200 fine and six penalty points for using the phone while driving

Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles offers Bluetooth® hands-free kit as standard

MORE than half of van drivers admitted to making Read the rest

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Kia Optima Sportswagon PHEV – Review

IF you’re in the market for a large, family-friendly, hybrid vehicle but really don’t want to jump on the SUV bandwagon then Kia may have the answer in their recently face-lifted Optima Sportswagon PHEV (Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle). 

Now with a redesigned lower front bumper, with the addition of LED daytime running lights the Optima Sportswagon looks bang up-to-date. New diamond-cut 17in alloy wheels also … Read the rest

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Audi e-tron now available for ordering

e-tron and e-tron Launch Edition models now available to order priced at £71,490 OTR and £82,240 OTR respectively (excluding £3,500 plug-in-car grant applicable to both models) – UK deliveries to begin in April

30 additional Edition 1 versions with unique specification initially offered exclusively to depositors – all currently reserved

THE spark for the transition to a new era of Read the rest

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Volvo XC40 R-Design – Review

WITH the new XC40 you get the impression that someone at Volvo has gone out on a bit of a limb. Someone hasn’t followed the design brief that says the XC40 should be a smaller version of the XC60, which itself is a smaller version of the XC90. 

Nope, someone has gone their own way – and I suspect that … Read the rest

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It’s a Tangerine Dream Machine – The Mazda MX-5 30th Anniversary Edition

Exclusively offered in unique Racing Orange just 3,000 cars will be sold globally.

Available to order now, the UK market will get 600 cars – 400 convertible and 200 RF.

THREE decades after the 1989 Chicago Motor Show was the stage for the debut of the original MX-5, Mazda has today unveiled the MX-5 30th Anniversary Edition at the Read the rest

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Volkswagen’s new electric Buggy isn’t Golf related . . .

  • Volkswagen presents concept vehicle modelled on the legendary American dune buggies from the 60s and 70s
  • World première at the International Geneva Motor Show

VOLKSWAGEN is bringing a legend back to life! At the beginning of March, the Wolfsburg-based Group will reveal the first fully electric version of a new buggy. Taking its cues from popular American dune buggies, the Read the rest

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