We spend a week with Mitsubishi’s new crossover come compact SUV – the Mitsubishi ASX – with a 1.8 diesel and 2WD. Is it good enough to be a Mitsubishi ‘SUV’? The world is full of compact SUVs which look like the real thing after a boil wash. Which was all the rage just a […]
Land Rover Discovery 4 3.0 TDV6 HSE Review & Road Test (2010)
We spend a week with the top of the range Land Rover Discovery 4 3.0 TDV6 HSE. Where does it fit in Land Rover’s line-up. Is it just the poor man’s Range Rover? The news this year from the world of Land Rover has been focused on the origins of Land Rover’s first foray in […]
Citroen DS3 DSport 150 Review & Road Test (2010)
We spend a week with the first of Citroen’s DS Range – the Citroen DS3 DSport 1.6i 16V THP 150 – for a review & Road Test. Is it just a tarted-up C3, or a true MINI competitor? Citroen has a long and noble history of ploughing its own furrow. They may sometimes have struggled […]
Fiat Panda 100HP Review & Road Test (2010)
We spend a week with Fiat’s now old-fashioned hot-hatch – the Fiat Panda 100 HP. Is it a decent buy or just a Panda with go-faster stripes? It’s easy to get bogged down in what’s good and what’s bad in a car. The truth is that there are no really bad cars made any more, […]
Range Rover 3.6 TDV8 Review & Road Test (2010)
We have the Range Rover 3.6 TDV8 Autobiography for a week to review and road test. Is it still the best, or is the Range Rover past its best? The Range Rover – as most of you already know from the celebrations Land Rover had in June – is forty years old this year. Which […]
Mitsubishi L200 Barbarian Review & Road Test (2010)
We spend a week playing Bob the Builder with the car come pickup that is the Mitsubishi L200 Barbarian. Tax dodging pick-up or sensible compromise? Meddling Governments have long distorted the car sales marketplace. Motorists are always seen as an easy target, and company car running motorists even more so. Since the last Labour lot […]
Mitsubishi Outlander Juro Review & Road Test (2010)
Mitsubishi has facelifted the Outlander for 2010 / 2011, and we grab the lead-in limited edition Mitsubishi Outlander Juro for the week. Decent improvements? The Mitsubishi Outlander has always been a bit of a difficult car to pigeon-hole. It’s really too big to be considered a realistic option against some of the softroaders like the Kuga or the […]
Peugeot 207 CC GT THP 156 Review & Road Test (2010)
This week we have Peugeot’s drop top supermini – the Peugeot 207 CC GT THP 156 – in for a review and road test. Style over substance, or a fun little drop-top? The sun is actually shining, although it was raining earlier. The rain was expected, if for no other reason than we’ve got a […]
Mercedes C 180 CGI BlueEFFICIENCY Review & Road Test (2010)
We spend a week with the Mercedes C 180 CGI BlueEFFICIENCY Executive SE Saloon to Review and Road Test. Is a lowly Mercedes C Class any good, or just an ego car? There was a time when you knew what lurked beneath the bonnet of a Mercedes; the badge on the boot shouted it loud and clear. […]
Peugeot 3008 HDi 150 Review & Road Test (2010)
We spend a week to review and road test the Peugeot 3008 Sport HDi 150 Crossover. Can a crossover offer the best of all worlds, or is it just too much of a compromise? We’ve long wondered if the whole Crossover fad – for a Crossover is what the Peugeot 3008 Sport HDi 150 we […]