Safety is a major factor when people buy cars and Ford is celebrating this week after racking up three wins out of seven categories in the Euro NCAP’s 2012 best-in-class safety awards. That’s more than any other car maker and […]
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Hyundai’s 4×4 is safest in its class
Are you in the market for a new 4×4? One that will protect you in all kinds of different situations? Then Hyundai’s New Generation Santa Fe is probably for you since it has just been rated as ‘best-in-class’ for safety […]
Sporty Kia Cee’d coming soon
Look what’s coming from Kia! It’s the new GT version of the popular Cee’d which will make its debut at the Geneva Motor Show in March. The new Pro_cee’d (Gedddit?) and the Cee’d GT are the most performance-focussed produced by […]
Peugeot’s new 2008 is revealed
The fast-growing crossover segment is becoming crowded with Peugeot’s announcement that it’s new 2008 will hit our shores this summer. The new Peugeot 2008 Building on the experience and popularity of its 3008 Crossover model, Peugeot says this car will […]
An African Adventure in a Panda
I love reading about the wacky adventures of crazy motorists who want to push themselves and their vehicles to the limit. A trip I just read about which sounds awfully exciting is the attempt to break the time record for […]
New Chinese brand takes a bow
This is the Qoros GQ3 – from a Chinese manufacturer looking at taking on the Focus and Golf. The all-new Qoros GQ3 Chinese cars tend not to do well in crash tests, but Qoros says this one will be different […]
All-new Ford Kuga unveiled
Ford say their new Kuga is set to disapprove the myth that an SUV can’t be ‘green’, high-tech and capable all at the same time. And I think they may be right. The new Kuga is an impressive vehicle and […]
Dacia’s Duster ‘cleans-up’ the opposition
It’s not even on sale yet and already the Dacia Duster is racking up advance orders at an impressive rate. We’ve mentioned this impressive motor here before but since the order books have been opened they have racked up 1,000 […]
New VW Golf is available to order
It’s hard to believe but the new generation of the popular VW Golf is in its seventh incarnation. The New VW Golf The new Golf is lighter, safer, more advanced, more spacious, more efficient and better equipped than previous generations […]
Calling all Toyota Carina owners
Do you own a Toyota Carina E? If so, then the Japanese car maker wants you to get in touch. Toyota Carina E That’s because they are trying to track down the earliest surviving Carina E which was built in […]
And Europe’s most reliable car is…
It’s always an issue when coming to buy or lease a new vehicle – will it let me down? And the answer has now been provided by Warranty Direct who have looked at the claim rates for cars aged between […]
Driving Into History
Yours truly has been scouting out the South of France on an expedition called ‘holidays’ for a while. What he found there is that Frog-land France is a great place for gear-heads with a nostalgic inclination, especially in the rural […]
Be Careful in France
As the UK settles in for another autumn you might be tempted to take a trip to somewhere a bit further south in Europe – say France – to enjoy a bit of warmer weather and some lovely food. Driving […]
Petrol on My Mind Again
We are back to talking about petrol again, aren’t we? That can only mean bad news. If you have been asleep or in a trance for the last few months then you won’t know that fuel prices reached a record […]