12 05, 2012

German-built French Suspension

Perhaps you caught this in automotive news recently: General Motors and PSA, the company that supplies the world with Peugeots and Citroens, have announced a serious collaboration. You’re not paying close attention if you haven’t noticed yet: carmakers globally, except […]

11 05, 2012

One in five cars fails its first MoT

With the build quality of new cars being vastly improved in recent years, what proportion of them would fail their first MoT? I think it’s a really good question and consumer website honestjohn.co.uk has looked at 24.5 million MoT records […]

10 05, 2012

Best diesel car: And the award for best diesel car goes to….

They aren’t to everyone’s taste but for many people, diesel vehicles are a blessing and Diesel Car magazine has judged which is the best to own. And it is, they have announced, the British-built Range Rover Evoque. It is stylish […]

30 04, 2012

Fuel economy: Real-world miles per gallon information now available

We’ve all done – got to the end of a long journey and wondered where the fuel has gone. And no you probably haven’t made a miscalculation because the published fuel economy figures which you use for the trip are […]

26 03, 2012

Forte Kia

I’m writing this from a small Caribbean island not far off the cost of Venezuela – Hugo Chavez would much like to get his hand on it, and the neighbouring islands, but this is a former Dutch colony and now […]