Category : Road Tests
First Drive: Fiat 500L
SECTOR: Compact MPV PRICE (March 2013): £14,990–£18,890 FUEL: 45.6–67.3mpg CO2: 110–145g/km The new 500 has been a real turning point in Fiat’s recent history. In six years, the … Read More »
First Drive: MINI Clubvan
SECTOR: Car-derived van PRICE (March 2013): £11,832.50–£14,161.67 (ex-VAT) FUEL: 43.5–72.4mpg CO2: 103–152g/km MINI will tell you its new Clubvan is a commercial vehicle for companies moving up in the … Read More »
First Drive: Volvo V40 Cross Country
Sector: Lower-medium Price (March 2013): £22,595-£33,875 Fuel: 34.0-74.3mpg CO2: 99-194g/km It does make you wonder what the world is coming to, when Volvo launches a car … Read More »
First Drive: Ford Fiesta ST
Sector: Supermini Price (March 2013): £16,995-£17,995 Fuel: 47.9mpg CO2: 138g/km There’s a real sense of history repeating itself in the Fiesta ST. Just as Ford’s Model … Read More »
First Drive: Skoda Octavia
Sector: Lower-medium Price (March 2013): £15,990-£23,240 Fuel: 52.3-74.3mpg CO2: 99-124g/km Since the first model launched in 1999, the Octavia has become a backbone of the Škoda range. Reliable, practical … Read More »
Road Test: BMW 520d Gran Turismo M Sport
Sector: Executive Price: £40,305 Fuel: 53.3mpg CO2: 139g/km Next to the excellent 5 Series range, and the equally popular X5 and X6 SUVs, the 5 Series … Read More »
First Drive: Ford Kuga
Sector: Crossover Price (March 2013): £20,895-£29,795 Fuel: 53.3-42.8mpg CO2: 139-162g/km Ford may not have realised it at the time, but the Kuga was about to ride … Read More »
First Drive: Mercedes-Benz E-Class
SECTOR: Large executive PRICE (March 2013): £32,400–£75,510 FUEL: 68.9–28.8mpg CO2: 109–234g/km When Mercedes-Benz launched the E-Class on which this updated version was based, they made quite a … Read More »
Road Test: Hyundai Santa Fe
SECTOR: Large SUV PRICE: (March 2013): £25,270-£34,015 FUEL: 41.5-47.9mpg CO2: 155-202g/km With an eye on Europe’s biggest sectors, Hyundai has proved itself very capable of benchmarking and … Read More »
First Drive: Citroën C3 VTR+ VTi 82
Sector: Supermini Price: £12,890 Fuel: 62.8mpg CO2: 107g/km Next to the C3 Picasso and limelight-stealing DS3, the C3 has always looked a bit like the introvert … Read More »
Road Test: Škoda Rapid 1.6 TDI CR Elegance
Sector: Supermini Price: £17,850 Fuel: 64.2mpg CO2: 114g/km Despite the name, and its 1980s namesake, sportiness isn’t woven deep into the Škoda Rapid. However, Rapid should … Read More »
First Drive: Citroen C5 2.2 HDi 200 Exclusive
Sector: Upper Medium Price: £28,795 (Feb 2013) Fuel: 47.9mpg CO2: 155g/km With the D-segment squeezed from all sides by niche segments, efficient and capacious lower-medium models and … Read More »
Road Test: Volkswagen Golf GTI Cabriolet
Sector: Convertible Price: £29,310 Fuel: 37.2mpg CO2: 177g/km The Mk7 Golf is already in the UK, so launching a GTI Cabriolet based on the outgoing model … Read More »
Road Test: Honda CR-V EX 2.2 i-DTEC
Sector: Crossover Price: £30,995 (Feb 2012) Fuel: 48.7mpg CO2: 154g/km Demand for four-wheel drive vehicles is as weather-dependent as barbecues, de-icer and umbrellas. So, for once, … Read More »
Road Test: Hyundai Veloster Turbo
Sector: Coupe Price: £21,995 Fuel: 40.9mpg CO2: 157g/km There are some cars which, regardless of faults, niggles or eventual sales volume, have the sort of irrepressible … Read More »
First Drive: Dacia Sandero
Sector: Supermini Price: £5,995–£9,795 (Jan 2013) Fuel: 47.9–74.2mpg CO2: 99–137g/km Dacia doesn’t really think the Sandero, a supermini it claims is the UK’s cheapest car, will be … Read More »
Road Test: Honda CR-Z GT (2013)
Sector: Coupe Price: £23,050 Fuel: 54.3mpg CO2: 122g/km The Honda CR-Z has always had a hard task on its hands. This was pitched as the model that … Read More »
Road Test: Mercedes-Benz A250 Engineered by AMG
Sector: Lower Medium Price: £28,775 (Feb 2013) Fuel: 44.1mpg CO2: 148g/km The arrival of the latest A-Class must have caused a lot of furrowed brows, finally … Read More »
Road Test: Porsche 911 Carrera 3.4 PDK
Sector: Coupe Price: £73,836 Fuel: 34.4mpg CO2: 194g/km When Porsche launched the first 911 in 1963, economy meant losing two cylinders and most of its straight-line … Read More »
First Drive: Honda Civic 1.6 i-DTEC
Sector: Lower-medium Price: £19,400 – £23,175 (Jan 2013) Fuel: 78.5mpg CO2: 94g/km Honda was a latecomer to the diesel market, and it has not exactly blazed a … Read More »
Road Test: Volvo S60 D5 SE Lux Start/Stop
Sector: Compact executive Price: £31,845 Fuel: 62.8mpg CO2: 119g/km Until recently, if you wanted a high-power, low-carbon compact executive car, your choices were fairly limited. BMW … Read More »
Road Test: Volkswagen Passat Estate 2.0 TDI 170 Sport
Sector: Upper-medium Price: £26,420 Fuel: 60.1mpg CO2: 123g/km The Volkswagen Passat occupies a niche in the volume upper-medium estate sector, being neither fully-fledged premium challenger yet … Read More »
Road Test: Mercedes-Benz C220 CDI Executive SE estate
Sector: Upper-medium Price: £29,505 Fuel: 60.1mpg CO2: 124g/km The vast majority of the C-Classes that you see on the road are in Sport trim; all big … Read More »
Road Test: Porsche Boxster
Sector: Roadster Price: £37,589 Fuel: 34.4mpg CO2: 192g/km While the Boxster is a relative newcomer to the Porsche range, it's arguably the model with the longest … Read More »
Road Test: Skoda Yeti 2.0 TDI 170 4×4 Elegance
Sector: Small SUV Price: £23,790 Fuel: 47.9mpg CO2: 155g/km You can have a Skoda Yeti for £15,000, which seems like good value to me. Chunky styling, … Read More »
Road Test: Volvo V40 D2 SE Lux
Sector: Lower Medium Price: £23,595 Fuel: 78.5mpg CO2: 94g/km The V40 joins a rapidly changing premium C-segment, and like some of its rivals Volvo is plugging … Read More »
Road Test: Audi A4 Avant 2.0 TDIe 163 SE
Sector: Upper-medium Price: £28,775 Fuel: 62.8mpg CO2: 120g/km Following on from its facelift earlier this year, the Audi A4 range is now offered with four versions … Read More »
Road Test: Volkswagen Scirocco 2.0 TDI 140 R Line
Sector: Coupe Price: £26,205 Fuel: 62.8mpg CO2: 118g/km While Volkswagen may be stretching the point a bit by describing the Scirocco as a coupe, what’s not … Read More »
Road Test: Vauxhall Zafira Tourer 2.0 CDTi 130 ecoFlex S/S Tech Line
Sector: MPV Price: £22,075 Fuel: 62.8mpg CO2: 119g/km Choosing which version of the Vauxhall Zafira Tourer to go for is something of a no-brainer. In amongst … Read More »
Road Test: Mercedes-Benz ML 250 BlueTEC Sport
Sector: Large SUV Price: £45,380 Fuel: 44.8mpg CO2: 165g/km Built largely to meet the tastes of the SUV-loving American market, the gargantuan Mercedes-Benz ML has never … Read More »
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