Category : Road Tests
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 »
First Drive: SEAT Leon
SECTOR Family hatchback PRICE £15,670 – £22,375 FUEL 47.1 – 74.3mpg CO2 99 – 139g/km The SEAT Leon has perhaps had the unfortunate honour of being … Read More »
Road Test: Mercedes-Benz C180 Coupe AMG Sport
Sector: Coupe Price: £31,590 Fuel: 44.8mpg CO2: 147g/km Mercedes-Benz is a brand on the march, with the UK fleet sector firmly in its three-pointed crosshair. But … Read More »
First Drive: Vauxhall ADAM
SECTOR City car PRICE £11,255 – £14,000 FUEL 51.4 – 56.5mpg CO2 118 – 129g/km The small car segment has never been bigger. Increasingly sophisticated, with … Read More »
Road Test: Renaultsport Twingo 133
Sector: Supermini Price: £13,565 Fuel: 43.5mpg CO2: 150g/km Ask yourself this. When was the last time you used all the space available in your company car? … Read More »
First Drive: Audi A3 Sportback
SECTOR Lower medium PRICE £19,825 – £27,180 FUEL 50.4 – 74.3mpg CO2 99 – 130g/km The European C-segment is heavily weighted towards five-door cars, to the … Read More »
First Drive: Toyota Auris
SECTOR Lower medium PRICE £14,495 – £21,745 FUEL 47.8 – 74.3mpg CO2 87 – 138g/km Toyota is listening. It’s been gathering opinions about its model range, … Read More »
Road Test: Peugeot Expert
There are a number of automated manuals available – VW’s excellent DSG, the Renault/Vauxhall Quickshift/Tecshift, Fiat’s Comfort-Matic, while Mercedes has continued to market full auto transmissions, … Read More »
Road Test: Isuzu D-Max
Since the launch in June, Isuzu UK says that it has grabbed 14% of the UK pick-up market, but an even stronger 30% of the non-fleet … Read More »
Road Test: Mercedes-Benz SL 350 Roadster
There are plenty of classic Mercedes-Benz enthusiasts who’ll tell you that, at nearly 1,700kg, the new SL doesn’t really live up to the “Sport Lightweight” nameplate. … Read More »
Road Test: Mazda CX-5 2.2 SKYACTIV-D Sport Nav
Sector: Small SUV Price: £25,195 Fuel: 61.4mpg CO2: 119g/km Mazda's SKYACTIV Technology upgrades have hinted at greatness since they appeared in test mules disguised as slightly … Read More »
