“It’s a terrific car – extraordinarily able in its driving dynamics and superbly engineered. The new Focus ST is so stunningly good that anybody who bought one would have good reason to take sole occupation of the bragging corner in the pub or the office….More
Kia Soul EV and the Audi A3 Sportback e-tron Review
This was a watershed year for cars. As the new Kia Soul EV and the Audi A3 Sportback e-tron bear witness, 2014 may eventually be remembered as the moment when the electric car moved from the margins to the mainstream….Read More
Review of the New Generation Hyundai i20
“This could be a serious rival for the Ford Focus,” I said to my driving companion while we were on the road in the new Hyundai i20.
A puzzled silence descended on the cabin for a second. “But this car isn’t up against the Focus,” he eventually said. “It’s in the Fiesta segment.”
“In that case,” I answered, “it’s serious competition for the Fiesta.”….Read More
Citroen C1 Review, Degrees of Difference
You know how much one leaf differs from another? About the same degree of difference distinguishes the new Toyota Aygo, from the new Citroen C1 and the new Peugeot 108. Such minimal dissimilarity as does exist between these cars might be enough, however, to persuade a potential customer to buy one rather than another. – Read More
Enchanting Volkswagen Golf R reviewed
The Golf R thus deserves an epithet that nobody has ever applied to VW’s genre-defining hatchback throughout the 40 years of its existence: this Golf R is enchantingly cool….read More
A Winning Formula the New Audi TT Coupé Quattro Review
A Winning Formula – “When you’ve had a hit on such a massive scale,” a journalist asked Ringo Starr after I Want to Hold Your Hand became The Beatles first number one in both the UK and the USA, “how on earth do you follow it?”…Read More