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Happy days, Ford Ka

In Car Reviews, Ford by Neil Lyndon

What a pleasure to be reacquainted with Ford’s Ka! Driving the Zetec Black Edition version for the first time after it had been delivered for a week’s loan brought memories flooding back of the happy days when the original Ka was launched in 1996…

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Toyota Yaris Reviewed

In Car Reviews, Toyota by Neil Lyndon

My son, 32, needs a car. A new Toyota Yaris would seem tailor-made to meet his needs. He lives alone in an inner city and has a job in the arts (for which, read “poor pay”)..

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Review of the New Generation Hyundai i20

In Car Reviews, Hyundai by Neil Lyndon

“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

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Citroen C1 Review, Degrees of Difference

In Car Reviews, Citroen by Neil Lyndon

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

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The Popular Suzuki Swift Supermini Upgraded

In Manufacturers, Suzuki by Jonathan Humphrey

The Suzuki Swift is one of the cleanest petrol engined supermini’s on the market. The small car with low emissions of 116g/km and just a £30 annual road tax for the manual car. The global supermini boasts sales of over 95,000 cars since 2005 in the UK. More than 3.4 million have been sold Worldwide. The Swift specs for the UK are pretty comprehensive …