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…
Ford KA+ Active, a mini SUV
View PostVolkswagen Club Up! Reviewed
Some things in the car industry can’t be faked or fiddled. As has now been breath-takingly demonstrated, emissions figures can (and will) be falsified. Fuel consumption figures can be rigged…
All New Mazda2, a handsome new supermini
Some special things are going at Mazda. Recently back from Dartmoor and the launch of the rather special All-New Mazda2. Another worthy contender in the supermini segment..
Toyota Yaris Reviewed
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”)..
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
The Popular Suzuki Swift Supermini Upgraded
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 …
New Kia Picanto Quantum a Smarter Choice
Kia’s popular city-car Picanto range has been widened with new hi-spec special edition. A new Car in the Kia ‘Originals’ Range