The Jimny’s traditional ladder-chassis design is significant in the car’s ability to do take on the toughest terrain. It has both front and rear rigid axles and the whole car is more strongly-built, being one-and-a-half-times torsionally stiffer than the outgoing twenty-years-old Jimny. Naturally, its ‘Allgrip Pro’ technology gives you low-ratio 4-wheel-drive with a limited slip differential. On the open road, […]
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View PostThe refreshed 2018 Skoda Fabia Monte Carlo Hatch Reviewed
The refreshed Skoda Fabia Monte Carlo doesn’t punch you in the nose with its late-2018 alterations – it’s more understated than that, as Drive’s Tim Barnes-Clay, reports…READ MORE
The Seat Leon ST Cupra 300 TSi 4Drive reviewed
If you’re lucky, you find a car that fits you like a glove. The Seat Leon ST Cupra 4Drive does that for me. The Cupra being what it is, it’s the driver who really gets the most from this machine. Tom Scanlan enjoys a rapid estate car, the Seat Leon ST Cupra 300 TSi 4Drive…READ MORE
Mazda 2 Sport Black+ Edition, light on its feet and fun to drive
View PostMy all-time favourite week in 25 years of writing about cars
A week that includes the Kia Stinger, BMW’s i8 Roadster and the BMW M5 Competition, Honda’s Civic Type R and not one but three Honda NSXs might be offered as a top prize in a charity auction for which enthusiasts would bid thousands. Even to me, jaded and cynical as I may be, this felt like a working week that was utterly remote from the ordinary. In fact, it may have been my all-time favourite week in 25 years of writing about cars. Neil Lyndon remembers the week that was… READ MORE
Reviewed the Alfa Romeo Stelvio Quadrifoglio…Fun, Fun, Fun
Alfa Romeo calls it the Symphony of Power – it’s the sound you experience in each of the drive modes on its new Stelvio Quadrifoglio. The other modes form part of what Alfa Romeo call the Stelvio’s DNA – they are Dynamic, Natural and Advanced Efficiency each separately orchestrating how you hear this great car. Maggie Barry takes to the Scottish roads in the mega Alfa Romeo Stelvio Quadrifoglio…READ MORE
The Volvo XC40 compact SUV review, one of the best
There is a reason that the Volvo XC40 compact SUV is the European Car of the Year this year and that becomes apparent as soon as you start driving it. It is quite simply a gem of a car. Maggie Barry drives the Volvo XC40 compact SUV, a fine family car…READ MORE
Reviewed the New Fiat 500X new look, tech and engines
The 2019 Fiat 500X has been refreshed and updated, Fiat has already decided that it needed to do something to get more customers into this SUV…so, it says, look at the refreshed styling. Tom Scanlan goes to Bristol for the UK Launch and drives two variants of the stylish Italian crossover…READ MORE
The Mercedes-Benz CLS 450 AMG Line Coupe reviewed
View PostReviewed the 2019 Bentley Continental GT, always something special
I drive tentatively up to the front door of Dalhousie Castle, the last castle in Scotland to be besieged by an English King in person – Henry IV to be precise. My caution is explained by the car I am driving – that quintessentially English icon, the New Bentley Continental GT. Maggie Barry flys the flag across Scotland for the New 2019 Bentley Continental GT…READ MORE
The eye-popping Honda Civic Type R GT Review
View PostPeugeot 508 Fastback saving the traditional family saloon from extinction
A few makers are breaking the mould and thinking out of the box by steering away from the expected in an effort to breathe fresh life into the large family car and save it from disappearing altogether. Jonathan Smith reviews the Peugeot 508 Fastback…READ MORE
