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Suzuki SX4 S-Cross SUV Review

In Car Reviews, Family, Featured Articles, Suzuki by Bill Dent

They are evidently very clever indeed, the boffins at Suzuki. In the same way as Kirk, Bones and Spock successfully messed up the space/time continuum, the designers of the SX4 appear to have run riot with the otherwise accepted Rules that link fuel used with  miles travelled. Having filled the Suzuki’s tank I noticed, with a tinge of disappointment, that the estimated Range from …

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Mazda2 Review

In Car Reviews, Family by Bill Dent

In many ways, the Mazda2 was a great car Supremely easy to drive, surprisingly spacious inside (used without any major problem for a 5-people on the school run, and later for transporting a large and unwieldy diorama base). The Mazda2 brings exceptional roadholding and good levels of equipment. It proved a very capable and practical means of transport. But at …

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Peugeot RCZ Sport THP200 Coupé

In Car Reviews by Bill Dent

I approached the RCZ with a mixture of excitement and trepidation. How would this stylish machine, crouching aggressively on the tarmac in front of me, compare with my great (possibly rose-tinted?) memories of 1.9 205 GTI ownership.  And might I look like a hairdresser? Initial signs were all positive – the children clamoured to be taken on the school run …

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Drive Review Mazda5 Venture Edition MPV 1.6D 115 Venture 5dr

In Car Reviews by Bill Dent

The Mazda5 Venture Edition was a car full of many surprises… A car that perhaps underwhelmed at first sight, on a grey drab day, just got better and better. The model tested was the Mazda5 Venture Edition MPV 1.6D 115 5dr. My first drive was a revelation; a local twisting A-road proved a good match for the Mazda’s capabilities, surprisingly …

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Drive Reviews the Honda CR-V 2.2 i-DTEC EX

In Car Reviews by Bill Dent

Picture this: The hottest day of the year, the beginning of the holidays, three uber-critical teenage children, dire traffic reports of the M25 closing down, lane by lane, as the heat increases… It was with some trepidation, therefore, that we set out on our quest to get to the Latitude Festival, the Suffolk Festival that, 8 years old now, grows …