The Nissan X-Trail e-Power, no need to charge this one Car Reviewed: Nissan X-Trail e-Power Tekna When the newest fourth-generation car in Tekna trim was delivered, my first thoughts were just how girthy it is, but when looking at the figures, it isn’t much wider than a new Nissan Juke. It’s just under 4.7m in length, which means it’s slightly …
The Ford Puma was at the top of Britain’s car sales in 2023, it’s easy to see why Car Reviewed: Ford Puma ST EcoBoost mHEV 7 Speed Automatic It has also played about with the ST and Vignale suffixes as it did with the Ghia years before, along with the famous RS badges. Now, it has come full circle with …
The stars were clearly aligned when the Ford Focus Active was dropped off Car Reviewed: Ford Focus Active 1.0-Litre EcoBoost The Active is aesthetically, well, odd. It’s classed as a crossover; it sits slightly higher than a standard Focus and is covered in tough-looking black plastic. That aside, it makes for a strong argument in the hybrid field and has …
The Honda product range is steadily heading in an ‘electric’ direction Car Reviewed: Honda CR-V e:HEV It is the largest Honda SUV sold in Britain and has been the most popular model worldwide for over six generations. Honda’s Compact Recreational Vehicle is sold in both front and all-wheel drive in Britain, in Elegance and Advance trims. It marks the gradual …
Super cool looks and the Toyota Prius are not words that often fit together in the same sentence, let’s be honest Car Reviewed: Toyota Prius Z E-Four (Japanese Spec) Let’s say it bright and early, it’s a Toyota Prius, Jim, but not as we know it. Toyota clearly has gone in a completely new direction for its big selling hybrid …
Mazda is never afraid to be different; it shows in their latest MX-30 REV Car Reviewed: Mazda MX-30 R-EV It joins the pure battery MX-30 and the CX-60 PHEV in the marque’s range with a PHEV powertrain which utilises a sub-900cc rotary engine acting as a generator to power the electric motors for the wheels, as there is no direct …
I decided to put my foot down hard on the Peugeot 508 GT’s accelerator Car Reviewed: Peugeot 508 SW GT PLUG-IN HYBRID 225 e-EAT8 So…let’s go! And I was rewarded with the smoothest throttle response you could wish for. Maybe it was because I’d just spent a week stuck in the family hack, a 22-year-old well-worn vehicle. The contrast was, …
Visually, the Alfa Romeo Tonale is just another good-looking SUV – except when you look at the front and rear Car Reviewed: Alfa Romeo Tonale PHEV Edizione Speciale Alfa Romeo gained its loyal following as much through past sporting success, often reflected in production models, as for any other reason. So, on that premise, does the Tonale plug-in hybrid deliver? …
‘Swift’: yes. ‘Sport’: yes. No better words than these for this most enjoyable small hatchback Car Reviewed: Suzuki Swift 1.4 Hybrid Sport Our test model was the 1.4 Boosterjet hybrid (all Suzukis have some form of hybridity). At times, for example, descending long hills, brake regeneration can be detected doing its job, as though some force is slightly slowing the …
“It’s bigger than my Corolla,” said the friend I take to a weekly spinning class when he got into the new Honda Jazz Car Reviewed: Honda Jazz EX Style 1.5 i-MMD Hybrid e-CVT He might have liked the car even more if he could have seen it. The Jazz’s domed egg shape makes it stand out from the drabness of …