Choosing the Right Car

The Honda HRV was first launched back in 1999, with the intention of providing the looks of a sporty hatch with a usable size, as well as a raised ride height. Initially unsuccessf...

There are few sports cars on the market today as instantly recognisable as the Porsche 911. We’re here with one of the latest models – the Carrera GTS – which promises to off...

The Italians have always had a knack for making desirable, two-seater sports cars but in all honesty, the really good ones have not exactly been what many would class as affordable...

Ferrari is one of the most recognisable names in the motoring industry, but think of it and it’ll likely conjure up images of bright red, two-seater supercars. You probably won�...

This is the Cupra Ateca – the first model to come from the newly-formed performance arm of Seat. You might notice the new badges (and in truth, it’s hard to miss them), but thi...

You may remember the first generation Citroen Cactus – it was all bubble and shapes and featured those much talked-about airbump side panels. Well now, there’s a new one and it...

The city car sector is big business at the moment, which is why Suzuki has joined the club with this – the Celerio. Replacing the Alto and Splash, the new Celerio is designed to ...

BMW was one of the first manufacturers to mass produce a premium 4×4 in the late nineties with the X5. Four years later, the X3 came along and it was designed as a stepping-st...

  The top end of the off-road market has become pretty congested at the moment, with the likes of Range Rover, BMW, Porsche, Mercedes and Audi, not to mention Bentley and Lamb...

The crossover market has changed drastically over recent years. There used to be a time when you could count the offerings on one hand, but now the market is awash with all manner ...

  Take a look at the various pick-up offerings on the market and there are some pretty well established names in there. Cars like the Mitsubishi L200, Ford Ranger and Nissan N...

Honda Civic review Shopping around for a mid-sized family hatchback is getting more and more complicated these days, and now it just got that little bit trickier with Honda’s lat...

Ford Ranger Ford knows a thing or two when it comes to pick-up trucks, after all the F150 which started life in the 40s is one of the most popular vehicles in the US, with close to...

Compare the Renault line-up now to that of several years ago and you’ll see some pretty fundamental changes, and a lot of that is down to Nissan. The brand partner has shown some...

The Toyota Land Cruiser is a premium 4×4 of the old generation. Its aims are to offer high levels of build quality, vast amounts of space as well as go anywhere ability. But t...

The supermini market is one of the most competitive segments in the UK and is flooded with all manner of small runabouts from premium offerings like the Audi A1, through to the qui...

Ever since Nissan launched the Qashqai crossover in the late naughties, rival manufacturers have been playing a bit of catch up, in a bid to try and topple its popularity.  Now, t...

There was a time when the only draw for buying a car from South Korea was a cheap sticker price. Build quality, driving manners and even safety were all afterthoughts. But over tim...

For over 35 years the Mitsubishi Shogun has gathering something of a cult following. Once upon a time it was considered THE go to 4×4 for anyone with an active lifestyle, capa...

For years, the ingredients for creating a baby hot hatch have followed a very simple recipe – take a supermini, drop in a more powerful engine, stiffen up the suspension and ...

  The Smart car is a pretty recoginisable little car. The ForTwo first appeared in the UK in 2000, and since then it’s become a little more rounded. This car, however, has b...

Mention the word Peugeot and hot hatch, and it won’t be long before the numbers two, oh and five come up. Unfortunately for the French company, every baby hot hatch they’ve...

SUVs are hot property at the moment, with each manufacturer clamouring to get one to market. This is Vauxhall’s – the Mokka X. With a wide range of petrol and diesel engines to...

There are few cars that handle going off road quite as well as the rugged Mitsubishi Outlander. But with a plug-in hybrid option and seven seats on most models, it’s also an exce...

The Volkswagen Passat has been, in one form or another, in production since 1973. Over 15 million cars have rolled off the production line since then. How has it been so successful...

This is the second-­‐generation Tiguan to hit the market. It’s been immensely popular, with only the Golf and Polo selling in higher numbers. It’s been eight year...

The 4×4 pick up market has seen a quite a bit of change over recent years, with many offerings steering away from utilitarian build quality, instead becoming car like not only...

Volkswagen is one of the new kids on the block when it comes to pick up trucks. Just over six years ago, the Amarok brought something new to the party. It saw the opportunity to of...

For over 30 years, the Mitsubishi L200 has remained one of the most popular pick up trucks in the UK. This latest model is the fifth generation model and in a market that’s b...

The 5 Series is the oldest nameplate still made by BMW, and this is the sixth generation, which lines up against rivals like the Audi A6 and Mercedes-Benz E-Class. It’s large...