Oh, another crossover? Yay. SEAT’s new Arona is a B Segment crossover, like the Nissan Juke, the Citroen C3 Aircross, Kia Stonic, Hyundai Kona, VW T-Roc, Audi Q2, Mazda CX-3, Toyota C-HR, Peugeot 2008…you get the picture. Starting at £16,555 our test car was in ‘SE Technology’ trim – read that as ‘Basic’ but with […]
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Another week passes, another crossover is launched. This time it’s the turn of Skoda, a brand that have been somewhat late to the game. Especially when you consider the market first started to gain traction in around 2009, has the waiting game paid off? We took a Karoq 4×4 through the depths of Lincolnshire to […]
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Three small, ‘B Segment’ SUV’s launched in one week this month. One of them was this, the all new Citroen C3 Aircross. It aims to take over where the old, rather dated C3 Picasso left off. MPV’s are strictly out, SUV’s and crossovers are in. The market dictates what cars end up on our roads […]
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It seems the onslaught of crossovers continues. Hyundai are the latest to join the fray, looking to distance themselves from their sister brands ‘Stonic’ and carve out their own niche in this ever crowding segment. Competitors include the all new Citroen C3 Aircross, the ageing Nissan Juke and the epically handling Mazda CX3. But how […]
We’ve waited a while for the 5008, Europe got it roughly six months ago, but finally our time has come. Peugeot have amassed 200,000 sales of the all new 3008 in roughly a year, hot off its heals the bigger 5008 is set to be a winner. Prices start from £24,495 for the entry level […]
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Every now and then there’s one car that ultimately saves a brand, in Volvo’s case the last generation XC60 can probably be heralded as that. It brought Volvo back to the masses and continued to sell amazingly well right up until it was culled earlier on this year. So the all new XC60 has big […]
With crossovers still taking the marketplace by storm, it was only a matter of time until they started downsizing and entering new segments. Audi have got into the game early with the Q2, it’s a true mini crossover of the hatchback variety. Our dinky Q2 was in Sport trim with a 1.4 TFSI engine. […]
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Four years have passed since the S-Cross hit the UK market, Suzuki’s late contender in the crossover game. Now facelifted with some butch, mean looks we tested the new diminutive 1.0 litre Boosterjet engine. In middle of the range SZ-T trim the new SX4 S-Cross is priced at £19,249. Entry level SZ4 trim costs just […]
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Mazda’s first attempt at a crossover hit the tarmac in 2012, 5 years later and it’s time for a replacement. With Mazda going from strength to strength over the last few years we headed to a rather wet Scotland to find out how it fairs against the current crop. Looks When we first saw […]
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SEAT have been very late to the market when it comes to the crossover segment. In fact, the closest they have ever got to a 4×4 was the jacked up Altea Freetrack…urgh. But, nearly 10 years after the market emerged with the Qashqai, SEAT finally join the club with the ATECA. Starting at £17,990 […]
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Suzuki’s little IGNIS is back! This time it’s in the form of a compact crossover…basically it’s an A segment hatchback that looks a bit beefier. There’s no pricing as of yet, but expect it to be around the £9,999 mark. We will update you when pricing is revealed in about a week’s time. Update: We were […]
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The Good Funky, unique styling, matched with Peugeot’s awesome Grip Control function. The Bad Nothing! The Ugly That infotainment system. Peugeot have this neat little system called ‘Grip Control’, it’s a fake four-wheel drive system that just runs on the driven front wheels. It’s pretty trick, working with the traction control and ABS to brake individual […]
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