Car Reviews, Hatchback, Hybrid
Toyota’s Prius is loathed by petrol heads across the globe. Blamed for being an appliance, and single handily killing any enjoyment driving brings, it’s had a rough start in life. And yet the Prius is loved by minicab drivers the world over, with fleets of Prii’ (Prius plural) battering the streets of my hometown daily. […]
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Even with the market demise of the A segment city car, Kia’s little Picanto is still a stellar seller. With four out of five sales being private individuals there’s still a large call for affordable, around town runabouts. For 2017, the Picanto is ‘all new’, built on a fresh platform it thankfully keeps the outgoing […]
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Car Reviews, Hatchback, Hot Hatch Corner
It could be argued that a VW Golf GTi is all the car you’ll ever need. Decent performance and space for the family, what else do you want in life? We went to check out the facelift mark 7, to see if it truly is the only car you need in your life. Starting at […]
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Suzuki’s perky little hatch is finally being replaced. The previous generation has been on sale for 7 years and, it’s safe to say we love it…and always have. This new model differs massively in the looks department, but is it still the epic handling B road blaster we’ve come to expect? Heading to Monaco we […]
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17 years ago, the Kia Rio went on sale in the UK for the first time, now in its fourth generation and contributing to a large piece of Kia’s sales pie, it needs to be a winner. We tested the 2017 Kia Rio in its ‘First Edition’ trim level. Fitted with a punchy 1.0 litre […]
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Can you believe it, the Civic is now in its tenth, yes tenth iteration? This all new 2017 Honda Civic hatchback is longer, wider and lower than the last generation it’s gone from a family hatch, to more a family saloon in its looks. Torsional rigidity is up by 41% over the old model and the […]
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The Good Fresh, modern, quirky styling sets is apart. The Bad Airbumps aren’t standard, why?! The Ugly Nothing! Citroen are having a bit of a renaissance of late. They are going back to their roots of quirky and different, mainstream in the late 90’s and early 2000’s didn’t work. The C4 Cactus was the first […]
4x4, Car Reviews, Crossover, Hatchback
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 […]
Car Reviews, Crossover, Hatchback
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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Car Reviews, Coupe, Hatchback, Hot Hatch Corner, Sports
I’d like to meet the man responsible for putting a 2.0 litre turbo charged engine, coupled with Quattro all-wheel drive into a car the size of my shoe. I hope it’s one man in Ingolstadt that nobody really takes seriously, but occasionally he is let out from his mad invention room and someone takes a […]
Car Reviews, Hatchback, Hot Hatch Corner, Sports
Peugeot are back with a family sized hot hatch. The last time this happened it was 1997 and the 306 GTi-6 would hit 60 from a standstill in 8.5 seconds. Oh how times have changed. This latest performance 30X model has had the 270 BHP RCZ R engine shoehorned into it. From just a 1.6 […]
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The last time we had our mitts on the Suzuki Swift SZ-L was way back in 2013, three years on we went to back to see what the latest iteration had to offer. Starting at £11,149 it has jumped in price since our last outing. Still fitted with the rev happy 1.2 litre lump making […]
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