New Vauxhall Astra is an OnStar, on-target triumph THE Vauxhall Astra, in previous incarnations, has always been a bit of an “also ran” in the world of medium sized family hatchbacks – losing ou...
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Month: December 2016
Volvo’s revamped V40 hammers the opposition for style Volvo’s mid-sized compact V40 has had a mid-life facelift recently and I’m pleased to announce that it now comes with a couple o...
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Jaguar’s compact executive nears purrr-fection: The XE in R-Sport trim hits the sweet-spot THE Jaguar XE is doing a fine job of prising the Germans off their compact executive saloon pedestal th...
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Just because it feels good doesn’t make it right . . . SO, you want to wash the car but it’s foul weather outside. You have a garage but you don’t want to use your hosepipe in the ga...
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Peugeot people carrier has the family covered WHEN you think of an MPV it is easy to conjure up a picture of a van with windows and seats because traditionally people-carriers have been pretty uninspi...
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First Audi models network with traffic lights for free-flowing city driving Traffic Light Information is the first true Vehicle-to-Infrastructure (V2I) service by an automobile brand The service start...
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Nissan Leaf – Changing perceptions of electric-only vehicles Do you remember your reasons for dismissing electric cars when they first arrived on the scene? If you were a serious petrol-head the...
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