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VW Up 5dr (2012) CAR review

Ben Pulman, 02 February 2012 10:00

This is the Volkswagen Up, a little city car we’ve been excited about ever since the first rear-engined and rear-wheel drive concept was unveiled in 2007. Alas a layout akin to the original people’s car (the Beetle) proved too expensive to develop in the 21st century, so the production car is standard urban runabout fare – i.e. front-engined and front-wheel ...

Fiat Panda 0.9 TwinAir (2012) CAR review

Phil McNamara, 27 January 2012 11:03

This is Fiat’s third-generation Panda, which goes on UK sale in February 2012. Fiat has buffed up interior quality and features over the outgoing car’s, and plumbed in the TwinAir two-cylinder turbo engine, which was the version we drove. This being a city car and us being CAR magazine, we perversely took the Panda as far from its natural habitat ...

Seat Mii 1.0 SE (74bhp) 2011 CAR review

Tim Pollard, 29 November 2011 09:06

Seat's not built a city car since the Arosa (itself twinned with the VW Lupo). Now history's repeating itself, with the simultaneous launches of the VW Up, Seat Mii and Skoda Citigo. Here we review one of the toppier Seat Mii models, the higher-powered 74bhp in what should equate to a UK-bound SE spec. Buying a Mii is a simple ...

Aston Martin Cygnet (2011) CAR review

Jethro Bovingdon, 30 May 2011 00:01

Is this the most controversial car of 2011? The new Aston Martin Cygnet is either a fabulously clever way to make a heap of money and cut CO2 emissions, or an abomination not fit to wear the iconic winged badge, depending upon whom you talk to. Now we’ve driven the Aston Martin Cygnet in its natural city habitat. Read our first drive ...

Kia Picanto 1.25 5dr (2011) CAR review

2.5

Ben Barry, 08 April 2011 00:01

This is the new Kia Picanto, the Korean brand’s A-segment supermini. Back for its second generation, the new Picanto wears the current Kia styling courtesy of Peter Schreyer's design team. The Kia Picanto is available in three- and five-door body styles, and comes with a choice of three petrol engines: a pair of three-cylinder engines, one of which can run on LPG or petrol, and ...

Hyundai i10 Blue (2011) CAR review

2.5

Mark Hamilton, 10 March 2011 10:21

Whether you blame scrappage schemes or acclaim the Koreans' increasing engineering savvy, there's no denying that the Hyundai i10 is the UK's most popular small car, with nearly 24,000 sold here in 2010. Hyundai has recently facelifted the i10, and added an eco-friendly Blue specification level to the range. The headline figures are 99g/km CO2 and 67.3mpg combined economy. Blue is ...

Fiat 500 Twinair (2011) CAR review

Greg Fountain, 18 January 2011 08:03

The Fiat 500 TwinAir is a fascinating prospect. This is the point where Fiat’s kitsch reworking of its iconic 1950s city car elevates itself to a new level of 21st century relevance. The TwinAir engine tested here is, according to Fiat, ‘the greenest petrol engine in the world’, yet it features no batteries, EV trickery or hybrid drivetrain. It’s just ...

Smart Fortwo Electric Drive (2012) CAR review

2.5

Anthony ffrench-Constant, 24 September 2010 13:03

As mentioned at the close of my recent Sark-astic experience (see CAR Magazine, August 2010), there’s nothing quite like a drastic downturn in fortune to promote radical re-evaluation. In the context of my Smart Fortwo Electric Drive on Guernsey, then, I found myself rather less preoccupied with the island’s performance parity inducing blanket 35mph speed limit than the fact that ...

Peugeot Ion (2010) electric CAR review

Ben Pulman, 10 September 2010 10:29

This is Peugeot’s first electric car, the Ion… Hang on! This Peugeot Ion looks a little familiar – isn’t it a Mitsubishi iMiEV? Essentially, yes it is. Just as Peugeot (and Citroen) created re-nosed versions of Mitsubishi’s Outlander SUV, so the PSA twins now have their take on the electric iCar. But like the 4007 and C-Crosser 4x4s, PSA has ...

Chevrolet Spark 1.2 LS (2009) CAR review

2.5

Adam Towler, 27 November 2009 21:37

This is the Chevy Spark, the replacement for the Matiz supermini and the first car to use GM’s new small car platform, designed by GM-DAT in South Korea. Was this the car that had its design chosen in an online competition? Yes, that’s the one. Out of three proposals shown at the New York Motor Show in 2007, this design ...

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