Mid-sized hatch | £10k to £15k | CAR Magazine Online

Browse Reviews

Manufacturer

Toyota (2)
Kia (2)
Fiat (2)
Volkswagen (1)
Ford (1)
Honda (1)
Mazda (1)
Hyundai (1)
Subaru (1)
Mitsubishi (1)
Show All

Author

CAR Magazine overall rating

4 (5)
3 (7)
2 (2)

Owners' overall rating

3 (6)
2 (9)

Engine Type

Biofuel (1)
Diesel (2)
Hybrid (1)
Petrol (11)

Date

£10k to £15k

You looked for...

- Mid-sized hatch
- Remove

and found 15 items

Results 1 - 10 of 15

Kia Ceed 1.4 5dr (2012) CAR review

Phil McNamara, 11 April 2012 09:29

Kia’s new Ceed hatchback – which goes on UK sale on 1 June 2012 – wants to make you doubt yourself. Should you really buy that Vauxhall Astra, Renault Megane, Toyota Auris or A.N.Other family hatch, when you could switch to the up-and-coming Korean brand? We’ve driven the entry-level 1.4-litre Ceed (or cee’d as Kia badges it in a crime ...

Toyota Urban Cruiser 1.3 2WD (2009) CAR review

2.5

Glen Waddington, 15 April 2009 12:27

Don’t laugh too loudly at the name. With the Urban Cruiser, Toyota’s clearly cashing in on its brutish 4x4 Land Cruiser branding (there was once a Scooby Doo Mystery Machine-style Space Cruiser too) rather than deliberately evoking images of kerbcrawlers. It’s attached to a Kia Soul-style MPV-lite body, that’s really little more than a built-up supermini, complete with 1.3-litre) Yaris ...

Mazda 3 1.6 (2009) new CAR review

2.5

Ben Pulman, 21 January 2009 13:54

The Mazda 3 is very important to the Japanese manufacturer. Over 30% of the cars it sells are 3s and it’s shifted over 2 million of them since 2003. Now there’s a new one, with a stiffer chassis (albeit not a new one), new tech and much sharper looks. Can it compete with the new Golf, and Megane, not to ...

Honda Insight (2009) petrol-electric hybrid CAR review

Chris Chilton, 19 January 2009 15:09

That’s no Honda Insight hybrid car. Where are the Ford T-Bird wheel skirts? You’re thinking of the original petrol-electric Honda Insight from the late 1990s. This is Insight hybrid Mk2. It’s still a petrol-electric hybrid but instead of two seats, this one’s got room for five. It’s meant to be a mainstream green car, a hybrid that will appeal to ...

VW Golf 1.4 TSI (2009) CAR review

2.5

Georg Kacher, 08 September 2008 12:26

This is the first drive of VW’s new-but-same-again Mk6 Golf, a car brought forward from 2010 to 2008 to counteract slow sales and a costly and lengthy build process. But with only mildly revised looks inside and out, can the new VW Golf match the Ford Focus and Renault’s forthcoming Megane? Read on for our verdict on the Golf, and ...

Proton Gen-2 1.6 Ecologic (2008) CAR review

3.5

Matthew Proud, 03 September 2008 12:20

Want to swap cheap thrills for cheap fuel? The Gen-2 Ecologic combines petrol power and low-cost LPG to force hard-up drivers to pay the Malaysian saloon a little more attention. Proton barely registers on most buyers’ radars and, before this new Ecologic model came along, it was hard to find any reason to justify the Gen-2 existence. But the LPG ...

Mitsubishi Lancer Sportback 1.5 GS1 (2008) CAR review

2.5

Jed Maxwell, 23 June 2008 09:40

One look at the Lancer Sportback and you might think that after styling the athletic and appealing Lancer Saloon, Mitsubishi’s designers suddenly ran short of talent. The hatch is a bit of an eyesore, but we’d better get accustomed to its awkward lines - because four-door C-segment saloons aren’t exactly popular in Europe, Mitsubishi needed a hatchback version to compete. ...

Fiat Bravo 1.4 T-Jet 150 (2007) CAR review

3.5

Mark Nichol, 11 August 2007 04:28

A Fiat family hatchback...that actually looks good. What's going on? Yes, Fiat is in the midst of a resurgence, what with the very pleasant Grande Punto, the cheery Panda and the soon-to-be-a-legend 500 winning fans all over, so we were looking forward to seeing if the new Bravo would follow suit. And when we drove a couple of the diesels ...

Ford Focus FFV (2007) CAR review

Ben Oliver, 31 July 2007 09:30

Aren’t alternative fuel vehicles meant to look like escapees from Buck Rogers? They used to, but Ford has the right idea. The only difference between this and a conventional Focus is a tiny ‘FFV’ badge on its rump. That's if you strip away the OTT stickers from this promomtional test car, that is; ours wasn't for shrinking violets. It runs ...

Hyundai i30 1.6 CRDi (2007) CAR review

Guy Bird, 28 June 2007 08:52

Is this the new Kia Cee’d in disguise? Not really. The Hyundai i30 may share the same basic platform and engines as the Cee’d by sister brand Kia but its exterior, interior and ride and handling set-up is different. This one’s still made in Korea rather than Europe too. There are a few similarities, though. The side window graphic and ...

1 2 Next>>

Quick poll

Who made the greatest ever supercar?

	Bugatti
	Ferrari
	Lamborghini
	McLaren

FHM | Zoo | Empire | MCN | Parker's | Today's Golfer