VW Touareg R50 (2008) review Price: £62,015 08 August 2008 by Tim Pollard A bit of a conundrum, this. How can a 2.6-tonne 4x4 put the Sport back into SUV? Volkswagen reckons the R50 Touareg is the answer – a tweaked-up version of its luxury 4x4. Except here, the emphasis is... Car Handling Performance Usability Feelgood Car ratings 4 out of 5 4 out of 5 5 out of 5 4 out of 5 3 out of 5 Read more ...
Jeep Cherokee 2.8 CRD Limited UK (2008) review Price: £25,595 06 August 2008 by CJ Hubbard Bing. Bing. Bing. The new Jeep Cherokee's tyre pressure warning bell announces itself in typical American car fashion as soon as we turn the key. Gladly, it shuts up after just a few repetitions, and... Car Handling Performance Usability Feelgood Car ratings 3 out of 5 3 out of 5 3 out of 5 4 out of 5 4 out of 5 Read more ...
BMW X3 2.0d (2008) review Price: £29,715 05 August 2008 by Ben Barry Previously untouchable in the premium compact SUV segment, the BMW X3 now finds itself with some impressive competition. Audi has the Q5 and coming over the hill, looking like a monster, is Mercedes’... Car Handling Performance Usability Feelgood Car ratings 4 out of 5 4 out of 5 4 out of 5 4 out of 5 3 out of 5 Read more ...
Audi Q5 2.0 TDI (2008) review Price: £30,000 10 July 2008 by Ben Pulman The Audi Q5 is here – and we've driven it. Finally Ingolstadt has a medium-sized SUV with which to battle the likes of the BMW X3 and Mercedes GLK. But in the war of the small, premium Germans 4x4s,... Car Handling Performance Usability Feelgood Car ratings 4 out of 5 3 out of 5 3 out of 5 4 out of 5 5 out of 5 Read more ...
Smart Fortwo CDI (2008) review Price: £8,000 09 July 2008 by Andrew Noakes Hybrids might be promoted as the environment’s friends, but if you’re really serious about reducing CO2 emissions, and can’t manage without a car, then what you need is the smallest and most... Car Handling Performance Usability Feelgood Car ratings 3 out of 5 4 out of 5 1 out of 5 4 out of 5 4 out of 5 Read more ...
Audi A4 2.0 TDI SE (2008) review Price: £23,600 09 July 2008 by Glen Waddington If you want an Audi A4 2.0 TDI there’s no way I’m going to be able to talk you into buying a Ford Mondeo, even though it’s cheaper and much more engaging to drive. If you want an Audi, you’re set on... Car Handling Performance Usability Feelgood Car ratings 3 out of 5 3 out of 5 4 out of 5 4 out of 5 3 out of 5 Read more ...
VW Golf Bluemotion 1.9 TDI 5dr (2008) review Price: £16,140 08 July 2008 by Dan Trent Blue is the new green and Volkswagen's eco-friendly line-up continues to grow. Alongside the Polo and Passat, the Golf has now had the Bluemotion treatment – but at what price? If you want that silver... Car Handling Performance Usability Feelgood Car ratings 3 out of 5 4 out of 5 2 out of 5 4 out of 5 2 out of 5 Read more ...
Peugeot 407 1.6 HDI (2008) review 07 July 2008 by Richard Aucock Peugeot doesn’t really do facelifts. Look at any model over the years, and there is rarely any mid-life new radicalism. But even by these standards, the ‘new’ 407 is hard to spot. New bumpers include... Car Handling Performance Usability Feelgood Car ratings 3 out of 5 4 out of 5 2 out of 5 3 out of 5 3 out of 5 Read more ...
Ford Mondeo 1.8 Econetic (2008) review Price: £18,745 04 July 2008 by Tim Pollard Another week, another mainstream model that's been 'greened'. Ford is launching Econetic models across its range – with the common goal of boosting economy and battering emissions. The new Mondeo... Car Handling Performance Usability Feelgood Car ratings 4 out of 5 4 out of 5 3 out of 5 5 out of 5 4 out of 5 Read more ...
Jaguar X-type 2.2D (2008) review Price: £23,950 01 July 2008 by Richard Aucock The X-type isn’t dead. It’s been given another facelift. Should we care? Well, while it can’t hold a candle to a 3-series or A4, it is now becoming the car it always should’ve been. This latest... Car Handling Performance Usability Feelgood Car ratings 3 out of 5 4 out of 5 3 out of 5 2 out of 5 3 out of 5 Read more ...
Citroen C5 Tourer 2.2 HDi Exclusive (2008) review Price: £22,495 30 June 2008 by Keith Adams The Citroen C5 has certainly attracted its fair share of attention recently thanks to that annoying advertising campaign. However, despite marketing that’s brimming with premium Teutonic rhetoric,... Car Handling Performance Usability Feelgood Car ratings 4 out of 5 3 out of 5 3 out of 5 4 out of 5 4 out of 5 Read more ...
VW Passat 1.9 Bluemotion (2008) review Price: £18,450 24 June 2008 by Richard Aucock The Passat Bluemotion is part of a burgeoning range of eco-Volkswagens. The Polo Bluemotion started things off, but it is the dearer, more mainstream stuff - like the Passat - that will make VW... Car Handling Performance Usability Feelgood Car ratings 4 out of 5 3 out of 5 3 out of 5 4 out of 5 4 out of 5 Read more ...
Ssangyong Kyron 2.0 S 2WD (2008) review Price: £14,995 20 June 2008 by Richard Aucock Completing our test of the relaunched SsangYong range is this: the Kyron 4x4. Straddling compact and working SUV status, the Kyron was previously saddled with naïve pricing that punched way above its... Car Handling Performance Usability Feelgood Car ratings 2 out of 5 2 out of 5 2 out of 5 3 out of 5 2 out of 5 Read more ...
Citroen Berlingo Multispace 1.6HDi VTR (2008) review Price: £12,375 17 June 2008 by Christopher Hubbard The old Citroen Berlingo Multispace looked like a van, drove like a van. Was a van. But it defined a whole new segment of functional family carriers. Citroen has sold nearly a million of the boxy... Car Handling Performance Usability Feelgood Car ratings 3 out of 5 3 out of 5 3 out of 5 5 out of 5 3 out of 5 Read more ...
Ssangyong Rodius 270 S (2008) review Price: £14,995 12 June 2008 by Richard Aucock The Rodius is a well established winner... In ugly car awards, that is. So let’s look at the method in the madness, instead. Yes, it’s huge – stretching to over five metres in length – and that yields... Car Handling Performance Usability Feelgood Car ratings 2 out of 5 2 out of 5 2 out of 5 4 out of 5 1 out of 5 Read more ...
Ssangyong Rexton 270 S (2008) review Price: £19,995 12 June 2008 by Richard Aucock With the relaunch of SsangYong in the UK, we're testing all their latest products. Dealers say they sell the Rexton large SUV to buyers with an inkling for an X5, but not the cash. It’s SsangYong’s... Car Handling Performance Usability Feelgood Car ratings 1 out of 5 1 out of 5 1 out of 5 3 out of 5 2 out of 5 Read more ...
Mercedes CLC 220 CDI (2008) review Price: £22,260 11 June 2008 by Christopher Hubbard Previously the C-class Sports Coupe, now the Mercedes-Benz CLC, this is the junior coupe in the three-pointed star’s line-up. Some 1100 modifications underline the change to the bootbadge. But is the... Car Handling Performance Usability Feelgood Car ratings 2 out of 5 3 out of 5 2 out of 5 3 out of 5 3 out of 5 Read more ...
Lancia Delta CAR (2008) review 10 June 2008 by Gavin Green Lancia is set to return to the UK midway through 2009, having departed ignominiously 14 years ago, its range of tinselled Fiats proving about as popular as gelato in a London winter. The car that... Car Handling Performance Usability Feelgood Car ratings 4 out of 5 2 out of 5 4 out of 5 4 out of 5 4 out of 5 Read more ...
Volvo S40 2.0D SE Powershift (2008) review Price: £20,570 10 June 2008 by Colin Overland Volvo has joined the twin-clutch brigade with the arrival of this, the S40 2.0D with the Powershift transmission option. Powershift is Ford and Volvo’s take on the DSG idea that came to the fore with... Car Handling Performance Usability Feelgood Car ratings 4 out of 5 3 out of 5 4 out of 5 4 out of 5 4 out of 5 Read more ...
Seat Ibiza 1.4 TDI Ecomotive (2008) review Price: £11,630 04 June 2008 by Tim Pollard The Seat Ibiza Ecomotive is one of the most smile-inducing cars I’ve driven this year. It’s not very powerful (79bhp) or expensive (£11k), but it does deliver a knock-out blow to your pocket – and... Car Handling Performance Usability Feelgood Car ratings 4 out of 5 4 out of 5 3 out of 5 4 out of 5 5 out of 5 Read more ...