NISSAN is on a bit of a roll. While some manufacturers are still working on their first electric cars Nissan is rolling out the second generation Leaf, with less … More »First Drive: 2013 Nissan Leaf
MILLIONS of boy racers can’t be wrong. Ford has had the lion’s share of the hot hatch market well and truly sewn up for the best part of two decades (if not longer), … More »First Drive: Ford Fiesta ST
YOU’VE got to hand it to Porsche’s engineers: they’re a talented bunch capable of turning out cars as disparate as a full-size SUV and a two-seat roadster.Somewhere … More »First Drive: Porsche Cayman
CONVERTIBLE Italian supercar. Three not-so-little words that can make people all over the world go weak at the knees. And when the car in question is a Ferrari, … More »Poetry in motion (Ferrari 458 Spider)
THE BEETLE reboot continues with Volkswagen taking the car to the next, and logical, step in its evolution: going roofless. Of course Volkswagen has been here before; … More »First Drive: Volkswagen Beetle Cabriolet
IN ONLY a few short years the rate of progress in the in-car entertainment world has gone from glacial to supersonic. The main driving force has been Apple’s iPod … More »Sound Advice (Audi A3 2.0 TDI Sport Long Term Test Month Three)
THOSE of us who call ourselves car enthusiasts usually think we have most cars figured out even if we haven’t driven them. But every now and again we're completely … More »First Drive: 2013 Honda CR-Z
MOST people will view Kia as a maker of sensible and practical cars. There’s certainly nothing wrong with such a perception, and the Korean firm has achieved a considerable … More »First Drive: Kia Pro_cee’d
RECENT years have seen the family hatch elbowed aside by a growing numbers of compact people carriers. Such cars have, ironically, become better suited to dealing … More »First Drive: Kia Carens
YOU GET nowhere by standing still, especially not in the car-making game. For a company like Aston Martin that has some spectacular products that could be very tempting, … More »First Drive: Aston Martin Rapide S
LET'S BE honest with ourselves here; do we like the idea of 4x4s because we frequently get stuck crossing fields? Or is it because they look a bit tougher, give … More »First Drive: Volvo V40 Cross Country
THE LEON is a big car for Seat, figuratively speaking at least. It’s the company’s second-biggest seller in the UK, after the Ibiza supermini, but on the physical … More »First Drive: 2013 Seat Leon
Following in the footsteps of its big brother the 5 Series GT, the 3 Series GT has added a third body style option to a compact executive car range that until now … More »First Drive: BMW 3 Series GT
THE RENAULT Clio R.S. has changed. The all-new turbocharged hot hatch has ditched its unique old-school naturally-aspirated charm for 21st Century technology, and … More »First Drive: Renaultsport Clio 200 Turbo