GOODBYE TOYOTA AURIS – HELLO AGAIN TOYOTA COROLLA. David Miles (Miles Better News Agency) explains and drives the new line-up… 14 years after the Toyota Auris name replaced the Corolla we see the return of the World’s best-selling car brand name – Corolla –å and it’s on sale in the UK from the new registration plate change month of March. The range is priced from £21,300 up to £30,340 with 21 … [Read more...]
Features by David Miles
Latest Citroën Berlingo seven seater MPV – Road Test
New Citroën Berlingo functional as well as potentially fashionable… David Miles (Miles Better News Agency) test drives a seven seater version. MPV multi-purpose vehicles, or ‘people carriers’, as we knew them in their heydays of the 80s, 90s and early 2000s, have lost out in terms of sales to the growing desirability of owing an SUV – ‘sports utility vehicle’. But manufacturers of MPV type … [Read more...]
Citroën C5 Aircross mid-sized SUV – First Impressions
Latest SUV from Citroën – the new C5 Aircross; first drive, plus news and views... ...from David Miles (Miles Better News Agency). 2019 is a big year for the French Citroën brand. It’s their 100th anniversary and already the year has got off to a successful start with their products picking up several Car/Van of the Year Awards in the current round of annual ‘Oscars’ given by the motoring … [Read more...]
Latest Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV – Road Test
MITSUBISHI OUTLANDER PHEV CONTINUES LEADING THE WAY FOR UK SALES. David Miles (Miles Better News Agency) tells all… The Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV (Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle) finished another strong sales year in 2018 as the UK’s best-selling plug-in hybrid vehicle with 8,701 vehicles registered, an increase of 16% over 2017. The uprated Outlander PHEV was launched last September with … [Read more...]
Latest Jeep Grand Cherokee – Road Test
JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE - A LEGEND IN ITS OWN LIFETIME... David Miles (Miles Better News Agency) investigates this iconic American machine. The Jeep Grand Cherokee 4x4 is a globally recognised large, five-seater, hard-core heavyweight and seriously capable off-roader with a long history and high specification. It has evolved over many years since 1993 with over five million sales, the most recent in … [Read more...]
Ford news – and EcoSport SUV – Road Test
FORD IN THE NEWS PLUS THEIR LATEST ECOSPORT COMPACT SUV HAS BEEN IMPROVED IN MOST AREAS. David Miles (Miles Better News Agency) reports… Latest Ford News 2019 news from Ford in the UK started on a very positive note with PR announcements that in 2018 the brand achieved their 42nd successive year of league-topping new passenger car sales and 53rd consecutive year of commercial vehicles sales … [Read more...]
Estate of the art? Audi’s smart A6 Avant load carrier – Road Test
THE NEW AUDI A6 AVANT – A VERY POSH LARGE ESTATE… Tried and tested by David Miles (Miles Better News Agency). The fifth generation Audi A6 Saloon and Avant estates are slowly coming to market. The 2.0 litre 40 four cylinder TDI and 3.0 50 V6 TDI turbodiesel (both with mild hybrid support) models with standard fit automatic transmissions were launched in September last year to the UK media and … [Read more...]
New Skoda Kodiaq Sportline – Road Test
SKODA KODIAQ SPORTLINE – A MILES BETTER SPECIFICATION LARGE SUV… ...Assessed by David Miles (Miles Better News Agency) It’s a fast evolving world in the car industry with changing fashions in the models we buy such as hatchbacks, saloons and estates losing out to SUVs, the introduction of new WLTP testing procedures which has caused delays in supplying compliant engines, and the introduction of … [Read more...]
Motoring Review of 2018 – The ups and downs of a turbulent year for the UK
2018 – WHAT AN UNSETTLED YEAR IT HAS BEEN FOR THE MOTOR INDUSTRY. David Miles (Miles Better News Agency) looks back on his motoring year... Seated at my keyboard responding to a request to write a review of the year from the 100 or so new or updated cars we have tried and tested this year, it’s difficult to know where to begin. Perhaps with the unknown fallout from Brexit, if it ever happens, … [Read more...]
Jeep Compass – Road Test
JEEP’S COMPASS SHOULD BE HEADING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION… …says David Miles (Miles Better News Agency). On paper the new Jeep Compass compact SUV has all the elements for it to be heading in the right direction in terms of size, five star safety equipment, five year warranty, inclusive specifications and some competitive prices in a fast growing SUV market. The second generation Jeep Compass … [Read more...]
Latest Lexus RX450h Hybrid SUV – Road Test
Lexus RX450h petrol-electric hybrid large SUV… “Enjoy the refinement”, says David Miles (Miles Better News Agency). There is no shortage of SUVs, small, medium, large and very large, petrol, diesel, hybrid, plug-in hybrid and all-electric are all available depending on the model and from ‘budget’ buys to ‘upper-class’ premium brands, all cashing in on the seemingly unstoppable public demand. … [Read more...]
Latest Ford Focus – Road Test
New Ford Focus now tried and tested in the UK… David Miles (Miles Better News Agency) gives his assessment. The latest generation Ford Focus was initially revealed to the motoring media in France in June this year, but it wasn’t until September that models arrived in UK showrooms. Now full UK sales are underway as the latest generation Focus five door hatchback and estate models aims to maintain … [Read more...]
Vauxhall Corsa GSi – Road Test
The Corsa GSi is hot but gets flustered… …says David Miles (Miles Better News Agency). Now celebrating its 25th anniversary, the top-selling Vauxhall Corsa supermini sized hatchback range has recently seen high specification low price Griffin versions, with three and five door body styles and with the choice of 1.4-litre petrol 75 or 90 hp engines, added to its line-up priced from as low … [Read more...]
Honda Civic Saloon – Road Test
Honda adds another string to the Civic’s bow… … says David Miles (Miles Better News Agency). With no Estate version in the tenth generation Honda Civic range, until now only available in five door Hatchback form, now Honda has extended the Civic’s appeal by adding four door Saloon versions. Unlike the … [Read more...]
Latest, revised Suzuki Vitara – First Impressions
Suzuki’s highly respected Vitara upgraded for 2019… David Miles (Miles Better News Agency) gives his views. On sale early in 2019, although UK order books were opened in September, is the upgraded Suzuki Vitara with mild styling updates but more notable are new engine options and specification upgrades. Priced from £16,999 to £25,649, the nine variant 2019 model line-up sees 1.0 litre and 1.4 … [Read more...]
Hot off the press – New Suzuki Jimny – First Impressions
It’s hip to be square with the 2019 new Suzuki Jimny... …says David Miles (Miles Better News Agency). Kim adds… “David has worked hard to get this report written and with us as soon as possible, having only just driven the car earlier today, Thursday 22nd November 2018. Thanks David for your dedication!" Dale Wyatt, Director of Suzuki Automobiles in the UK said this week at the press launch … [Read more...]
Honda’s Latest CR-V – Road Test
New generation Honda CR-V large SUV – more polished and plush… …says David Miles (Miles Better News Agency). (Photographs by David (static images) and Honda (moving shots). When asking what is the World’s best selling SUV would it be a Land Rover/Range Rover of some type, a Ford, an Audi, BMW or Mercedes or a Kia, or Hyundai, a Mitsubishi, Suzuki or perhaps one of a multitude of American … [Read more...]
Skoda Octavia vRS estate – Road Test
The Octavia vRS 2.0 TDI 184 hp estate offers space and pace… …says David Miles (Miles Better News Agency). The Octavia C-segment range of five door Hatch and Estate models is Skoda’s best selling model range, accounting for 29% of their total UK sales. The Octavia is available with a wide range of engine options, four TSI petrol units and three TDI diesels, with power outputs ranging from 115 … [Read more...]
Kia’s 2019 Sportage – Road Test
Kia’s best-selling model – The Sportage SUV – Refreshed, and refreshing to own. David Miles (Miles Better News Agency) puts it through its paces. The Sportage is Kia’s best-selling model in Europe, and with over five million global sales during its 25 years of production through four generations. In the UK 40,000 were sold last year and so far this year nearly 30,000 have found homes here, … [Read more...]
MG ZS – Road Test
MG ZS compact SUV; small in price, big on specification and size. David Miles (Miles Better News Agency) reports… With the uncertainties of Brexit, higher interest rates and fuel prices, plus new WLTP fuel economy and CO2 figures now being applicable and the demonising of diesel engines, there are a lot of uncertainties in the UK’s motoring world and new car sales are being affected. Sales in … [Read more...]
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