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Abarth 595 Competizione 180 – Road Test

22nd March 2018

The Abarth 595 Competizione 180 Manual pocket-rocket. Fun in the city – test-driven by Robin Roberts (Miles Better News Agency)... Brits used to relish small high performance cars, and thank goodness the Italians still build them like the Abarth 595 Competizione. While the UK may have grown up and developed a taste for family hot-hatches, there is still a lot to be enjoyed behind the wheel of … [Read more...]

Suzuki Celerio 1.0 SZ3 Dualjet Road Test

8th August 2016

Suzuki’s compact Celerio is a practical and willing five seater companion for any journey… Kim Henson test drives the Dualjet-powered 1.0 litre version, in SZ3 form. Suzuki has long excelled at producing small, economical models that are dependable, inexpensive to run and easy to own. The five door Celerio is primarily aimed at buyers in need of a city car, and examples sold in Europe are … [Read more...]

Kia’s First Quarter Century in the UK – and a Mini Road Test of the Picanto (in highest spec. form).

13th June 2016

Kia’s 25 years in the UK and Growing Fast – and a review of their Picanto City Car. By David Miles (Miles Better News Agency). During 25 years of trading in the UK, Kia has sold over 750,000 cars. Almost half of those sales have been achieved in the last five years and the target is to reach the one million mark by 2020. Kia was established in South Korea in 1944 building bicycles, then … [Read more...]

Skoda Citigo Road Test

12th March 2016

The Skoda Citigo – It’s Here in Black and White By David Miles (Miles Better New Agency) In the UK’s new car market, ‘A’ segment small City/Mini cars saw a big sales drop of 16.6% in 2015. It seems customers were lured away to larger ‘B’ segment supermini models, being marketed by cheap finance offers on low mileage used or pre-registered dealer stock cars. There was also a move by style and … [Read more...]

Citroën C1

15th July 2014

Citroën’s happy little C1 city car has been replaced by a brand-new C1, complete with a smiley face. Citroën reckons the new car’s front has just that, along with the company’s trade-mark 3D rear lights. Tom Scanlan reports... In Citroën’s now-established tradition, the cars also come in a range of new colour combinations, both outside and in, and that will certainly help attract two main … [Read more...]

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