THE NEW SEAT TARRACO – 140,000 PEOPLE CANNOT BE WRONG… …says David Miles (Miles Better News Agency). The new SEAT Tarraco is a seven seat large SUV and its name is taken from the Mediterranean city of Tarragona and that name was chosen by 140,000 on-line enthusiasts. Priced from £28,335 to £38,055 the Tarraco range joins the SEAT Spanish arm of the VW Group’s other SUVs – the compact Arona … [Read more...]
New Land Rover Discovery Sport Landmark Edition – Road Test
The Land Rover Discovery Sport Landmark is the family 4x4. By Robin Roberts (and Miles Better News Agency). Created to mark 30 years of the Discovery, Sport Landmark editions come with a host of features as standard which are options on others in the extremely extensive range of pure 4x4s. It’s not a cheaper alternative to the rest of the Discovery Sport range, but it’s a very good package … [Read more...]
Latest VW Tiguan Allspace Seven Seater – Road Test
2019 MODEL YEAR VOLKSWAGEN TIGUAN ALLSPACE 7-SEAT SUV… …Assessed by David Miles (Miles Better News Agency). The Tiguan mid-sized SUV is Volkswagen third best selling model range in the UK behind the Golf and Polo hatchbacks. The five seater Tiguan and the larger seven seat Tiguan Allspace form the meat in the VW sandwich of their ever extending range of SUVs. Globally over five million Tiguans … [Read more...]
Skoda Kodiaq vRS seven seater – Road Test
NEW SKODA KODIAQ VRS 7-SEAT SUV – PACEY BUT PRICEY. Test-driven by David Miles (Miles Better News Agency). The award winning, highly praised Skoda Kodiaq range of five and seven seater SUVs has a new flagship model. It’s the vRS 240 hp biturbo automatic 4x4 model priced at a hefty £42,870, but added options can push that price up even further. For those looking for less performance, but still … [Read more...]
Hyundai Santa Fe seven seater – road test
The Hyundai Santa Fe Premium SE large SUV… …test-driven by Robin Roberts (and Miles Better News Agency). The Hyundai Santa Fe has been the bedrock of the brand since launched in 2001, but it’s no dinosaur. The fourth generation of this highly popular large SUV is packed with the latest features and choices to please any family with the emphasis on enjoyment and living.Split over four trim … [Read more...]
Peugeot 5008 GT Line Premium 130 PureTech 7-seater SUV – Road Test
Peugeot’s up-to-the-minute SUVs are proving very popular with UK buyers... Kim Henson puts through its paces, and carries lots of people in, the company’s latest 5008 seven seater large SUV… (All words and photographs by Kim). The compact 2008 and mid-range 3008 SUVs were already selling well for Peugeot in the UK before the larger 5008 SUV range was introduced here in the autumn of 2017 … [Read more...]
Latest Peugeot 5008 GT Line 2.0 Diesel – Road Test
Now more taxing… David Miles (Miles Better News Agency) assesses the 2018 Peugeot 5008 GT Line 2.0 diesel SUV. Don’t let the anti diesel lobby or increased Government taxes put you off buying the Peugeot 5008 2.0 litre, 150 hp turbodiesel seven seat large SUV – it remains fit-for-purpose. Some large SUV styled vehicles, which can carry up to seven people and tow up to 1,800 kg 3,968 lb) when … [Read more...]
Latest Kia Sorento seven seater SUV – First Impressions
The 2018 Kia Sorento seven seater SUV arrives in the UK. David Miles (Miles Better News Agency) reports on this latest version… More models with more specification – the 2018 enhanced versions of the third generation Kia Sorento seven-seat large SUV are now on sale in the UK at prices ranging from £28,995 to £41,995. This makes the top spec version the price list flagship of the brand’s … [Read more...]
Skoda Kodiaq Scout seven seater SUV – Road Test
Skoda’s Kodiaq Scout seven seater large SUV easily copes with life’s ups and downs… …says David Miles (Miles Better News Agency). The award-winning Skoda Kodiaq five and seven seat models in the large SUV market arrived in the UK last year, and soon became the benchmark models in the sector against which a raft of established and newcomer models were judged. Now the 2018 range has been further … [Read more...]
Mitsubishi Outlander Diesel seven seater SUV – Road Test
David Miles (Miles Better News Agency) test-drives the seven seater Mitsubishi Outlander 2.2 DI-D automatic... Mitsubishi Motors celebrated their 100th anniversary of car production in 2017, having produced their first car – the Model A – in 1907 and their first 4WD model – the PX33 – in 1933. Imports first began to Europe, in fact the UK, in 1974 with the Lancer and Galant saloons, with their … [Read more...]
VW Tiguan Allspace – First Impressions
Volkswagen Tiguan Allspace SUV – more seats, wider appeal . By Robin Roberts (and Miles Better News Agency). Defying the downward UK car sales trend through 2017 and rising to become the second best selling brand in the country, Volkswagen is out to make a bigger impression this year as it plugs gaps in its range. One of the spaces falls between the mid-sized Tiguan SUV and the largeTouareg … [Read more...]
Hot off the press news about Mitsubishi’s new seven seater Shogun Sport SUV…
New Shogun Sport seven seater SUV announced today for UK sales… By Robin Roberts (and Miles Better News Agency). A new Mitsubishi Shogun Sport will be launched into the booming SUV sector next spring but the only European country to get it will be the UK. Why only the UK? Because the Shogun Sport, also known as Pajero Sport, is built in Thailand as a right hand drive vehicle and it is built … [Read more...]
Skoda Kodiaq – Road Test
Keith Ward test drive’s Skoda’s seven seater family SUV… UNLIKE some classier brands, Skodas seem to be designed by people who actually drive their cars in everyday situations. It is to their credit. Take the big new seven-seat family SUV, the Kodiaq. Ours came with a pair of umbrellas concealed in the front door armrests. Open the passenger doors and a sort of hairy rubber caterpillar on … [Read more...]
