Audi A8’s autonomous driving technology – but it’s not faultless... ...says David Miles (Miles Better News Agency) The new range flagship Audi A8 luxury saloon, in standard or long wheelbase forms, arrived in the UK earlier this year and it’s the first car in the world to be built for the forthcoming age of autonomous driving, claims Audi. All that’s required is legislation changes to allow … [Read more...]
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MS-RT Ford Transit Custom – First Impressions
Ford’s MS-RT Transit Custom launched. By Robin Roberts (Miles Better News Agency). A stunning bespoke van has been developed by Welsh-based specialist coachbuilder MS-RT working in collaboration with Cumbria-based M-Sport, who run the Ford World Rally Championship team for Ford. Founding director Ed Davies has been in the automobile business for 25 years, and worked with the rally-team for … [Read more...]
Book Review – The Good, the Mad and the Ugly
Book Review – The Good, the Mad and the Ugly. Reviewed by Kieron Fennelly. Title: The Good, the Mad and the Ugly Author: Peter Dron Published by: Veloce Publishing Ltd; www.veloce.co.uk 256 pages; hardback Price: £14.99 UK; $24.95 USA. ISBN: 978-1-787111-84-4 The author looks back over 40 years’ motoring journalism and reflects, hardly surprisingly that that fings ain’t what … [Read more...]
Mazda CX-5 2.2D – Road Test
Not to be overlooked in the SUV market, Mazda’s CX-5 2.2D Sport Nav Automatic is a worthy contender… By Robin Roberts (and Miles Better News Agency) Mazda has a reputation for quietly getting on with the job and building some great if unassuming cars, such as the CX-5 large SUV. It also proves it’s not a one-trick pony, best known for the stunning sporty MX-5 two-seater. It also builds a very … [Read more...]
Audi Q2 1.0 TFSI – Road Test
Kieron Fennelly assesses Audi’s compact SUV, in three cylinder 1.0 litre form… It has become almost impossible to keep up with the range of Audis now available – the company currently offers no fewer than 53 models in Britain and says it will launch 21 new models in the next couple of years. A much faster rate, it claims that its rivals at Mercedes and BMW. It has also gone from 0.5% of the UK … [Read more...]
Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross 1.5 Turbo – Road Test
David Miles (Miles Better News Agency) assesses Mitsubishi’s Eclipse Cross 1.5 Turbo petrol 4WD auto in a week of use in real life conditions… After 100 years of autonomy Mitsubishi Motors last year became part of the Renault-Nissan Alliance so the Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross, mid-sized sports SUV/Crossover, could be one of the last models they independently design and manufacture. Platforms, … [Read more...]
Hydrogen powered Toyota Mirai saloon – Brief First Impressions
Kim Henson test drives the future… (All words and photos by Kim) ‘Bringing the future into the present’ is how Toyota headlines its revolutionary Mirai, the company’s hydrogen fuel cell vehicle – and the world’s first to be mass-produced – that represents the culmination of 22 years of research and development. Of course Toyota is already long-famous for its pioneering work with hybrid models … [Read more...]
Fiat 500X SUV – Road Test
Fiat’s 500X compact SUV – not to be forgotten. By David Miles (Miles Better News Agency). Such has been the huge growth in demand for SUV/Crossover types of vehicles that manufacturers right across the car industry have flooded the market with their offerings so it’s easy to forget or overlook some of those that have been with us for a while. One such range is the Fiat 500X compact SUV, first … [Read more...]
Isuzu D-Max Blade Double Cab Pickup – Road Test
Niche is Nice… Robin Roberts (Miles Better News Agency) assesses Isuzu’s D-Max Blade Auto Double Cab Pickup. The specialist vehicle market is where the money is to be made if you have the right products selling at the right prices, like the Isuzu D-Max Double Cab pickup. Isuzu will be one of many pick-up manufacturers and importers airing their wares at this week’s Commercial Vehicle Show at the … [Read more...]
DS 7 Crossback SUV – Road Test
Now on sale in the UK – DS 7 Crossback. By David Miles (Miles Better News Agency). The all-new DS 7 Crossback arrived in the UK in March this year and was heralded as their first purpose-built DS model, not as in the past a top spec Citroën. DS Automobiles became a global brand in its own right in 2014 and before that the DS label was used for higher spec Citroën models. Of course the DS … [Read more...]
Book Review – An Austin Anthology
A fascinating new book about Austins – with a different historical approach... Reviewed by Kim Henson. Title: An Austin Anthology Author: James ‘Jim’ Stringer Published by: Veloce Publishing Ltd; www.veloce.co.uk 112 pages; hardback Price: £14.99 UK; $25 USA. ISBN: 978-1-787111-91-2 All motor car manufacturers have interesting and often offbeat aspects to their history, many of … [Read more...]
Vauxhall Corsa – Driving Impressions (after 25 years!)
The Corsa generation – 25 years young. By Robin Roberts (Miles Better News Agency). It maybe from another era but the truth is the Vauxhall Corsa is even more relevant today than when it first appeared 25 years ago. Born in the Britpop, Walkman and shell-suits age to the sounds of The Spice Girls, it has outlived them and is still Vauxhall’s best-seller. What’s more it consistently lurks … [Read more...]
Skoda Karoq – Road Test
Keith Ward assesses Skoda’s impressive five door mid-size Karoq SUV… SUCCEEDING the successful Yeti in Skoda’s expanding SUV line-up is a very different-looking animal. The Karoq is more conventionally good looking and rounded than its boxy predecessor with the big windows, and a lot less distinctive. You may be hard-pressed to pick it out from many other SUV’s in the office or supermarket car … [Read more...]
More information on new MoT regulations relating to vehicles over 40 years old
Ch Ch Changes... Amidst some confusion among enthusiasts, more information has come to light about the new rules relating to MoT exemption for certain vehicles more than 40 years old, and in particular those where the date of MoT expiry does not coincide with the road tax renewal date. We have revised the text in our original article published in March, as the result of clarification by the … [Read more...]
Vauxhall Grandland X Ultimate – First Impressions
New top of the SUV range Vauxhall Grandland X Ultimate – First Drive. By David Miles (Miles Better News Agency). The Vauxhall Grandland X mid-sized five door, five seater SUV arrived with the first UK customers in January of this year and already 75% of sales have gone to retail buyers, making it Vauxhall’s second highest retail selling model range after the Corsa supermini hatchbacks. When … [Read more...]
SsangYong Rexton ELX auto – Road Test
Robin Roberts (Miles Better News Agency) assesses this sizeable and user-friendly all wheel drive SUV… The world of serious, big 4x4 SUVs is an exclusive one, and they don’t come much more exclusive than the SsangYong Rexton. “What?” is a question I rightly anticipated from a number of drivers when I suggested the same point to them. It begs explanation, so here we go. To put the company … [Read more...]
Latest Toyota C-HR 1.8 Hybrid – Road Test
The 2018 Toyota C-HR Compact SUV 1.8 Hybrid… …Tried and tested by David Miles (Miles Better News Agency). The Toyota C-HR (Coupé-High Rider) is a compact five door SUV with 1.2T petrol or 1.8 petrol electric hybrid powertrains, the latter underpins the latest Prius hybrid, and the C-HR uses the same new Global Architecture platform as the Prius as well. Unlike the blandly styled Prius the … [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...]
‘Need to Know’ Series No. 4: Threads, spanners and things.
Nuts, bolts, threads and spanners – essential for all motor cars, notably including classics. Dave Moss explains... (All words and photographs by Dave). There's a long, deep, and in places dark and slightly mysterious history behind the remarkable cornucopia of nuts and bolts and their threads encountered when working on old vehicles. Despite standardisation efforts stretching back almost two … [Read more...]
MoT Test – All change for modern cars – and, especially, classics!
Changes to the MoT test coming up on 20th May 2018... Dave Moss comprehensively explains what's happening. Various changes to the MOT test rules in England Scotland and Wales come in to force on Sunday May 20th 2018. Most of them affect all light vehicles over 3 years old, but there is also a big change for owners of classic vehicles. From that date, cars, vans, motorcycles and other light … [Read more...]
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