Alfa’s sporty 4C Spider… Test-driven by Robin Roberts (Miles Better News Agency). Italians love their food almost as much as they love cars like the Alfa 4C Spider. Meals can swing between the heavy classics to lighter Mediterranean morsels and they are usually all memorable. The essential element is that every meal is meant to be enjoyed for its own sake and if you like a straightforward … [Read more...]
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Classics News – First female workshop apprentice appointed at National Motor Museum, Beaulieu
Classic car enthusiast Emily follows her dream… The National Motor Museum at Beaulieu has appointed a new workshop apprentice as an investment in the future of its historic vehicle collection, at a time when few specialist workshops are taking on trainees. New apprentice Emily Leese, aged 18, joins the museum’s experienced workshop team to help maintain and restore its collection of more than … [Read more...]
Skoda Octavia 1.0 Hatchback – Road Test
Skoda’s roomy and frugal petrol-powered 1.0 turbo Octavia hatchback – small engine with big appeal. Road-tested by David Miles (Miles Better News Agency). Combining a roomy mid-sized family hatchback with a small 1.0 litre three cylinder petrol engine could be a step too far in terms of dull performance and disappointing fuel economy. But not so with the latest Skoda Octavia five door … [Read more...]
New Audi Q2 – Road Test
Keith Ward assesses Audi’s latest Q2 SUV. TWO additions recently announced are set to lengthen the queue of “Q” models from Audi in increasingly popular high-stance SUV style. Audi reckon as many as half their best-ever global sales last year of 1.8 million were SUVs. Already on offer are the Q2, Q3, Q5 and Q7. Now we are promised a big, top-end Q8 next year (2018) followed by a compact Q4 in … [Read more...]
News: FairFuelUK campaign demands fairness to motorists in air quality legislation
On Wednesday, at 8am - 13th Sept 2017 - FairFuelUK launches a Crowd Justice Funding Campaign to raise funds for a 2-part legal challenge: To convince the Mayor of London to reverse the implementation of his cash grabbing unwarranted ‘T-Charge’ on drivers. To get the Prime Minister and Defra to set up an Independent Public Inquiry to fairly investigate other more effective ways to improve … [Read more...]
Latest Volvo XC60 – Road Test
New Volvo XC60 mid-sized SUV First Drive. By David Miles (Miles Better News Agency). When the first generation mid-sized XC60 was introduced in 2008 it didn’t take long for it to become Volvo’s best selling model range and the market leader in its class in Europe, as it was just at the time the SUV market overall was beginning to boom in terms of sales. Today with the introduction of the … [Read more...]
Kia Driving Day, notably including the latest Picanto – First Impressions
Driving Kia's latest Picanto (and other models). Kim Henson reports… (with all photographs by Kim). Arriving in Britain in 1991, Kia, part of the south Korean Hyundai Group, has been posting increasingly good sales figures here. Indeed the UK represents Kia’s largest market in Europe, and the fourth largest in the World after South Korea, China and the United States. More than a … [Read more...]
Classic News – E-type Zero – Electrically powered Jaguar E Type!
Combining classic styling and a modern power train – a classic EV (Electric Vehicle) E Type! Report by Robin Roberts. Jaguar Land Rover Classic is presenting an electric-powered Jaguar E-type at the Jaguar Land Rover Tech Fest, which opens to the public on 8 September in London. The car, known as E-type Zero, has been restored and converted at Jaguar Land Rover Classic Works in Coventry, not far … [Read more...]
Ferrari California T 2+2 Cabriolet – Road Test
Ferrari’s California T 2+2 Cabriolet… Life in the (very) fast lane. Tested by Robin Roberts (Miles Better News Agency). If ever there was such a thing as a bargain Ferrari, then the California T is the model. The dominance of Ferrari in the sports car market has come under threat from a wide range of rivals in recent years, but this summer it nosed ahead again. In June its power plant … [Read more...]
News – Sales of new cars fall…
The brakes are still slowing Britain’s new car sales. Robin Roberts reports... Figures from the SMMT car-makers’ body today show the fifth consecutive month for a decline. But August has always been a slow month as buyers hold off for the new plate and registrations of 67-plate models will provide a better indicator of the overall market. Registrations dropped 6.4 percent to 76,433 … [Read more...]
Event Report – Beaulieu International Autojumble 2017
Classic car enthusiasts flocked to the National Motor Museum for this year’s Beaulieu International Autojumble. Kim Henson, who has attended every ‘Beaulieu’ for the last four decades, reports on this, THE biggest autojumble in Britain – the original such event, and widely acknowledged still to be the best… (With some photographs, individually acknowledged with thanks, provided by Chris … [Read more...]
Alfa Romeo Giulia, latest rear wheel drive model – Road Test
Alfa Romeo returns to form with the Giulia Sports Saloon… Test-driven by David Miles (Miles Better news Agency). £2,000 contribution for retail customers buying a new 67 plate model... The once famous Italian thoroughbred automotive brand of Alfa Romeo has suffered decades of falling sales in the UK due to indifferent models, reliability and body-rot issues. In recent years the brand has been … [Read more...]
Toyota C-HR 1.2 Dynamic Auto – Road Test
Robin Roberts (Miles Better News Agency) assesses Toyota’s C-HR 1.2T Dynamic auto... Few test cars turn heads like the Toyota C-HR. Its dramatic styling hints at something special and it is, for most parts. The latest Toyota offering in the compact SUV sector – where it was solely represented with the RAV4 – could not be more different to its stablemate. There is a good 11 model line-up in … [Read more...]
News – Which modern cars will become future classics (if any?)
Will the Audi TT become a future classic? Some think so... Robin Roberts explains... The Audi TT is the most likely modern car to become a future classic, according to more than a third of British and Irish drivers, despite only 5% having owned one. Polling over 1,000 drivers across the UK and Ireland, Carole Nash quizzed the nation about which car they think has the greatest chance … [Read more...]
News – ‘Real world’ emissions testing arrives – at last
More stringent “real world” emissions tests come into force today... Robin Roberts reports. The new laboratory test, called Worldwide harmonized Light vehicles Test Procedure, will introduce much more realistic testing conditions for measuring pollutant and CO2 emissions than the previous, out-dated lab test. The WLTP will provide a more accurate basis for measuring a vehicle’s fuel … [Read more...]
Cost-effective Dacia Duster – Road Test
Dacia’s Duster – with prices that will allow it to clean up in the SUV market... Assessed by David Miles (Miles Better News Agency). Dacia, pronounced ‘dat-cha’, is a Romanian automotive brand that became wholly owned by Renault in 2004. But it wasn’t until mid-2012 that the first Dacia model from the new partnership, the mid-sized Duster five door mid-sized SUV, appeared in the UK, with sales … [Read more...]
Latest Audi A5 Cabriolet – Road Test
Audi’s A5 Cabriolet... ...test-driven by Robin Roberts (Miles Better News Agency). Audi know a thing or two about successful niche marketing, and the revised A5 Cabriolet is a brilliant example of the brand doing what it does best, but at a price. It’s not cheap but its very, very good and the range is extensive and comes with a lot of tempting options – which you have to very carefully pick … [Read more...]
News – German Motor Show shunned by exhibitors
Major car makers are shunning the Frankfurt motor show next month... By Robin Roberts. The enormous cost of taking part and appearing wing to wing with rivals is being weighed against turning visitors into buyers of the brands. About 12 months ago, Paris saw a reduction in brands with Ford, Mazda and Volvo deciding not to attend and now this trend has continued at Frankfurt, which is the … [Read more...]
Latest Toyota Yaris Hybrid – Road Test
Latest revised Toyota Yaris range includes the less taxing hybrid… Assessed by David Miles (Miles Better News Agency). The Yaris supermini sized hatchback, in three and five door forms, was first launched in 1999 and became European Car of the Year 2000. Now in its third generation five-door only form it has received a mid-life refresh. Actually it’s more than a refresh with 900 new parts, say … [Read more...]
Event News – ‘Lincolnshire Props and Pistons’ (28th August) to help a Leukaemia charity
The sky’s the limit for Props & Pistons! Up to £20 million worth of planes and cars to take centre stage in Lincolnshire Props & Pistons, to feature the classic Jaguar XJ220 for first time at the August 28 Bank Holiday event, and with Bridgestone ,making its presence felt at the event for another year. One of the Midlands’ most popular automotive and aviation shows is promising to be … [Read more...]
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