Kia’s Picanto city car range receives the Crossover look… David Miles (Miles Better News Agency) gives his initial assessment… Kia’s small city car, the Picanto five door hatchback range, launched in May last year, gains an X-Line Crossover/SUV styled version for 2018. Although small City Car sales fell by 10% in the UK last year, close to 69,000 buyers were still attracted to this segment. … [Read more...]
First Impressions
Our brief encounters with new models on the U.K. market
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...]
Subaru XV Lineartronic – First Impressions
Subaru XV Lineartronic – First Impressions As far as Europeans are concerned, Subaru, like Suzuki is one of the more esoteric Japanese car brands. If Suzuki is seen as a small car specialist, Subaru is associated with all wheel drive and a slightly more rugged nature. Twenty years ago the Subaru brand was synonymous with the rally-winning Impreza, a car which incidentally, went on to illustrious … [Read more...]
New Audi A8 – First Impressions
Here now but ahead of its time – the all-new Audi A8. By Robin Roberts (and Miles Better News Agency). The new fourth generation Audi A8 really is ahead of its time. Launching now, the flagship of the premium brand is the first car in the world to be built for the forthcoming age of autonomous vehicles which don’t require driver interaction in traffic at up to close to 40 mph, the so-called … [Read more...]
Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross – First impressions
Chris Adamson samples the latest Mitsubishi… Car sales in the UK dropped by almost six per cent last year but one sector that actually saw an increase was the Sport Utility which continues to grow in popularity thanks to its versatility and design ethos. One of the first brands to exploit this sector was Mitsubishi (who built their first four-by-four in 1936) – its Shogun/Pajero launched in … [Read more...]
SEAT Arona compact SUV – First Impressions
SEAT Arona Compact SUV... Another week, another SUV, says David Miles (Miles Better News Agency), who gives his first impressions of this latest SEAT model. Another week arrives and yet another new range of SUV models is released into our new car market already overflowing with choices. This time it’s the SEAT Arona compact five door SUV, which is largely based on SEAT’s recently introduced … [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...]
Latest VW Polo – First Impressions
Bigger, bolder and better – the new Volkswagen Polo arrives in the UK. Hotfoot from the car’s UK press launch, David Miles (Miles Better News Agency) takes a close look… The sixth generation VW Polo has arrived in the UK bigger and better than before. Over 14 million Polos have been sold to date throughout five generations, and in 2017 it was the UK’s seventh best-selling car with 47,855 … [Read more...]
Vauxhall Crossland X – First impressions
Chris Adamson gives his views on Vauxhall’s compact Crossland X SUV... (All words and photographs by Chris). Vauxhall was among the pioneers in the sports utility market here in the UK with the Frontera (remember that rather agricultural mud-plugger) even if it did borrow heavily from Isuzu in the first place. Times have moved on and everyone, including Vauxhall, has a model range bulging … [Read more...]
Volkswagen T-Roc – First impressions
Funky and glitzy looking – VW’s T-Roc compact SUV. By David Miles (Miles Better News Agency). Yet another new range of compact SUVs is arriving now in the UK, this time it’s the VW T-Roc entering the German company’s 190 strong dealership this week. Television advertising with the T-Roc’s ‘Bam the Ram’ and advertising strapline ‘Born Confident’ launches on Boxing Day. It should make you smile in … [Read more...]
Volkswagen Golf R-Line 1.5 TSI Evo 150 – First Impressions.
Launched earlier this year, the latest seventh generation Volkswagen Golf has recently been supplemented by a new petrol engine that is set to become a big seller for the model – Chris Adamson has been putting it through its paces. (All words and photographs by Chris). In the UK market, Volkswagen was one of the leading diesel exponents until ‘dieselgate’, so now there has been an inevitable … [Read more...]
DS Automobiles DS3 Connected Chic Pure Tech 110 S&S – First Impressions
Chris Adamson assesses this compact DS with a very big name… (All words and photographs by Chris). If you are going to give a new model an extensive moniker such as the Connected Chic PureTech, then it has a big name to live up to – that’s the task DS Automobiles has set for the latest addition to its popular DS3 hatchback line-up. The new trim level for DS Automobiles best-selling model is … [Read more...]
Latest Fiat 500L – First Impressions
Moving with the times – The new Fiat 500L. By David Miles (Miles Better News Agency). The 500L launched in 2013 in the UK was an extension of the new generation Fiat 500 city car introduced in 2007. That generation was a modern interpretation of the original Fiat 500, also known as The Cinquecento, launched 60 years ago in 1957. The family was further extended in 2015 with the introduction of … [Read more...]
Latest Jeep Compass – First Impresssions
Heading in the Right Direction – the new Jeep Compass. First impressions, as assessed by David Miles (Miles Better News Agency). The new Jeep Compass compact SUV is heading in the right direction in terms of size, five star safety equipment, inclusive specifications and some competitive prices. With sales of compact SUVs booming the second generation new Jeep Compass is priced from £22,995 … [Read more...]
Ford’s Fiesta – a look back at more than 40 years of this winning model
Ford's Fiesta versus the sands of time... by Dave Moss. In 2006, 30 years on from the original launch of the Fiesta, Ford gave selected motoring journalists the opportunity to compare original models with the then current car. Dave Moss was one of those who enjoyed a drive down memory lane... The original Fiesta, its name chosen by Henry Ford himself – and which very nearly became the Ford … [Read more...]
Hot off the press – Jaguar’s E-Pace First Impressions
Jaguar’s compact E-Pace first test drive. By Robin Roberts (and Miles Better News Agency). Everyone loves a cub, at least that’s what Jaguar is hoping for with the arrival of its new smaller SUV next month. It will be the first production Jaguar ever not to be built in the UK with production taking place in Austria and China. In the UK it will be sold in one five-door, five-seat body-shape in … [Read more...]
Mazda looks ahead – plus CX-5 SUV First Impressions
Mazda looks to the future – and CX-5 SUV brief test drive. By Robin Roberts (and Miles Better News Agency). What the Chancellor, in his Budget next week, has in store for diesel-powered vehicles is the subject of rumour and speculation to combat their so-called higher pollution than petrol models. But increases in VAT or VED road tax on new diesel cars bought from a date to be specified, or an … [Read more...]
Honda NSX ‘old and new’ plus Civics ‘classic and modern’ – Kim’s Impressions
Kim Henson revisits Honda’s sensational first series NSX – and drives the latest car bearing this revered name, also taking brief outings in Civics old and new too! All words and photographs by Kim, with the exception of the main front and rear shots of the 2017 Civic Type R – these courtesy of Honda). As a motoring writer, one of the questions I am most often asked is, “What are your … [Read more...]
First Test Drive of the Kia Sorento in South Korea
Robin Roberts (Miles Better News Agency) reports from South Korea on the new Kia Sorento that will make its UK debut next year… I have been in South Korea on an automotive industry fact-finding trip and during his visit I had a preview test drive in the latest Kia Sorento large seven seat SUV. This range can be ordered now by UK customers with deliveries starting in January 2018. The booming … [Read more...]
Honda’s amazing, fascinating history plus Civics old and new…
David Miles (Miles Better News Agency) reports on Honda’s progress since the 1940s… and drives Civics built 42 years apart... (Photographs of the Civic Type-R GT and the first generation Civic 1.2 by David; others courtesy of Honda). News Honda (UK) is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Honda (Japan) and today it is rated as one of the top 20 brands in the world. Honda manufactures a broad … [Read more...]
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