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...]
Road Tests
Our in-depth appraisals of new cars available in the UK
Peugeot Rifter GT Line LONG BlueHDi 130 S&S seven seater MPV – Road Test
For some buyers in need of a seven seater, a more spacious MPV is a better bet than an SUV... Kim Henson test-drives the long wheelbase version of Peugeot’s diesel-powered Rifter, with seven adults aboard… (All words and photographs by Kim). As we have been reporting on ‘Wheels-Alive’, currently there is a huge UK market for SUVs (‘Sport Utility Vehicles’), seen by many as ‘fashionable’, and … [Read more...]
Kia Optima Sportswagen Diesel – Road Test
REVISED KIA OPTIMA SPORTSWAGON FEATURES NEW DIESEL ENGINE OPTION. By David Miles (Miles Better News Agency). For customers getting bored with their SUV or just plain put off by the ever increasing number of them on roads worldwide, perhaps it’s time to move on to the tried and trusted, more exclusive and traditional large estate. Despite manufacturers putting all their eggs in one basket … [Read more...]
Latest Honda CR-V – Hybrid – Road Test
NEW HONDA CR-V HYBRID SUV MODELS NOW ON SALE… David Miles (Miles Better News Agency) has test-driven the newcomer. Billed by Honda as the world’s best-selling SUV with over 9.0 million sales in 150 countries since the first generation model was launched in 1995, the latest generation range was introduced towards the end of last year. However the new range had no diesel and no 2.0 litre VTEC … [Read more...]
Volkswagen Arteon – Road Test
VW Arteon R-Line 2.0 TDI 190hp auto. By Robin Roberts (and Miles Better News Agency). Volkswagen is raising its game again. Introduced in late 2017, the VW Arteon large five door family hatchback is the flagship of the marque and is steadily expanding its line-up, and today runs to over 20 variants in the UK. There are seven petrol or diesel engine and powertrain options including manual, … [Read more...]
Mercedes-Benz A-Class – Road Test
LATEST MERCEDES-BENZ A-CLASS – BRITS BUY THEM MOST… David Miles (Miles Better News Agency) puts one of the current models through its paces. The UK is the largest global market for the Mercedes-Benz A-Class range of five door hatchbacks and four door saloons. Over 340,000 have been sold since the first generation arrived in the UK in 1997. Last year a record 43,527 of them were sold in the … [Read more...]
Turbocharged 1.0 litre automatic MG ZS – Road Test
MG ZS 1.0T GDI Executive auto SUV – with a compact but big-hearted engine. By Robin Roberts (and Miles Better News Agency). Sometimes it’s the little things that bring the biggest surprises, like the MG ZS SUV with a sub-1.0 litre petrol engine and an automatic gearbox. Now years ago you would have baulked at a five-seat family car with a 999cc engine and lumbered with an automatic … [Read more...]
Vauxhall Combo Life – Road Test
VAUXHALL COMBO LIFE FIVE SEATER – VERSATILE AND VALUE FOR MONEY MOTORING. David Miles (Miles Better News Agency) gives his verdict… The Vauxhall Combo Life is one of a trilogy of new van derived MPV, multi-purpose vehicles also known as ‘people carriers’. Its stablemates are the Peugeot Rifter and Citroën Berlingo and they are all available with five and seven seat versions with standard or … [Read more...]
Revised Fiat 500X – Road Test
UPDATED FIAT 500X - FASHION AND FUNCTION COMBINED. By David Miles (Miles Better News Agency). With the on-going arrival of all-new SUVs of all sizes in full swing, the popular market sector also offers updated versions of SUVs which have been available for much longer. At the compact end of the SUV market one such revised and refreshed model range made its UK debut at the end of last … [Read more...]
Commercial break… Toyota Land Cruiser LCV – Road Test
Toyota Land Cruiser SWB Light Commercial Vehicle… Road-tested by Robin Roberts (and Miles Better News Agency). In recent weeks I have watched a variety of documentaries from the wildest and most remote places on earth and while the presenters change with each programme there seems to be a satisfying, reassuring continuity as they are all conveyed in a Toyota Land Cruiser. Its reputation to … [Read more...]
New diesel powered Vauxhall Grandland X – Road Test
LATEST VAUXHALL GRANDLAND X – KEEPS CALM AND CARRIES ON. By David Miles (Miles Better News Agency). Given the turmoil in the world’s car industry, the faltering global economy, falling sales, demonization of diesel engines and in the UK that touchy issue about Brexit, Vauxhall’s latest advertising strapline for their Grandland X mid-sized SUV, ‘Keeps Calm – Carries On’, looks like sensible … [Read more...]
SsangYong Tivoli Ultimate – Road Test
The SsangYong Tivoli Ultimate petrol auto SUV with 2WD... Test-driven by Robin Roberts (and Miles Better News Agency). Everyone likes surprises, especially if they give you even more than expected, such as with the SsangYong Tivoli SUV. I think it’s a bit of liberty calling it an SUV when the petrol version tested is only 2WD and is little more than a taller hatchback, but the Tivoli goes … [Read more...]
Latest Citroën Berlingo seven seater MPV – Road Test
New Citroën Berlingo functional as well as potentially fashionable… David Miles (Miles Better News Agency) test drives a seven seater version. MPV multi-purpose vehicles, or ‘people carriers’, as we knew them in their heydays of the 80s, 90s and early 2000s, have lost out in terms of sales to the growing desirability of owing an SUV – ‘sports utility vehicle’. But manufacturers of MPV type … [Read more...]
Audi A4 Avant 40 TDI quattro – Road Test
2019 model year Audi A4 Avant 40TDI quattro tried and tested. By Robin Roberts (and Miles Better News Agency). While SUVs are the flavour of the season, there’re rich pickings for manufacturers and drivers in cars like the Audi A4 Avant. Most SUVs are rarely used to their full capacity or ability but an estate car, particularly a sporting estate like the Black Edition 40TDI quattro tested, … [Read more...]
Hyundai Kona 4WD 1.6 T-GDI Auto Premium – Road Test
The latest Hyundai SUV… …Test-driven by Robin Roberts (and Miles Better News Agency). There is a lot of noise and hype generated about SUVs at the moment but the Hyundai Kona compact five door SUV does not shout about its abilities, it just delivers them. This fuss-free formula is favoured by those who need the space and equipment of a quality SUV which decides when you can get away with … [Read more...]
They’re off… on a classic winter’s drive to Monte Carlo
Classic cars and their intrepid crews head south from Clydebank this evening (30th January)... A hardy group of 17 cars and crews are heading south on wintry roads following the start this evening in Clydebank in West Dunbartonshire of the UK leg of the classic Monte Carlo Rally. The Clydeside town is the only British start point of six European cities for a range of classic cars to make the … [Read more...]
Latest Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV – Road Test
MITSUBISHI OUTLANDER PHEV CONTINUES LEADING THE WAY FOR UK SALES. David Miles (Miles Better News Agency) tells all… The Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV (Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle) finished another strong sales year in 2018 as the UK’s best-selling plug-in hybrid vehicle with 8,701 vehicles registered, an increase of 16% over 2017. The uprated Outlander PHEV was launched last September with … [Read more...]
Latest Jeep Grand Cherokee – Road Test
JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE - A LEGEND IN ITS OWN LIFETIME... David Miles (Miles Better News Agency) investigates this iconic American machine. The Jeep Grand Cherokee 4x4 is a globally recognised large, five-seater, hard-core heavyweight and seriously capable off-roader with a long history and high specification. It has evolved over many years since 1993 with over five million sales, the most recent in … [Read more...]
Kia’s diesel hybrid Sportage – Road Test
Kia Sportage GT-Line S 2.0CRDi auto 48v… Tried and tested by Robin Roberts (and Miles Better News Agency). Success can be measured or judged in many ways, and one of those is behind the wheel of the Kia Sportage. It is the Korean’s brand’s best-selling model in Britain, and last year a record number of Kia models were sold including their globally best-selling SUV. So it can be said to be … [Read more...]
Ford news – and EcoSport SUV – Road Test
FORD IN THE NEWS PLUS THEIR LATEST ECOSPORT COMPACT SUV HAS BEEN IMPROVED IN MOST AREAS. David Miles (Miles Better News Agency) reports… Latest Ford News 2019 news from Ford in the UK started on a very positive note with PR announcements that in 2018 the brand achieved their 42nd successive year of league-topping new passenger car sales and 53rd consecutive year of commercial vehicles sales … [Read more...]
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