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Cupra Leon – Road Test

28th March 2022

Hot to trot – the Cupra Leon Hatch 2.0TSi DSG 245 PS... ...Test-driven by Robin Roberts (and Miles Better News Agency).  Cupra is inviting you to join the Q-car queue with its latest Leon 2.0TSi. Based on the family-friendly SEAT Leon, the tuning arm’s version is a return to the hot-hatch era with a car which pushes out 245 PS, can exceed 150 mph and covers the indicative 0 – 62 mph mark in … [Read more...]

Abarth 595 Competizione – Road Test

29th September 2021

The Abarth 595 Competizione, Robin Roberts (and Miles Better News Agency) tries his hand at driving this pocket rocket… Small Italian cars are always exciting, but sixty years after Carlo Abarth created his iconic pocket rocket the latest 595 Competizione version from Fiat lifts that to a new level. When he started tinkering with the diminutive baby Fiat a pint of beer in Britain cost the … [Read more...]

Ford Fiesta ST-3 – Road Test

23rd November 2020

The latest Ford Fiesta ST-3, 3-door hot-hatch given an outing. By Robin Roberts (and Miles Better News Agency). More than any other car in modern times, the Ford Fiesta has defined British motoring and the high performance ST-series is the most desirable, particularly among motorsport fans. Consistently one of the top selling cars in the UK market, the Fiesta is the right size for thousands … [Read more...]

VW Polo GTi and up! GTi – First Impressions

15th October 2018

Volkswagen’s new GTi twins. Tried and tested by Robin Roberts (Miles Better News Agency). Brits love their hot hatches and Volkswagen has turned back the clock to mark time for future success. Just over 40 years ago, the original Golf GTi was released to eager owners and over the decades that popularity has spread to create the Polo and up! GTi models, which are arguably more in tune with … [Read more...]

Ford Fiesta ST

10th July 2013

Kim Henson takes to the wheel of a ‘future classic’ Ford. Yes, I know that it isn’t usual to write the ‘conclusions’ at the start of an article, but on this occasion I’m going to stick my neck out and say, unequivocally, that the new Ford Fiesta ST is set to become an iconic ‘classic’ Ford, even in its own time, and with the car just having been launched! So what’s so compelling about this … [Read more...]

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