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Latest Suzuki Jimny – Road Test

18th June 2019

A joyful, straightforward and very capable machine… …test-driven by Kim Henson. Deliberately and uncompromisingly ‘square’ in profile, and immediately recognisable as a Jimny, Suzuki’s latest incarnation of their popular compact all wheel drive machine has already become regarded as a classic design in its own time. Just like its predecessors (dating back to 1970, when the LJ10 or original … [Read more...]

Volkswagen Golf Estate Alltrack Road Test

2nd July 2016

The VW Golf Estate Alltrack – Takes the Rough with the Smooth… Says David Miles (Miles Better News Agency). Despite Volkswagen’s emissions indiscretions they are still the top selling brand in Europe although their global profits have fallen by 20%. Their range of Golf models is the Europe’s best selling model range overall. An addition to the Golf Estate range is the Alltrack which adds … [Read more...]

Seat Leon X-PERIENCE First Impressions

16th November 2015

Kim Henson tries Seat’s new ‘soft roader’, on tarmac and in the forest… The Seat company was established in 1950 (in a partnership which included the Italian firm of Fiat) and produced its first model – the rear wheel drive 1400 saloon – from late 1953, at it’s Zona Franca base in Barcelona. Initially that vehicle was built primarily for chauffeur duties for Spanish government … [Read more...]

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