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...]
Hot off the press news about Mitsubishi’s new seven seater Shogun Sport SUV…
New Shogun Sport seven seater SUV announced today for UK sales… By Robin Roberts (and Miles Better News Agency). A new Mitsubishi Shogun Sport will be launched into the booming SUV sector next spring but the only European country to get it will be the UK. Why only the UK? Because the Shogun Sport, also known as Pajero Sport, is built in Thailand as a right hand drive vehicle and it is built … [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...]
Volvo XC60 – Road Test
Keith Ward puts Volvo’s latest compact SUV through its paces… VOLVO’s original XC60 compact SUV sold nearly 1m around the world in its nine-year production run, claims to be currently the best-selling premium mid-sized SUV in Europe, and attracts as many as 30 per cent of the Swedish brand’s customers. Thus this second generation version, new for 2017, commands interest. It reflects Volvo’s … [Read more...]
New MG ZS SUV – First Impressions
New kid on the block in the compact SUV market – MG's ZS has arrived... Words and all photos by Chris Adamson. (Note: The red car depicted in Chris's photos is the mid-range Excite version with the 1.5 litre engine and manual transmission; the white car is the range-topping best-seller 1.0 Auto in Exclusive trim.) Sales and marketing boss Matthew Cheyne is confidently predicting that in 2018 … [Read more...]
New Kia Stonic compact SUV – News and First Impressions
…And still new compact SUVs keep coming – Kia’s Stonic here this week. by David Miles (Miles Better News Agency). News Sales of SUVs of all sizes have reached record levels in Europe and the UK, and seemingly every week an additional new model joins the market place. The B-segment ‘supermini’ size area of the SUV market is the fastest growing and sales are expected to reach 2.2 million units … [Read more...]
Citroën news and latest C3 Aircross First Impressions
David Miles (Miles Better News Agency) reports… Citroën dealers around the country are opening their order books, probably now their computers, from 1 November waiting for eager customers to visit, see, try and hopefully buy the new C3 Aircross compact SUV. But the market is awash with small, medium and large new SUVs tracking down customers who have shown their desire to own these high riding … [Read more...]
Skoda Kodiaq – Road Test
Keith Ward test drive’s Skoda’s seven seater family SUV… UNLIKE some classier brands, Skodas seem to be designed by people who actually drive their cars in everyday situations. It is to their credit. Take the big new seven-seat family SUV, the Kodiaq. Ours came with a pair of umbrellas concealed in the front door armrests. Open the passenger doors and a sort of hairy rubber caterpillar on … [Read more...]
New Vauxhall Grandland X – First Impressions
New Vauxhall Grandland X joins the fast-growing SUV market… By David Miles (Miles Better News Agency). Other than the growing demand for Alternatively Fuelled Vehicles – up by 34.6% in the UK so far this year, the fastest growing sector by vehicle size are SUVs, with sales increasing by 30% in Europe year-to-date and by approximately the same amount in the UK. In just the last few weeks we … [Read more...]
Totally-new Peugeot 5008 – First Impressions
All-new Peugeot 5008 finally arrives in UK… By David Miles (Miles Better News Agency). Originally debuted at the Paris Motor Show in the Autumn of 2016 and originally scheduled to arrive in the UK in the Spring of this year, the all-new Peugeot 5008 seven seater SUV has finally started to arrive in the UK, but full availability for delivery to customers won’t start until January 2018. The … [Read more...]
Hot off the press ‘very first’ First Impressions – Range Rover’s brand new Velar mid-sized SUV, driven this morning (28th September 2017) for Wheels-Alive
Range Rover’s new Velar mid-sized SUV – Captured at last and test-driven this morning by David Miles (Miles Better News Agency). Kim comments: Grateful thanks to David for making a pre-dawn start today to get to the SMMT’s Test Day South event very early, specifically to drive this car ahead of other motoring writers in attendance, to bring his impressions of the new Velar as soon as possible … [Read more...]
Peugeot 3008 1.2 PureTech SUV – Road Test
Peugeot 3008 SUV – Big on space, with a small capacity engine. By David Miles (Miles Better News Agency). Sales of new cars overall in the UK this year have stalled by 2.5% over the same period last year, with only the SUV/4x4 sector showing growth. Sales of all diesel powered passenger cars have fallen by 11.5% following the ‘dieselgate scandal’. During the uncertain economic climate the … [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...]
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...]
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...]
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...]
New Renault Koleos SUV – First Impressions
…And then there were three – New Koleos extends Renault’s SUV range. By David Miles (Miles Better News Agency). Small, medium and now large, the Renault range of SUVs stretches from the compact Captur (Europe’s best selling small SUV) to the mid-sized Kadjar and now the large D-segment five seater Koleos has arrived in UK showrooms to order now with deliveries from 1 September. But it’s not … [Read more...]
New Peugeot 3008 – Road Test
New Peugeot 3008 – Road Test. Keith Ward puts Peugeot’s latest 3008 through its paces… AFTER the euphoria back at the start of the year over the annointing of the Peugeot 3008 as Europe’s 2017 Car of the Year, plaudits have continued to pile in. Recent baubles (to June) have included Best Mid-Sized SUV (Auto Express) and overall Car of the Year (Diesel Car). Peugeot themselves describe it as … [Read more...]
Vauxhall Crossland SUV – Road Test
New Vauxhall Crossland X – Yet another compact crossover on sale. By David Miles (Miles Better News Agency). Such is the demand for compact B-segment five door Crossovers or SUVs as sales are booming, why just have one model range to offer when you can have two? That’s just what Vauxhall has done. They already have the highly successful Mokka X priced from £18,455 to £29,725, and now they … [Read more...]
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