Long Term Report 2019 – Volvo V60 d4 Inscription
Report 2 Forgive a smug expression on the face of the V60’s enamoured custodian. Last night’s temperature dipped to minus 6 degrees Celsius and encrusted the Volvo in a crisp casing of ice. For many cars, that would be the…
Long Term Report 2019 – Honda Civic 1.6 i-DTEC SR
Report 8 Today the phrase ëthey donít make them like they used toí is more applicable than ever. Think about how frequently mobile phones need costly battery replacements, or how many washing machines youíve needed to buy over the years.…
Long Term Report 2019 – Peugeot 5008 GT BlueHDi 180
Report 10 My top tip for moving house in 2019? Think less about now and more of the future. The same applies when choosing your next car, so as we scout for some wheels to replace the fleetís 5008, Iíve…
Long Term Report 2019 – Mazda6 Tourer GT Sport Nav+
Report 4 I only went to go and get some fuel from the local filling station. But, on Britainís rapidly altering roads, a sharp-edged pothole had opened up on my well-trodden route, and in the dark and drizzle the left wheels…
Long Term Report 2019 – Dacia Duster Comfort Blue dCi 115 4×2
Report 2 Do you remember when you were a kid and the family television screen displayed nothing but the invisible man in a snow storm if the aerial wasn’t positioned exactly so? It was always worse when you had a…
Long Term Report 2019 – SEAT Ibiza FR 1.6 TDI
Final Report SEAT is keen to promote the fact that the Ibiza is designed and built in Barcelona, so I felt it was only right to set the navigation system accordingly, before the supermini made its way back to the…
Long Term Report 2019 – Audi Q5 S line 2.0 TDI quattro
Final Report You’d swear I’d driven to Siberia and back, but no, just from Birmingham down to Silverstone. I guess this is the reality of driving in the depths of winter; clean cars are a myth. It seems somewhat fitting…
Peugeot 5008 GT BlueHDi 180
Report 9 Enjoy yourself, the song advises, itís later than you think. This might as well have been the email from the chap who controls Peugeotís media fleet when I received a discreet nudge about our 5008’s return date. The…
Long Term Report 2018 – Dacia Duster Comfort Blue dCi 115 4×2
First Report If you were asked to name which brand has the most enthusiastic owners, you’d probably name one that’s aspirational such as Mercedes-Benz or Land Rover ñ or perhaps Volvo with its slightly left-field reputation for attracting connoisseurs keen…
Long Term Report 2018 – Audi Q5 S line 2.0 TDI quattro
Report 9 To my eyes, the latest Q5, along with the current Q7 already look dated; and itís Audiís own fault thanks to their new Q8 SUV coupÈ. The Q8 is properly, properly cool (if you can forgive its enormous…
Long Term Report 2018 – Honda Civic 1.6 i-DTEC SR
Report 7 The family hatchback has to be a jack of all trades, with the best of them being masters of every discipline that an owner will throw at it. Over the past few months weíve been putting the Civic…
Long Term Report 2018 – Mazda6 Tourer GT Sport Nav+
Report 3 It was time to up sticks and move to a new house this month, so itís no exaggeration to say I was glad the Mazda6 was a Tourer, rather than the saloon. It was certainly a much more…
Long Term Report 2018 – Citroen C4 Cactus Flair BlueHDi 100
Report 2 I received some strange looks from my peers when I said Iíd be swapping an Audi Q5 for some quality time in a CitroÎn C4 Cactus. Granted, Iíve lost 86 horse power in the process, but Iíve also potentially…
Long Term Report 2018 – DS 7 Crossback Prestige BlueHDi 180
Report 3 Those of you with an eye for detail might notice that the Diesel Car long-term DS 7 has turned a funny colour. Gone is the SAS stealth-spec black-on-black look, replaced with this shiny silver-on-silver colour scheme. And it…
Long Term Report 2018 – Skoda Karoq SE L 1.6 TDI DSG Automatic
Report 2 My family consists of a six-foot four husband and two girls under the age of eight, and both seem to be growing right before my eyes. Blink and theyíve grown a few inches more, and while we managed…
