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…
Long Term Report 2018 – Volvo V60 D4 Inscription
First Report It would be hard to forget our first acquaintance on UK roads last summer with the new Volvo V60. It was on a launch drive in Yorkshire, and a slight deviation from the intended test route found us…
Long Term Report 2018 – SEAT Ibiza FR 1.6 TDI
Report 4 If there’s one thing I enjoy about driving new cars, itís the speed at which windows demist on cold or damp mornings. In older cars, the combination of poor window seals, ineffective blowers and a lack of air…
Long Term Report 2018 – Peugeot 5008 GT BlueHDi 180
Report 8 My motoring month has been one of bloke and machine in pretty harmonious cohabitation. In fact, Iíve been thinking about knocking together one of those coffee table books that gets discounted to 49p in garden centres: Mindful Motoring…
Long Term Report 2018 – Audi Q5 S line 2.0 TDI quattro
Report 8 Winter has arrived and the amount of standing water on the roads is considerable. In a parallel universe there would be an extra ësmug modeí added to the Q5ís Drive Select system which, when activated, would allow owners…
Long Term Report 2018 – Kia Stinger GT-Line S 2.2 CRDi
Final Report Last October, I went on one of the most memorable and surreal work trips to date. We headed Stateside to the Mojave Desert in California. As well as being home to the Mojave green rattlesnake, a highly venomous…
Long Term Report 2018 – Dacia Logan MCV Stepway Lauréate dCi 90
Final Report When our Dacia Logan MCV Stepway was delivered back in July, it was meant to be with us for just a few weeks while our new Duster was built. Those few weeks stretched to more than four months,…
Long Term Report 2019 – SEAT Ibiza FR 1.6 TDI
Report 3 From memory, the SEAT Ibiza is my first Diesel Car long-termer not to feature either parking sensors or a reversing camera. You kind of grow accustomed to the obligatory beep as you select reverse gear, before completing the…
