Long Term Report 2020 – Skoda Superb Estate SportLine Plus 2.0 TDI DSG Automatic
Report 4 When road testing and evaluating a new car, it’s very easy to get carried away with talking about things like the way the car handles, engine performance, fuel economy, boot capacity or suspension setups. While all of these…
Long Term Report 2020 – Volvo XC60 R-DESIGN B4 AWD GEARTRONIC
Report 4 Best laid plans, and all that. By this stage of the year, late spring merging towards summer, I was expecting to be hungrily mile-munching in the XC60. Plans included trips to spend time with grandchildren in the west…
Long Term Report 2020 – Peugeot 508 SW GT Line BlueHDi 130 Automatic
Report 3 It’s been a period of storms, gremlins, Coronavirus and rescue acts. A surprise birthday trip to Exmoor coincided with the arrival of Storm Ciara, creating road conditions that made me yearn for the reassurance of all-wheel drive. Three…
Long Term Report 2020 – Ford Focus Estate ST-Line X 2.0 EcoBlue Automatic
Report 11 Our Focus returned to its maker this month, all thanks to a couple of recalls that needed to be carried out. I was alerted to the remedial work by way of Ford’s smartphone app that allows you to…
Long Term Report 2020 – Renault Kadjar S Edition Blue dCi 115
Report 10 Going boldly forth at our Kadjar’s helm, I was anticipating a dawn of optimism as the January dates flicked by. But apparently not. The 20th, you see, was Blue Monday, which has been decreed a new nadir in…
Long Term Report 2020 – Citroën C5 Aircross Flair Plus BlueHDi 130 Automatic
Report 7 So many cars are crammed with unnecessary gadgetry nowadays. I’m no reactionary wedded to the idea that anti-lock brakes or LED lights should be binned, and I don’t hanker for sealed-beam headlights, but do we really need electronic…
Long Term Report 2020 – Kia XCeed 3 1.6 CRDi
Report 5 One of the greatest ‘pats on the back’ for manufacturers, or their press offices, has to be a sale of one of their cars through recommendation or word of mouth – it’s the best form of advertising. Do…
Long Term Report 2020 – Skoda Superb Estate SportLine Plus 2.0 TDI DSG Automatic
Report 3 After fighting its way through the urban sprawl last month, our long-term Superb Estate has returned to fulfilling its true design brief of trawling the motorways and carrying a boot full of miscellanea. Like an animal being released…
Long Term Report 2020 – Volvo XC60 R-DESIGN B4 AWD GEARTRONIC
Report 3 Who doesn’t love a bit of clever tech? That’s one reason why I’m already a big fan of ‘Stig’, our long-term Volvo XC60, now into its second month with us. I come from a techy family, steered by…
Long Term Report 2020 – Peugeot 508 SW GT Line BlueHDi 130 Automatic
Report 2 A friend in the village commented: “I knew it was you behind me, as I recognised those ‘Dame Edna’ headlights.” Based on this observation, it would be safe to assume that the Peugeot 508 SW stands out – even…
Long Term Report 2020 – Peugeot 508 SW GT Line BlueHDi 130 Automatic
Report 1 It’s time for the estate car to stand up and deliver. For far too long, I’ve been extolling the virtues of the wagon, championing its cause in the wake of the wider public’s obsession with the SUV. Having…
Long Term Report 2020 – Honda Civic EX 1.6 i-DTEC Automatic
Final Report This month, the Civic hasn’t done as many long, easy motorway runs as it would normally do. Instead, it’s been bodging around the wilds of Cambridgeshire. Short runs on cold days with a cold engine aren’t ideal to…
Long Term Report 2020 – Skoda Superb Estate SportLine Plus 2.0 TDI DSG Automatic
Report 2 Nothing says motorway hauling like a big diesel wagon, but while the M3 might be our Skoda Superb Estate’s natural habitat, family chores mean that it also has to tick the boxes in suburbia. Stop-start traffic, tight parking…
Long Term Report 2020 – Volvo XC60 B4 AWD R-Design Automatic
Report 2 Who doesn’t love a bit of clever tech? That’s one reason why I’m already a big fan of ‘Stig’, our long-term Volvo XC60, now into its second month with us. I come from a techy family, steered by…
Long Term Report 2020 – Kia XCeed 3 1.6 CRDi
Report 4 I’m struggling to truly gel with our long-term XCeed. I know it’s been mentioned before, but with me spending the majority of my time pounding the country’s motorways, the problem is literally staring me in the face. It’s…
