Long Term Report 2019 – Renault Kadjar S Edition Blue dCi 115
Report 5 I have to admit to an ocean-going level of numptiness this month. I didn’t do what my mother-in-law did with her diesel – brim it with petrol and then pay £250 to have it drained straight back out. No,…
Long Term Report 2019 – Peugeot 508 GT Line BlueHDi 160 Automatic
Report 8 Despite being full of praise for the staff at Howards Peugeot in Weston-Super-Mare just last month, I’d rather hoped I wouldn’t have to see them again. That isn’t an indictment of their service or their personalities, but I…
Long Term Report 2019 – SEAT Tarraco Xcellence 2.0 TDI 4Drive DSG Automatic
Report 5 Along road trip is a chance to develop an intimate understanding of a car. While a lengthy drive is many people’s idea of hell, I relish the opportunity to spend some quality time behind the wheel, which is…
Long Term Report 2019 – Ford Focus Estate ST-Line X 2.0 EcoBlue Automatic
Report 7 The Focus has a long list of attributes, but one of my favourites – and I realise this comes down to individual taste – is the bright blue paintwork that stands out in a car park full of…
Long Term Report 2019 – Land Rover Discovery Sport HSE SD4 Automatic
Final Report Where did more than half a year go? The months seem to have flown past since the handsome hunk of Land Rover Discovery Sport arrived on the Our Cars fleet, and was happily entrusted to my care. It…
Long Term Report 2019 – Volvo V60 D3 R-Design Pro Automatic
Final Report That thing your parents told you about making a good first impression with strangers? It turns out this also applies to cars. I’ve already observed that the V60 is a handsome beast. And since then I’ve caught myself…
Kia XCeed 3 1.6 CRDi
First Report Have you seen the television advert for the new XCeed? I have and thought “uh oh”. The car itself appears on screen just a handful of times, in rapidly edited shots, with the main focus instead on the…
Long Term Report 2019 – Honda Civic EX 1.6 i-DTEC Automatic
Report 4 Look through every review of a Honda, and it’s almost certainly going to mention the infotainment system. From Jazz to NSX, it’s the same system and, quite frankly, it’s awful. It’s got an entirely unintuitive interface, options placed…
Long Term Report 2019 – Citroën C5 Aircross Flair Plus BlueHDi 130 Automatic
Report 3 Whenever a car is replaced or facelifted nowadays, the big change from what went before is invariably a raft of driver assistance systems, such as autonomous emergency braking, lane keep assist, blind spot warning and more. Anything that…
Long Term Report 2019 – Skoda Scala SE 1.6 TDI
Report 2 No sooner had the Skoda Scala arrived, it was called into duty for more motorway driving than I’d done all year. This at first seemed a bit unfortunate. After all, the Mazda6 Tourer I’d just given back was…
Long Term Report 2019 – Skoda Scala SE 1.6 TDI
First Report Skoda’s model range has changed at an alarming rate over the past few years, so as well as stalwarts like the Fabia, Octavia and Superb, there’s now a host of new names like Karoq, Kodiaq and Scala in…
Long Term Report 2019 – Citroën C5 Aircross Flair Plus BlueHDi 130 Automatic
Report 2 It’s rare for me to like a car less as time goes on, because I tend to warm to pretty much anything the more miles I do. So the fact that I rather liked our C5 Aircross from…
Long Term Report 2019 – Honda Civic EX 1.6 i-DTEC Automatic
Report 3 How much is too much? Do we need nearly 500 TV channels to choose from? I barely have time to watch just one. Is it necessary for there to be almost 2,000 Greggs stores in the country? Since…
60 second On Test Report 2019 – Citroën C4 Cactus Flair BlueHDi 120 Automatic
One of the biggest attributes of the original C4 Cactus was its simplicity. And even though the facelifted car has gone more mainstream and had one of its biggest and quirkiest charms watered down, with smaller Airbumps, it still has…
Long Term Report 2019 – Ford Focus Estate ST-Line X 2.0 EcoBlue Automatic
Report 5 My long-term Focus is continuing to win over friends thanks to its blend of excellent road manners, high equipment levels and spaciousness. As an example, my sister-in-law currently runs a Nissan Qashqai as a company car, but has…
