Hyundai Tucson Premium 1.6T Hybrid

Europe has had almost 25 years to familiarise itself with full (or “self-charging”) hybrids, but they’ve had a bit of a bumpy road here. It’s a technology that lived in the shadow of diesel engines until the mid-2010s then, for a while, seemed to have been skipped altogether as drivers rushed for plug-ins instead. However, […]

Vauxhall Astra Ultimate 1.6 Turbo plug-in hybrid

Vauxhall astra Diesel Car

The recent all-too-brief stint of warmer weather has given our Astra a bit of a break, as it’s been sharing work and family duties with my 32-year-old VW Polo. There’s something quite grounding about reconnecting with mainstream motoring as it was not so long ago because, regardless of whether classics are a preference, a well […]

Vauxhall Astra GS Line 1.5 Turbo D Automatic

Diesel & Eco Car Diesel Car

Report 2 Back at the turn of the Millennium, a good friend of mine had a Mk2 Astra as his first car. I remember it for two things; the 1.6-litre engine’s respectable turn of speed, and the lengths he went to modernising its audio setup. Our lunchtime drive-thru soundtrack came courtesy of tinny 1980s speakers […]

Citroën ë-C4 Sense

Report Three It’s become much easier to switch to battery power recently, but I reckon it takes a full year of seasonal changes to really get to grips with what an electric car is capable of. Plunging temperatures over the last few weeks mean I’m roughly two seasons into that journey with the ë-C4, and […]

MG 5 EV Exclusive Long Range

Fifth Report If the recent return of traffic jams, the influx of holiday adverts on television, and Commons debates about getting bums back on office seats are anything to go by, then travel is back on the agenda. And for those of us who are driving for work, it’s more likely than ever that we’ll […]

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