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THE name will be familiar to many, but I'm prepared to bet few people will remember what the Toyota Corolla looked like before it...
IN a packed field of competitors, to stand out from the crowd takes a bit of doing.Step forward Mazda. The new Mazda3 is without doubt one...
THE past few months have been on the busy side for the value for money gem in Volkswagen's crown, Skoda.Wedged between the arrival of the...
SOMETIMES it takes a personal event to bring home the importance of robust safety measures.In a late evening phone call from Dubai, my...
HEADING out of Cambridge at a steady - and legal - 30mph a dashboard tell-tale on the new Renault Clio told me the legal maximum was '100',...
IT'S been quite a journey for Korean brands in this country, particularly Kia.From very much sideshow in the 1990s with some, shall we say,...
LUCKY the car maker who can produce a model that sits equally classlessly outside a stately home or modest side street semi. Not many...
AFTER the runaway success of its range of SUV models Skoda has taken a step in a different direction with a new traditional hatchback.The...
THE world's best-selling car made a comeback earlier this year and it's better than ever.In fairness, Toyota replaced the popular Corolla...
RANGE has always been the factor that puts doubt into the mind of potential electric car buyers.THE Nissa Leaf set the standard for...
YOU couldn't make it up. Waiting for the water board team to mend the leak somewhere in our area I decide to check progress via my newly...
I DON'T know if red is a lucky colour in Japan but every time I drive a Mazda car in the company's Soul Red Crystal metallic paint, I am...
HOW new would you like your new car to be? Not such a daft question when it's the smallest Hyundai you're talking about.Because the i10...
THIS is the latest offering from Czech manufacturer Skoda.It's called the Scala and it arrived in the UK in July.I have just spent a few...
"A 95-year reputation built on sporty and distinctive cars, MGs are both affordable and a joy to drive," is the intro to the blurb...
ON its launch, SEAT president Luca de Meo declared the latest Ibiza should be the ‘best small car in Europe'.With so many rivals, it's...
THERE'S no shortage of choices in the fiercely competitive hatchback market and for more than 15 years the Mazda3 has probably been one of...
WANT to stand out from the crowd at the Kia Stonic owners' club Christmas party? The turn up with a diesel grumbling beneath the bonnet of...
THERE was a time when French cars were perceived as more style than substance, somehow inferior to German rivals.If it were ever true, that...
THE Toyota Corolla is back with a vengeance.It's a name synonymous with the Toyota marque but one that has surprisingly been absent since...
A QUICK glance at the all-new Mercedes-Benz A-Class would lead you to conclude it's not all that different to its predecessor.Such first...
MAZDA has really raised the bar in the family car sector with the launch of its all-new Mazda3 model complete with stunning good looks, a...
I'VE been on the planet roughly the same amount of time as the Corolla - but Toyota will be delighted to know that's where any similarity...
PUT the latest Mercedes-Benz A-Class side-by-side with its immediated predecessor and it would take a serious anorak to tell the...