Looks Good, Quality High, Priced To Go Well-Designed Cruze Will Be A Force In This Golf Sector World Car For GM Is A New Opel/Vauxhall Astra In Disguise **** out of 5 Cruze Leads Chevy In Touring Car Races-What A Waste Of Money “Nobody ever bought a car because a souped up version with nothing in […]
High Quality, High Performance You Will Of Course Pay For The Privileges Watch Out BMW, Mercedes, Porsche **** out of 5 HENLEY, England – Audi has launched a new red hot RS version of its little TT roadsters and coupes with four-wheel drive, which it hopes will steal sales from BMW’s Z4, Mercedes’ SLK 55 AMG and the […]
Fiat Adds Convertible To The 500 Range Cute, Clever, Pricey; Plenty Of Room, For Two Beautiful Interiors; Firm Suspension **** out of 5 “it looks just like the old iconic Roman Holiday 500 from the 1950s” POOLE, Dorset – This non-descript port town on the south-west coast of England will almost get its 3 weeks of fame […]
Vauxhall Insignia Estate review Handsome And Versatile European Car Of The Year Award Will Help Credibility Financial Crisis Might Undermine It; Will Opel-Vauxhall Survive? *** out of 5 Tough Competition Includes Compact SUVs “Insignia Exclusiv has shed the “e” at the end presumably to keep prices down” Even though Italian and French manufacturers have dominated the […]
Gets High-Tech Automatic, Facelift More Powerful, More Frugal Engines The Ultimate Little Sports Car Pulls Way From Competition ***** out of 5 Grit Your Teeth When You Compare Base Price With “Extras”Porsche has freshened up its little Boxster roadsters for 2009, tweaking the bodywork and adding more power, and economy, to the petrol engines. It […]
If You Think The Audi R8 Lacks Poke, You’ll Love The RB V10 Amazing Performance, Handling Beautiful, Hand-built Luxury Slingshot ***** out of 5 GRANADA, Spain The last thing that needs improving on Audi’s amazing looking mid-engined, four-wheel drive supercar flagship R8, you would think, is its performance. After all, the original 4.2 litre V8 direct injection […]
Solid, Well Priced Competitor In VW Golf Sector Lighter, More Fuel Efficient; Much Standard Equipment Styling Looks On The Busy Side **** out of 5 “slashes down the sides suggested recently demised Chris Bangle of BMW may have been moonlighting at Mazda” WICK, Scotland Mazda launched the new Mazda3 from a base in the extreme North East […]
Dream Car Massive Price, Running Costs Won’t Phase Target Buyers Amazing Performance, Cosseting Luxury, Beautiful Workmanship **** out of 5 Recession Has Thinned Market, MPs Won’t Be Buying Now Either “a confusing cacophony of bings and bongs, which might start to mean something after a few weeks of ownership” “maybe a well-trained chauffeur is essential to […]
Succeed As Economies Crater? A5 ragtop is beautiful, high quality; masses of engine, trim options **** out of 5 GRANADA, Spain You can call Audi brave, or reckless, but despite plunging car sales around the world, the German premium manufacturer seems determined to carry out its new model programme. Audi is launching the new A5 Cabriolet in […]
5-Year Guarantee The Winning Card But i20 Matches Competition In Most Areas, Wins On Price Fuel Consumption Doesn’t Match Claims, But Nobody Else’s Does ***** out of 5 Even Residuals Claimed To Beat The Best, Thanks To Warranty The competition like Ford is raising prices in the teeth of a recession and effectively committing suicide in […]
