Tag: review
Car review: VW Polo
Compact, tough, aggressive… The new Polo would make a great rugby player VW POLOFROM £9,435MILES PER GALLON: 51.4CO2 PER KM: 128 GRAMS GOOD FOR: RUCKS & MAULSBAD FOR: SHOPPING MALLS The charismatic coach of my young son’s rugby team – a front-row veteran of many campaigns and a fearsome master of the dark arts of [...]
Car review: Vauxhall Astra
It’s one of Vauxhall’s best-ever cars. But will the Astra be GM’s star performer? VAUXHALL ASTRAFROM £16,010MILES PER GALLON: 51.4CO2 PER KM: 129 GRAMSGOOD FOR: OPENING UPBAD FOR: CLOSING DOWN They say it’s usually darkest just before dawn. And the past six months have certainly seen Vauxhall and its parent company General Motors face some [...]
Car review: McLaren MP4-12C
The new McLaren supercar is good enough for Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton, but would you pay £150,000? Not everyone can boast test drivers of the calibre of Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button, but then the launch of the first volume-production sports car from the iconic McLaren F1 stable is no ordinary event. It’s more [...]
Car review: The Yeti and the Bipper Tepee | Martin Love
What’s in a name? Two new cars bring a little fun to the po-faced world of automotive nomenclatures My youngest daughter used to go to nursery school with a pair of twins. Their names, magnificently, were Hosanna and Goodnews. You may not be surprised to learn that their father was a missionary. I could never [...]
Car review: Mercedes-Benz S350 CDI
Brimming with technology, the latest super clever Mercedes-Benz S-Class demands your attention Price £58,000MPG 37.2Top speed 155mph It’s dark. It’s late. You are feeling sleeeeepy. Your head feels heavy. Your eyes are beginning to clo… Wake up for goodness sake! You are supposed to be driving, not nodding off. Turn up the music, open the [...]
Car review: Aston Martin Rapide V12
Looking for a new family hatchback? The 188mph Aston Martin Rapide is good enough for Mr and Mrs Bond Now that James Bond is longer in the tooth, he’s possibly considering settling down and starting a family. In which case he’ll need back seats, four doors and a bigger boot. He’ll need a hardworking saloon, [...]
Car review: Nissan Cube
The cartoon-like Nissan Cube is big in Japan, but is the UK ready for an eccentric, muscled-up Popemobile? Price £15,275MPG 34.8Top speed 104mph Lying limply on the dashboard is a neatly trimmed, circular piece of shag pile. It looks like a grey furry frisbee. What on earth is it? Suggestions from assorted passengers range from [...]
Car review: electric cars | Martin Love
The new generation of electric cars is going further than ever before – or so current thinking goes… If you have ever driven a remote-control toy car, you will have experienced – in miniature – the pros and cons of driving a full-scale, grown-up electric vehicle (EV). You’ll have appreciated the instant, clean power harnessed [...]
