First Drive Review: Alfa Romeo 4C
Alfa Romeo’s 4C is the Italian brand’s first out-and-out sports car since 2008’s 8C. Yes, I know the 8C was absolutely beautiful, but though it looked good it was chastised for handling like a barg...
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Mokka becomes a big player in small SUV market
Just 18 months after putting the Mokka on sale, Vauxhall/Opel has taken 200,000 orders for its small SUV. At present, the Vauxhall accounts for 11.3% of the segment share in Europe, but it has bee...
Continental GT V8 S to debut at Goodwood
Bentley has announced that its new Continental GT V8 S supercar will line up at this year’s Goodwood Festival of Speed alongside the new GT3 race car. With the addition of a slightly more streamli...
Review: Alfa Romeo MiTo TwinAir 105hp
Italian style, no road tax and a fuel-efficient engine. It sounds like the ultimate mix, and it's all to be found in the Alfa Romeo MiTo TwinAir, so I went to the media launch on the Isle of Man to...
Impreza returns to UK market
On May 1, the Subaru Impreza will make its return to the British market after a 24-month sabbatical. The car is actually nothing new – it has been on sale around the world for two years – but thank...
Citroen puts new DS3 special edition on sale
The snappily-named DS3 Cabrio Racing is an ultra-limited production, soft-top version of the DS3 Racing hot hatch. With just 100 produced worldwide, only 10 examples will come to the UK. The new...
European registrations increase again
For each of the past six months, European new car registrations have been higher than 12 months ago. February’s ACEA figures showed that 8% more cars were registered than in February 2013 after Jan...
The 25th anniversary of an icon
The year is 1989, ‘Something’s Gotten Hold of my Heart’, by Marc Almond, is at number one and it’s the 88th Chicago Auto Show. It’s also the debut of a car that became a legend. The Mazda MX-5. T...
Peugeot 308 sales outstrip supply
The new Peugeot 308 has been so successful that the French firm has had to put on a third shift at its factory near France’s border with Germany. Peugeot’s new C-segment car is taking on the For...
Diesels are cleaner and greener than ever before
According to the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT), diesel cars are 21 per cent less polluting and 27 per cent more economical than they were in 2003, with inventions like common ra...
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