In the 12 years that Ford has been building the Focus ST, they’ve never thought to put a diesel engine under the bonnet. Now, thanks to rivals from the likes of the Volkswagen Golf GTD and Skoda Oc...
The recently revised Ford Focus has gone down rather well, with the car balancing fine ride quality with entertaining handling exceptionally well. Things are less clear when looking at the performa...
The Volkswagen Group thinks that the Skoda brand’s days of simply offering decent quality at a low price are behind it, and now it must focus on offering value and practicality as well. As a result...
No accountant could ever make a case for the Ghibli, but the one thing you don’t get if you buy a BMW is a Maserati.
Estate cars may be ‘uncool’ but the inconvenient truth is that very often the estate makes a strong case for being the variant to go for. Just look at the Peugeot 308 and its SW estate for proof. S...
The 1.0-litre MPI engine may be the VW Group’s city car engine, usually found under the bonnet of Ups, Miis and Citigos, but it’s also being used in the group’s B-segment cars, even in its least po...
As more car makers opt for downsized turbo petrol engines, it might seem like a foolhardy move by Volkswagen to launch its new Passat with a diesel-only line-up of engines. As you would expect of t...
The new X-Trail is really a replacement for the now-defunct Qashqai+2 rather than for its old namesake. So how does the 2014 car stack up in its new role?
While some mainstream car makers are still pussy-footing around the idea of selling a mass-produced electric vehicle, Nissan is steamrollering ahead with its second – the e-NV200. The Leaf set the ...
Covering every new car is a tough call but we’d like to think we’ve done a decent job at bringing you honest reviews of the biggest and most important new models at ContractHireAndLeasing.com. As a...