Civic Type R Take a long, hard look at this, the latest in a long line of Civic Type Rs - it may well be a dying breed. As the Fiesta is killed off, ergo so's the fantastic ST, VW announced … [Read more...]
2022 Cupra Leon VZ2 300PS Review – Tuning and upgrades set it apart from Golf GTI Clubsport
Cupra Leon Having been the performance wing of Spanish brand, SEAT for over three decades, Cupra was cut loose as its own brand in 2018. Since then it's not only handled performance oriented cars, … [Read more...]
2021 MINI Cooper S Sport Review – Does the sporty 3-door Mini still have to power to entertain?
Mini Cooper S The Mini is twenty years old this year. Not that Mini, obviously, but the BMW version that took the world by storm and charmed the Bowler hats off pretty much all of us upon its … [Read more...]
2021 Honda Civic Type R Review – Still the hot-hatch king?
Civic Type R In a world where - global pandemics aside - all the automotive news is about reinventing the way we get about, it's not exactly looking rosy for lovers of internal combustion. With … [Read more...]
2020 Suzuki Swift Sport Hybrid Review – It’s cleaner, but is it better?
2020 Suzuki Swift Sport Hybrid The Suzuki Swift Sport has been one of our 'under the radar' favourite cars for a long time, and the new model didn't disappoint when it was launched just two years … [Read more...]
2020 Ford Focus ST Review: Has The Fastest Focus Gone All Grown Up?
Focus ST Despite Ford taking the monumental decision to cull pretty much all of their traditional car-shaped cars in the USA, including the Focus, the rumours of the Focus RS just won't go away. … [Read more...]
2019 Ford Fiesta ST Review. It’s Cleaner, It’s Quicker, But Is It Better?
2019 Ford Fiesta ST Ford deserve a lot of credit, here; when they bring out a new hatchback it's usually not long before an ST or even an RS version appears, and we like that. The last Fiesta ST … [Read more...]
2018 Suzuki Swift Sport Review – Cheap Thrills, But At What Cost?
There's two classes of hot-hatch in this world, and the originators of the genre; VW are a great case in point. At the top end, you've got the Golf GTI & R which will set you back £30 - 35K, … [Read more...]
Skoda Octavia vRS 245 Review – The Hottest Octavia To Date
It's not really the done thing, stepping on a relative's toes, especially when they've been good enough to lend you an engine, and a gearbox. In this case, it's the fastest Octavia yet - the Octavia … [Read more...]
Honda Civic Type R GT Review – Just When You Thought It Couldn’t Get Any Crazier…….
We barely had time to get used to the last, 4th generation Civic Type R's slightly nutty approach to driving when the new, 5th gen model was announced. This is due to the Type R being late to the 9th … [Read more...]