MG4 EV XPOWER It's fair to say that electric cars have become a staple part of the traffic on the UK's roads. They're no longer a novelty that gets folk staring and nudging each other when one … [Read more...]
Cupra Leon review – the petrol hot-hatch lives on, but decisions, decisions……
Cupra Leon Since it was first slapped on the rear end of Seats with a performance bent in 1996, it's fair to say Cupra's come a long way. Reinvented as a standalone performance brand in 2018 with a … [Read more...]
2023 Honda Civic Type R Review – Enjoy it whilst it lasts
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...]
Hyundai i20 N Review – Has the Fiesta ST been knocked off its mantle?
Hyundai i20 N Put most hot-hatches and their base model side by side and it can be tricky to see just how one has spawned the other. Take the Ford Sierra RS Cosworth for example. The Sierra was … [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 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...]
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...]
Hyundai i30 N – First Drive Review
Hyundai i30 NGTi, RS, Type-R and now, N. For years we've had all manner of alphabetic and numeric combinations, differentiating a powerful car from its lesser brethren. We've never had a Hyundai one … [Read more...]