Kia Sportage 2.0 CRDi XE (2007) review Price: £16,195 04 December 2007 by the CAR road test team The Sportage is new, is it? Doesn’t look it... It’s a facelift rather than an all-new car, and we’re talking nip and tuck rather than major surgery. Park the old and new models next to each other,... Car Handling Performance Usability Feelgood Car ratings 3 out of 5 3 out of 5 2 out of 5 4 out of 5 2 out of 5 Read more ...
Volvo XC70 D5 (2007) review Price: £31,035 04 December 2007 by the CAR road test team You can't beat a big Volvo estate... Yes, Volvo’s current line-up may run from funky sports hatchback to chunky off-roader, but its core model is the still the V70 big family estate. Since it... Car Handling Performance Usability Feelgood Car ratings 3 out of 5 3 out of 5 3 out of 5 5 out of 5 3 out of 5 Read more ...
Chrysler Grand Voyager TD (2008) review Price: £18,000 13 November 2007 by James Foxall Is this an all-new model then? Yes. Chrysler has lengthened the wheelbase and claims to have made at least 30 major improvements to its popular people carrier. The most important of these is a... Car Handling Performance Usability Feelgood Car ratings 3 out of 5 3 out of 5 2 out of 5 4 out of 5 1 out of 5 Read more ...
Honda Accord Sport GT (2007) CAR review Price: £20,767 01 November 2007 by Glen Waddington The Accord. Been around a while now, hasn’t it? Yep, that’s right. The seventh generation Honda Accord has been around since 2003, and it’s been popular all that time thanks to its sharp looks,... Car Handling Performance Usability Feelgood Car ratings 4 out of 5 3 out of 5 4 out of 5 4 out of 5 4 out of 5 Read more ...
BMW 635d (2007) review Price: £53,910 30 October 2007 by Richard Aucock A 635d? Hmm, potentially an interesting combo… Indeed. Mating the excellent twin-turbo 3.0-litre diesel to BMW’s mildly-facelifted 6-Series Coupe and Cabriolet, creating (they say) the world’s first... Car Handling Performance Usability Feelgood Car ratings 4 out of 5 4 out of 5 5 out of 5 3 out of 5 4 out of 5 Read more ...
Renault Laguna Coupe concept (2007) review Price: £26,000 19 October 2007 by CJ Hubbard Ooo, shiny. What is this fine-looking thing? This is – are you ready? – a Renault. Yes, honestly. The company that currently specialises in boring family carry-alls and hardcore hot hatches has... Car Handling Performance Usability Feelgood Car ratings 3 out of 5 3 out of 5 3 out of 5 3 out of 5 5 out of 5 Read more ...
Ford Transit SportVan 2.2 TDCi (2007) review Price: £19,526 01 October 2007 by Ben Pulman Er, it’s CAR magazine, not What Van? magazine… We know, but allow us this indulgence. Well not indulgence, but vans are always great fun, and no van is more fun than this, the SportVan. Car Handling Performance Usability Feelgood Car ratings 4 out of 5 3 out of 5 4 out of 5 5 out of 5 4 out of 5 Read more ...
Peugeot Expert Tepee (2007) review Price: £22,557 26 September 2007 by Tim Pollard The Tepee? Has Peugeot hung out with Skoda for too long? Too many scout jokes for my liking! Yes, yes. Ignore the silly name, and you have another of the growing breed of vans being geared up for... Car Handling Performance Usability Feelgood Car ratings 3 out of 5 3 out of 5 3 out of 5 4 out of 5 1 out of 5 Read more ...
VW Tiguan 2.0 TDi (2007) review Price: £20,500 24 September 2007 by Georg Kacher Why is VW so late to the 4x4 party? Blame management, complicated model cycles and just about every other excuse under the sun. And speaking of the sun, those countries from the land of the rising sun... Car Handling Performance Usability Feelgood Car ratings 4 out of 5 4 out of 5 4 out of 5 4 out of 5 4 out of 5 Read more ...
Renault Laguna Active (2007) Drive review Price: £25,000 14 September 2007 by Richard Aucock What’s all this then? A Laguna with the agility of a Porsche Boxster. Through a slalom, it will turn in instantly, change direction with comparable speed – but not hint at the dreaded pendulum. Your... Car Handling Performance Usability Feelgood Car ratings 3 out of 5 4 out of 5 3 out of 5 3 out of 5 3 out of 5 Read more ...
Kia Ceed SW 1.6 CRDi (2007) review Price: £13,745 28 August 2007 by David Motton What’s this, an estate version of the Kia Ceed hatchback? Yep, but it’s called SW. Sounds a bit more aspirational than plain old estate, you see. The Ceed hatchback isn’t a bad starting point. It was... Car Handling Performance Usability Feelgood Car ratings 4 out of 5 3 out of 5 3 out of 5 4 out of 5 3 out of 5 Read more ...
Renault Laguna Dynamique 1.5 dCi 110 (2007) review Price: £17,100 23 August 2007 by Ben Pulman Saloon Why is Renault even bothering to make another Laguna? Because the so-called D-segment isn’t dead, yet. Although this market sector peaked at 3.4m European sales in 1998, nearly one million cars... Car Handling Performance Usability Feelgood Car ratings 3 out of 5 3 out of 5 2 out of 5 3 out of 5 3 out of 5 Read more ...
Vauxhall Antara 2.0 TDi (2007) review Price: £24,095 01 August 2007 by Ben Pulman A Vauxhall 4x4 is all well and good, but aren’t they a bit late to the party? Ignoring all the environemtal isssues for a moment, Luton is indeed very late to the segment – if you discount the... Car Handling Performance Usability Feelgood Car ratings 3 out of 5 3 out of 5 3 out of 5 3 out of 5 3 out of 5 Read more ...
Audi A5 3.0 TDi (2007) review Price: £33,430 13 July 2007 by Ben Pulman Haven’t you driven the Audi A5 before? We have, but only in S5 guise, and not on UK roads. Back in April we drove the 354bhp V8 but that was Audi’s attempt to steal a little limelight from the BMW M3;... Car Handling Performance Usability Feelgood Car ratings 4 out of 5 4 out of 5 4 out of 5 4 out of 5 4 out of 5 Read more ...
VW Touareg V10 TDi (2007) review Price: £54,867 03 July 2007 by Steve Prentice The new VW Touareg? What's different? Yes, true, the new-look front end is more of a tweak than a full redesign, but VW has changed 2300 individual parts in the new Touareg, including brakes,... Car Handling Performance Usability Feelgood Car ratings 4 out of 5 3 out of 5 4 out of 5 3 out of 5 5 out of 5 Read more ...
Jeep Patriot 2.0 CRD (2007) review Price: £19,010 02 July 2007 by Christopher Hubbard The Jeep Patriot? I'm whistling the Star-Spangled Banner already... The name ain't exactly subtle, is it? And the odd names don't end there; the Patriot's new 4x4 system is called the 'Freedom Drive... Car Handling Performance Usability Feelgood Car ratings 3 out of 5 3 out of 5 3 out of 5 4 out of 5 3 out of 5 Read more ...
Seat Altea Freetrack 4 2.0 TDi (2007) review Price: £21,395 28 June 2007 by Richard Aucock Oh lord, not another modern-day Matra Rancho. Ah – immediately, you’ve spotted Seat’s biggest problem with the Altea Freetrack. This is a crossover – part MPV, part 4x4. And, with its ‘family car... Car Handling Performance Usability Feelgood Car ratings 3 out of 5 3 out of 5 3 out of 5 4 out of 5 3 out of 5 Read more ...
Hyundai i30 1.6 CRDi (2007) review Price: £12,295 28 June 2007 by Guy Bird Is this the new Kia Cee’d in disguise? Not really. The Hyundai i30 may share the same basic platform and engines as the Cee’d by sister brand Kia but its exterior, interior and ride and handling... Car Handling Performance Usability Feelgood Car ratings 3 out of 5 3 out of 5 3 out of 5 4 out of 5 3 out of 5 Read more ...
Mercedes C220 CDI Sport (2007) review Price: £28,002 19 June 2007 by Peter Burgess It looks like there’s a major change going on here Certainly is. Gone are the smooth curves of the previous C-class, replaced with something far more edgy and, dare we say it, rather modern. The... Car Handling Performance Usability Feelgood Car ratings 4 out of 5 4 out of 5 4 out of 5 4 out of 5 4 out of 5 Read more ...
Saab 9-3 1.9 TTiD 180 (2007) review Price: £26,495 18 June 2007 by Richard Aucock How new is this 'new' 9-3? Saab has made 2157 changes in facelifting its 3-series rival, rendering the 9-3 almost completely distinct from its Vectra platform. Or so says Saab. The nose is the most... Car Handling Performance Usability Feelgood Car ratings 3 out of 5 3 out of 5 3 out of 5 2 out of 5 2 out of 5 Read more ...