OVERSTEER ROAD TEST: Volkswagen Golf 77kW TDI Mention the Volkswagen Golf to any motoring dunderhead and they will tell you how it is the benchmark for all family hatchbacks, and they are right. The newest seventh generation car however has gone where no Golf has gone before- drastically down in the price range, but without […]
Author: Ben Selby
OVERSTEER ROAD TEST: Aston Martin DB9 It has been nearly a decade since Aston Martin replaced the company-saving DB7 with the cutting edge DB9, a car that wowed all who drove it. recently the DB9 has been extensively updated, so we felt it right that we should spend a bit of time with one… The […]
OVERSTEER ROAD TEST: BMW 318d Touring The BMW 3 series is a fine car, managing to offer all round niceness across the range. Now the latest wagon variant has hit our shores, so naturally we had to see if the 3 Series can take on the dominant might of Audi in the premium wagon segment… […]
OVERSTEER ROAD TEST: Lamborghini Murcielago The Lamborghini Murcielago was a car that had to be outrageous – it was the latest in line following the original definition of “Outrageous Supercar” – the mighty Countach. The Countach’s successor was the equally outrageous Diablo. The Murcielago simply HAD to be outrageous. Luckily it was. Ben Selby checks […]
OVERSTEER ROAD TEST: Ferrari F355 There is only one way to say this; the Ferrari F355 is an exquisite piece of machinery. It has received much praise from the motoring press over the years and for good reason; it is a properly good car! Built as a replacement for the 348TB, it was more than […]
OVERSTEER ROAD TEST: Subaru SVX It’s always quite interesting when established car makers go out on a branch and try to penetrate niche market segments. So when a popular Japanese manufacturer with a rally history unveiled a prototype luxury sporting GT at the 1989 Tokyo Motor Show, more than a few eyebrows were raised. The […]
OVERSTEER ROAD TEST: Aston Martin V8 Vantage While Bond is back in his DB5 for Skyfall, we got to experience the new look 2012 Aston Martin V8 Vantage Sportshift. Given we here at OVERSTEER are car obsessed James Bond fans, you could say we enjoyed that… While the Vantage hasn’t exactly had any real James […]
OVERSTEER ROAD TEST: Chevrolet Impala I wonder just how many times I have seen the Chevrolet Impala in Hip Hop and Rap music videos. They are usually painted in a nice shade of psychedelic purple, or maybe lime green with gold rims, and the compulsory hydraulic suspension, for when these “Playas” want to raise the […]
OVERSTEER ROAD TEST: Ford Mustang The Ford Mustang stands to this day as the fastest selling car of all time. When the car made its debut at the New York World’s Fair on the 17th of April 1964, Ford sold 100,000 in the first three months of production. People like Frank Sinatra and Debbie Reynolds […]
OVERSTEER ROAD TEST: Fiat 124 BC I will get something off my chest straight away here, I love Italian cars. Yes they will let you down from time to time and parts can be scarce depending on the make or model, but in my mind there are very few car-building nations that can match the […]
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