First Drives New Cars

FIRST DRIVE: Volkswagen Arteon

What is it? The Arteon  is most certainly not the replacement for the Volkswagen CC, the car formerly known as the Passat CC. Nope, get that out of your head right now. Well, at least that is what Volkswagen say. Of course, to anyone with eyes and the ability to use them, that is exactly […]

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New Cars Road Tests

ROAD TEST: Abarth 124 Spider

Many years ago an Italian car manufacturer (Alfa Romeo) and a Japanese car manufacturer (Nissan) got together to build a car. The idea of Japanese reliability and build quality allied to Italian design and handling should have seen a magnificent result. But it didn’t. Mainly because the resulting car – the Alfa Romeo Arna – […]

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First Drives New Cars

FIRST DRIVE: Land Rover Discovery

What is it? Originally a more comfortable, upmarket alternative to a Defender, the Land Rover Discovery has of late become more of a less Premier League Footballer-y alternative to a Range Rover as the Defender simply grew older and less relevant. It is big, it is extremely capable off the road and extremely comfortable on […]

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