Small Peugeots have always needed to be driven like you are late for your mid-afternoon coffee in central Paris to get the best out of them. We head off to the launch of the new 208 to see if that still applies. What is it? The littlest Peugeot has had a chequered recent history since […]
Author: Damien O'Carroll
Do we love the Toyota 86? Of course we do! But does that mean it is a car that you can really live with on a daily basis? It is, of course, a fairly specialised sports car, but then it is also a Toyota made by Subaru, suggesting that if anyone can make a sports […]
OVERSTEER ROAD TEST: BMW 320d When BMW launched the new 3 Series earlier this year, the company also resurrected its long-time “Ultimate Driving Machine” marketing tag. At the launch we concluded that the new 3 Series did indeed live up to the tried and true line, with a great mix of ride quality and tenacious […]
OVERSTEER ROAD TEST: Audi A5 Sportback 3.0 TDI quattro If one was feeling particularly unkind, it would be easy to suggest that the Audi A5 Sportback is an answer to a question that nobody had asked. It is, after all, fairly unlikely that someone would walk into an Audi dealership and say “Hmmm… I really […]
OVERSTEER ROAD TEST: Hyundai i30 Elite The small hatch segment is an ultra-competitive market where the weak are quickly cast to one side. The Hyundai i30 has been a consistently strong performer in a segment dominated by the all-conquering Toyota Corolla, but also features the impressive Ford Focus, VW Golf and Mazda3. Now there is […]
The name MG conjures up images of flat caps, tweed jackets with elbow patches, pipes, handlebar moustaches and British car reliability. And while the “new” MG wants you to forget about that last bit, it still rather likes the association of the rest. Albeit with a far more modern (and very Chinese) twist. We take […]
OVERSTEER ROAD TEST: Audi A1 Sportback While “Sportback” may sound like some kind of injury that a firmly-suspended German car might cause if you drive one for too long, it is actually Audi’s term to describe it’s… erm… five-door hatches. Probably because it sounds far more sexy and exciting that “five-door hatch”. The diminutive A1 […]
OVERSTEER ROAD TEST: Lexus GS450h Big, luxurious and bristling with power and high-tech gadgets, the Lexus GS 450h is the flagship of the mid-size GS range. But does it possess the soul and passion Lexus claim it has? We weren’t so sure after the launch and, after a week with one, we are even less […]
OVERSTEER ROAD TEST: Audi A4 Avant 1.8T FSI The Audi A4 gets a slight facelift and a new engine, but is this enough to take on a startlingly good new BMW 3 Series? Well, in the looks department, the sexiest Euro-wagon in the business has it sewn up, but the rest… after a week with […]
We’ve all been waiting. We’ve heard that it’s brilliant in overseas reports. Now we finally get our chance to sample the Toyota 86 on local soil. Even better, on a local race track! We head to the launch of Toyota’s newest sports car. What is it? Quite simply, the single-most anticipated Toyota in a very […]
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