First Drives New Cars

FIRST DRIVE: Kia Rio

What is it? The Rio is Kia’s latest incarnation of its entrant into the competitive “light” segment. While the cars are small, the sales numbers are not so small, with the light car segment being the second largest segment in the passenger car sales charts by quite some margin, with a 28 percent slice of […]

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New Cars Road Tests

ROAD TEST: Kia Soul SX

The original Kia Soul was just okay. Behind all the gimmicky flashing speakers and unique looks hid a car that was largely half-baked and just not particularly good. It got by on largely by virtue of its big personality and surprising practicality, but other than that it hardly inspired excitement. The new Soul, however, is […]

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New Cars Road Tests

ROAD TEST: Kia Cerato hatch

Competing in the small car segment has always been a tough game to play in, but these days it just keeps getting tougher. Just like trying to choose which car to buy in the segment… Kia haven’t made it any easier by releasing the rather good and extremely good-looking hatch version of the Cerato, either. […]

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First Drives New Cars

FIRST DRIVE: Kia Cerato Koup

Traditionally – well, in recent history, at least – small, sporty, two-door cars have been mainly bought by people over 40, with at least half of them being of the female persuasion. That was, of course, until the Toyota 86 came along and dared to attract a whole bunch of young males to a market […]

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News

Batman downsizes

Ever wonder what would happen if Bruce Wayne’s fortunes took a recessionary turn for the worse and Batman was forced to economise a bit? Well, it would probably look a bit like this… Fortunately though, this isn’t the result of a slightly shit, low-budget fourth installment of Christopher Nolan’s series of movies either, but rather […]

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