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Author: Mike Torpey

Kia Stinger – and the age of elegance

June 14, 2018

IT was always only going to be a matter of time before Kia took the plunge and produced a car outside of its mainstream line-up of models. But anyone imagining[…]

Featured · Reviews · Road Tests

SsangYong Korando – kit for the cash

June 8, 2018

THE name can prove an ideal conversation ice-breaker. SsangYong has to be the most unusual sounding automotive company in the business and while the Korean brand has been out there[…]

Featured · Reviews · Road Tests · Vauxhall

Vauxhall Insignia goes up the country

May 31, 2018

AT one time there was just a single word that left no one in any doubt – Estate. The workmanlike model was for families who needed exceptional amounts of space,[…]

Featured · Jeep · Reviews · Road Tests

Jeep Renegade – tough and versatile

May 30, 2018

THE name may be Renegade but there’s no way Jeep’s compact SUV has betrayed its maker’s principles. And these are principles that go back a long way. During World War[…]

Featured · Reviews · Road Tests · Suzuki

Suzuki Swift Pt 1 – in for the long haul

May 24, 2018

THINK smart, reliable, economical and stylish small cars at a budget price and the name Suzuki should quickly spring to mind. No one does it better for fun to drive[…]

Featured · Reviews · Road Tests · Volkswagen

Volkswagen T-Roc – armed and ready

May 22, 2018

HE may look charmingly lifelike, but the little hero of Volkswagen’s T-Roc compact SUV advert was created entirely in CG. Known as Bam, the confident baby ram with the black[…]