Nissan has gone to the moon and back for the new Nissan Qashqai. Ok, that may be a slight overstatement, but the Japanese car company has based the seats in the new model crossover on Nasa research. The driver lumbar support in said vehicle was ‘Nasa inspired’. The Qashqai was the car that started...
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There’s no getting away from it – the Kia Soul is an unusual looking car. Squat and square, this car garnered a lot of attention, and I spotted passers-by stopping to investigate it when it was parked on the street. A real love it or hate it, the exterior shape wasn’t liked by any...
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Ford has added a touch of magic to the Fiesta, making it a very alluring drive indeed. The five-door model is a good looking supermini, which carries the family nose of the larger Focus and Mondeo. Inside, our test car had a patterned fabric interior. Legroom was good back and front and two adults...
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In 2012 Mercedes-Benz set its sights on younger drivers and completely overhauled the Mercedes-Benz A-Class in an effort to entice them to the brand. The redesign took it from the ‘I can’t believe it’s a Mercedes-Benz’ butter box category to a very attractive prospect indeed. Now the German car company has added a crossover...
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Fiat missed a trick with our Panda 4×4 test car – brilliant white in colour, disappointingly it did not have black wing mirror ‘ears’. A compact SUV, the Panda 4×4 is positively deceptive. With a tall and sturdy profile, it looks very narrow and absolutely tiny from the back. However, it’s actually quite spacious....
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It’s hard to believe it’s been nearly two years since I first drove the Volkswagen up! – that three-door sensation is still fresh in my mind. Since then a five-door version has been added to the city car family and that’s what we were in this week – the mid-range Move up! to be...
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If you’re going to be audacious enough to call a car Superb then you’d better be damn sure that it is – and Skoda knew exactly what it was doing in naming its range topper. The Skoda Superb is a fine car all round and the Elegance trim Combi version we had on test...
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First things first – it’s pronounced P-H-E-V (not fev) – and it’s an SUV with a difference. Yes, the Mitsubishi Outlander Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle has arrived in Ireland and the Japanese car company says it’s the first of its kind in the world. Mitsubishi is billing it as a ‘game changer’ and describes...
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