How about 0-100kph in 6.4 seconds in a car you’d be comfortable bringing to any occasion? Meet the Volkswagen Golf GTI Performance (Mark 7). It’s a fabulous car. While it’s not particularly good looking, it is stunning to drive. Those in the know will recognise the GTI badge, the large red GTI brake calipers...
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Drivers who find parking a traumatic experience should check out Nissan’s Around View Monitor – one of the options in the Nissan Note, this week’s test car. This excellent feature offers a 360 degree bird’s eye view around the car, so you can see exactly what you’re doing, from above. A five-door mini-MPV, the...
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The award-winning Peugeot 2008 is a small car that looks like a big car. A crossover, it’s based on the Peugeot 208 supermini, topped off with the body of a small SUV. It’s a good looking car, with roof rails raising the side profile even more. Inside, the stylish cabin is compact, but with...
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There’s a new four-door model in town and its name is the Audi A3 Saloon. It’s a gorgeous, elegant looking car, slightly smaller than its A4 saloon counterpart but with a real solid feel to it. Its cabin shares the same dimensions as that of the Audi A3 Sportback, with good legroom back and...
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A hybrid engine in a supermini would seem like a no brainer and finally Toyota has got around to it in the Yaris Hybrid. A nice sturdy looking five-door hatch, the Toyota Yaris Hybrid is a small car that thinks it’s a big car and is far more confident and commanding on the road...
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Mitsubishi is promising oodles of space as well as star quality in its all new family compact, the Mitsubishi Space Star. The car is constructed in high-tensile steel, but Mitsubishi says it’s ‘light enough to be peppy and nimble’ but spacious enough to be an ‘ideal family car’. Five adults can be accommodated comfortably,...
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if you’re after a family car that looks like a saloon but has the versatility of a hatchback then you should consider the Skoda Rapid. The boot in this car is so big that ‘Look at the size of that boot’ is probably the most uttered phrase about it. The Skoda Rapid is quite...
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Seat has added the Seat Ibiza FR model to its Irish line up. The Ibiza FR has a 1.2-litre TSI (petrol) engine, which puts out 105bph. Seat rates its performance at 0-100kph in just under 10 seconds. With emissions of 119g/km, it falls into tax band A. Exterior styling in the FR model includes...
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