The Skoda Yeti Urban is a hard car to describe. It doesn’t fall into the usual ‘good looking’ categories, like stunning or sleek or beautiful, yet it is beautiful in its own way. The Yeti is my favorite Skoda. I loved the GreenLine version when I drove it last year, and the Yeti Urban...
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There was a time when the MPV was very much the ugly sister of the car family. Big and boxy, it was feted only for its practicality and functionality – the poor MPV didn’t even have personality going for it. But times have changed and car manufacturers have started to pay more attention to...
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If you’re after something totally new and fresh in the compact SUV market then you should check out the Mazda CX-5. Although a latecomer to the compact crossover segment, the Japanese manufacturer has struck gold with this handsome cheetah-inspired vehicle. We got a chance to drive this car in Austria at the European launch...
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Choose your route very carefully when you take the Seat Leon Cupra R out for a spin for the first time. I, unfortunately, stupidly took a heavily speed ramped route – I know, madness – which led to much frustration as the Cupra R is a car which clearly craves the road. Once I...
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Kia combines striking good looks and a great spec to make its Optima a definite contender in the saloon segment. Boasting a massive cabin, the long, sleek four-door has plenty to offer both in terms of style and substance and its front lights move it up from the merely beautiful to the ‘striking looking’...
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The Volkswagen up! is perhaps the only car on the road at the moment with an exclamation mark in its name, and that punctuation point could stand for all the surprises the teeny tiny little city car has to offer. First off, it’s much roomier than you’d expect. And, it’s also much faster than...
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If big, muscular and majestic looking is your idea of a good drive, then you should check out the Ford Kuga. The crossover is a really comfortable drive. The Titanium model I was driving had a nice looking part leather/part cloth upholstery, and the car offers a nice high driving position, with good legroom...
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The Hyundai Veloster is definitely no dinosaur and is perhaps one of the quirkiest looking cars on the road at the moment. A four-door coupe (yes, you read that correctly), the Veloster reminds me of someone who has to dress somberly for work, but catch a glimpse of the patterned inside collar of their...
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