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The second Skoda to feature in our Car Star profile since it was launched just over a year ago, the Yeti is plucked from an increasingly dizzying array of vehicles that fall somewhere among the buzz words ‘crossover’, ‘SUV’, ‘4X4’, ‘Soft-roader’ and MPV to take the spotlight. Winter means 4x4s As winter grasps us coldly [...]

December 1st, 2010

The Vauxhall Corsa was the first ever car I drove. Back in 1998, when I was just 15, I enrolled on an off-road driving course so I could get behind the wheel for the first time, two years ahead of my friends. And by off-road course, I don’t mean the type with Land Rovers and [...]

November 1st, 2010

When you are looking to buy a new car, reliability of your prospective purchase is one of the major factors that will likely enter your head. Of course, reliability is specific to each individual car and as such you are likely to hear contrary remarks made about the same make and model; one motorist’s experience [...]

October 6th, 2010

What looks like a Fiesta, drives like a Fiesta and is based on a Fiesta but costs around £2,000 less? Why, it’s the Mazda2 of course! And while the Mazda beats its Ford cousin in pricing, there are other advantages too, in choosing this model over the Blue Oval option. So there are those which [...]

August 2nd, 2010

OK I admit it; I’m taking pity on Toyota. All the bad press lately following an admittedly massive recall, has made me determined to remind people about what’s good about Toyota’s range. To be fair on them, the more cars you make, the more you have to recall when something goes wrong. As the world’s [...]

February 8th, 2010

One of the first casualties of 2010 could well be Saab, as the deadline to offload the carmaker draws near. Parent company, General Motors (GM) is hoping that Spyker cars could yet come to the rescue of the indebted carmaker but with the threat that Saab could instead be closed hanging over us, now seems [...]

January 7th, 2010

When you think of cheap little run around towns, you probably don’t think Volkswagen. Not the cheapest carmaker, Volkswagen nonetheless has a reputation for quality and encourages car buyers to stretch their purses that little bit further. The petite Fox-Volkswagen’s budget city car- however makes straining your finances unnecessary. In this cute little car, you [...]

December 3rd, 2009

I have fond and yet shameful memories of our old Fiat Panda 4×4. It was bought to teach my mother to drive when I was about 12 back in 1995. While 1995 may only be 14 years ago, it was an old enough model to still have a manual choke. I don’t know what year [...]

November 2nd, 2009

What is not to love about the trusty, versatile, and reliable Jazz? Well apart from the name, which makes me think of an old uncle desperately trying to be cool by using words like ‘ace’ and ‘disco’, the Jazz is about as exciting in every sense as the same crusty old uncle, but at least [...]

October 8th, 2009

There is little reason why the Mitsubishi Colt is not as popular as some of its supermini rivals, OK so it looks a bit like a wedge of cheese or a doorstop, but there is something undeniably rugged and even sexy about this manly looking supermini. With front styling influenced by Mitsubishi’s Lancer Evolution and [...]

September 1st, 2009