We rack up some serious miles in the best all-round luxury estate car on the market… I’ve driven 100 or so new cars this year. Most have been 100% electric and petrol-hybrid SUVs – leaving just a few pure petrol and diesel cars. The subject of this week’s road test, …
Read More »Peugeot 3008 named ‘New Car of the Year’
The Peugeot 3008 SUV has beaten off stiff competition from the likes of Hyundai Ioniq, Skoda Octavia and Mercedes-Benz E-Class to win the top trophy at the Auto Trader New Car Awards. Unlike other car awards, which rely on editorial judging panels, the Auto Trader New Car Awards are decided …
Read More »All I want for Christmas… is an Audi TT
The popular Audi TT has topped a British drivers’ Christmas wish list. According to data from CarGurus, the online automotive marketplace, searches for the the TT have more more than doubled in December compared to November. Most searched for cars on CarGurus this Christmas Number Model Nov – Dec increase …
Read More »Mazda CX-5 SUV is the top dog
One of our favourite SUVs, the Mazda CX-5, has been crowned overall winner of the What Car? Best Car for Dogs Award. What Car? chose a shortlist of six cars from different price-points, using a list of dog-friendly criteria created with the help of Battersea Dogs & Cats Home. The …
Read More »Jaguar XF Sportbrake review
Cards on the table time. The first generation Jaguar XF Sportbrake (2012-16) was one of my all-time favourite estate cars, so the new model has a lot to live up to. I was one of the first journalists to get behind the wheel of the new Sportbrake, and the good …
Read More »Jaguar XF – a consumer car champion
The acclaimed Jaguar XF has been voted Auto Trader ‘New Car of the Year’. It’s the XF’s ninth major UK award and comes in the same week that the new XF Sportbrake was unveiled. Ditching the traditional ‘expert panel of judges’ and replacing them with 10,000 genuine car owners, the …
Read More »Peugeot 3008 crowned Car of the Year
The acclaimed new Peugeot 3008 SUV has edged out the Alfa Romeo Giulia to win the title of European Car of the Year (ECOTY). The distinctive car, complete with the i-Cockpit digital display across the range, also beat the Citroen C3, Mercedes-Benz E-class, Nissan Micra, Toyota C-HR and Volvo S90/V90. …
Read More »World Car of the Year finalists revealed
The countdown has begun for the 2017 World Car Awards to be hosted by the New York International Auto Show on April 13, 2017. The Road to the World Car continues with today’s announcement of the finalists in six award categories. Winners of the 2017 World Car of the Year, …
Read More »Top 10 most searched for cars of 2016
Auto Trader has revealed the most searched for cars of the year – the makes and models most popular on the online automotive marketplace which currently has almost half a million cars listed for sale. The BMW 3 series topped the league table for the sixth consecutive year, beating two …
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