You would be forgiven for thinking that this stunning Peugeot 106 is a little used show car but that couldn’t be any further from the truth. Owned by Portadown’s Alan Cassells, this is a very potent competition car that Cassells drives competitively on a regular basis…
For as long as I remember, Suzuki has offered the Swift model within the company’s vast range. If memory serves me right, the models from 20 or so years ago came in a more potent, finer handling package, known at the ‘Swift GTi’…
The Kia Picanto – a car that travels firmly under the radar of other road users as it doesn’t wear a badge that keeps up with the Jones’ – a car that many will not even have heard of, despite being around for years – a car that is a firm contender in the city-car market.
The name Maserati will represent low slung executive saloon’s or sports coupés with fire breathing petrol engines, stunningly glorious looks and exclusive interiors for most people – however, the all new Levante delves Maserati deep into new territory.
The ever popular Fiesta from Ford receives update and we spend some time with this latest model wearing the blue oval to confirm that good things come in small packages.
The pinnacle of Audi’s range, its R8, is one of few remaining sports cars still equipped with an offensively large, high-revving naturally aspirated engine and we get our hands on one.
From the Grp B Quattro, to the latest virtual cockpit equipped R8 V10 Plus – Audi has a lot of great things to answer for and we get to grips with the latest models.
It may not look vastly different to the rest of the range, but there has been big changes with Audi’s RS4 Avant – namely the removal of 2-cylinders – with that, the RS4 has been treated to a pair of turbochargers – pedigree that stems back to where Audi RS first began.
If you hear the words Vauxhall and GSi in the same sentence – you will recall fond memories of the Nova and Astra – cars that set the hot-hatch market alight back in the day – today though; GSi is reborn on something very different.
In the past twelve-months I can think of two cars that have produced media frenzy – both from Korea and both geared around performance and driving experience – this is the latest award winner, named ‘Stinger’ and from Kia Motors.