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I've been reading up about the Civic 2.2iCTDI on your website. It looks good, but the 1.8 iVTEC also looks good. I'm just wondering which one's going to end up costing the most to run with circa 20,000...
We are a retired couple doing only about 6000 miles a year, but we love the look of the Range Rover Evoque. Which one should we choose? It would be a manual by preference with five doors but we don't really...
I am a reasonably keen driver and have always bought various older high performance BMWs, Audi's and even a Porsche Boxster over the last 20 years, and have whittled down my choice of next car to either...
There is an article in a recent ‘Economist’ magazine on a new generation of diesel engines. These apparently achieve better fuel consumption by reducing the compression ratios, enabling lighter faster...
My daughter has completed her studies and will hopefully soon be starting work as a midwife. She currently has an ageing Fiat Punto, but with a salary on the horizon is looking to upgrade and is keen on...
The Mazda 2 range gets pretty good reviews everywhere (especially for its safety), with most of the criticism being about wind noise on motorways and some lack of refinement. I can live with that. The...
Should I buy a (current model) brand new Nissan Qashqai 1.6 dCi Tekna 2wd for £19,816.64, or wait for the new Qashqai that has just been announced? The list price of the current model is £25,140 with metallic...
I experienced alternator failures on two Chevrolet Matiz. The first was replaced under warranty. The second cost £211.51 to replace, the work done at a Green Flag Breakdown-appointed repair facility. That...
Earlier in the year I read a motoring story ‘On par with Golf’. What it boiled down to was that the World Car of the Year, the Mk VII Volkswagen Golf, has very close ties to the Audi A3, the Skoda Octavia,...
 

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