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THERE’S something quietly brilliant about a fast estate. Forget SUVs with more horsepower than sense; the real connoisseur’s choice has always been a big, low-slung wagon with room for the dog, the kids, and enough luggage for a long weekend. Now Audi has taken that formula into the electric age with the A6 e-tron Avant. […]
SUZUKI hit on a winner when they buddied-up with Toyota to bring us the Swace – a practical, frugal hybrid Estate which is well-equipped and also benefits from being extremely easy to live with. The fact that it is a re-badged Toyota Corolla Touring Sports matters not a jot. If it means savings are made […]
YOU’VE just got to love an estate car, right? Especially a Volvo Estate. Who can forget those 850 Estates thundering into the BTCC back in 1994? Awesome – in a “that shouldn’t really work” kinda way. But although competitive, the 850 Estate never won a race. However, it instantly became a much-loved icon and fast […]
IF you get a sense of déjà vu when it comes to the Suzuki Swace, then it could be because you’ve seen (and probably admired) the latest Toyota Corolla Touring Sports. The Swace is the second vehicle to be supplied to Suzuki by Toyota under a collaborative business agreement between the two companies; the first one being the […]
The new Toyota Corolla hybrid marks a welcome return to these shores for the world’s best-selling car. It also usurps its pretender-to-the-throne, the Auris, which was a Corolla in all but name. Now, almost 14 years later, the Corolla name is back – and what a Corolla it is, picking up the What Car? gong […]
THE new Volvo V60 is a family estate car that certainly turns a few heads. Granted, previous Volvo estates have always been practical with an envious reputation for safety – but they were never very stylish either inside or out. However, the Swedish manufacturer has been having somewhat of a renaissance in recent years with […]
IF you’re in the market for a large, family-friendly, hybrid vehicle but really don’t want to jump on the SUV bandwagon then Kia may have the answer in their recently face-lifted Optima Sportswagon PHEV (Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle). Now with a redesigned lower front bumper, with the addition of LED daytime running lights the Optima Sportswagon looks bang up-to-date. New […]
The Toyota Avensis Touring Sports – a family Estate you choose with your head rather than your heart The Toyota Avensis Touring Sports is Toyota’s large, family-friendly estate car that – just like it’s smaller sibling, the Auris Touring Sports – shouldn’t really have the word “Sports” anywhere near it. It’s certainly large enough and […]
Space, refinement and value for money make the Skoda Octavia Estate SE Sport stand out from the crowd Consumer magazine What Car? Awarded the Skoda Octavia Best Family Car for 2016 and you would have to be a die-hard, stick-in-the-mud badge-snob to argue against that decision because the Czech manufacturer, with more than a little […]