Fiat 500X City Cross 1.0L – where style meets practicality. Enjoy a smooth ride, advanced features, and Italian flair in this compact urban SUV.

With 175bhp on tap, bung it into ‘sport’ mode and it’s quite a feisty car that’ll do 0-60mph 7.9 seconds…

On the outside, the keen eyed amongst you will notice a slightly wider front grille with slimmer lights, new rear bumper reflectors and LED daytime running lights which are now.…

If you’ve ever been to Sicily you’ll be acutely aware of how poor the roads are; the Cherokee’s ride, on the other hand…

My curiosity was then aroused and I suddenly needed to experience the hype…

Maybe it’s the 4x4 enthusiast in me, but I hadn’t even left the carpark and I was smitten…

Using the aforementioned to hold onto the correct gear and choosing the right lines, the Eclipse Cross will give you huge smiles all-round…

There’s plenty to like about the new MG3 and it remains immensely affordable. I haven’t even mentioned their fully transferrable 7 year/80,000-miles warranty yet…

The Rexton has just been collected, and I’m sat here trying to think of the worst bit, or at least a negative, but I can’t. The Rexton is simply a good, solid car…

Now to be honest, when we planned this trip I’d organised for us to have a V8 Mustang, but a confusion in the booking procedure meant, well, I couldn’t have one, hence the EcoSport.

During this dark and dreary drive along a wet M62 and A1, the X-Trail proved itself to be a rather nice cruiser…

Funky and chunky. I think that’s a fair description…  it certainly stands out from the crowd, and that’s before I mention the orange colour pack! 

The Skoda Kodiaq is a multi award winning large, 7-seater SUV that’s practical, comfortable and to a point, great value for money….

My first drive was the automatic version loaded with 300kg of sand bags. The ride was smooth, as it should be, and its performance wasn’t…

The L200’s sleek body seemed to cut its way through the turbulent wind like a hot knife through butter, especially high up on the M62…

At this point, Ian confidently pointed at the 3 buttons on the dash that marked the front, centre and rear locking differentials - so I pressed all 3…

As well as the usual off-road trips and the daily commute, its biggest test was a 300 mile, 7 hour round trip to Powys to interview both Paul at Prolinx and Gwyn Lewis for the AWDC magazine…

He shuffled away, visibly uneased by my invitation to explore the innards of a van with darkened windows.  It isn’t like I’d written ‘Free sweets’ with an arrow pointing at the door or anything…

Now in its third incarnation Suzuki’s supermini is more popular than ever, and there’s a good reason for that. The new Swift has undergone a lot of development, and has…

It was comfortable, quiet and easy to drive, with speed bumps and child sized potholes being hardly noticeable…