Author: Alex Grant

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Alex Grant

Road Test: Fiat 500L Trekking

Sector: Small crossover Price: €20,650–€26,700 Fuel: 4.2–7.0l/100km CO2: 109–163g/km With the B-SUV segment continuing to grow, European buyers opting en masse into crossover products, and

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Alex Grant

Now this is range anxiety

‘Sixteen hundred kilometres, on one tank?’, the man at the petrol station counter smirked, handing me a folded VAT receipt. ‘Hope you’ve got breakdown cover

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Alex Grant

First Drive: Nissan X-Trail

Sector: SUV Price: €26,790–€38,250 Fuel: 4.9–5.3l/100km CO2: 129–139g/km With a retail-heavy sales mix and relatively small volumes, the Nissan X-Trail has never been a big

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Alex Grant

First Drive: Kia Soul

Sector: Crossover Price: €16,990–€26,490 Fuel: 5.0–7.3l/100km CO2: 132–170g/km The second generation of the Kia Soul has big shoes to fill. While the original didn’t carve

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Alex Grant

Road Test: Porsche Panamera S E-Hybrid

SECTOR: Luxury   PRICE: €110,409   FUEL: 3.1l/100km   CO2: 71g/km Porsche’s first plug-in hybrid drivetrain forms part of the Volkswagen Group’s wider electromobility plans, which will eventually

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