Category: Road Tests

Road Tests
John Kendall

Road Test: Volkswagen Golf Sportsvan

Sector: Compact MPV Price: €17,800–€25,540 Fuel: 3.9–5.1l/100km CO2: 95 –130g/km Stretching dimensions seemed to work for the original compact MPV, the Renault Megane Scenic, back

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Spotlight: VW Passat

  Design: After 41 years in existence, there’s little to tell that this Passat is the same car which had, during its seven previous incarnations,

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Alex Grant

First Drive: Citroën C1

SECTOR: City car   PRICE: €8,890–€14,550   FUEL: 3.8–4.3l/100km   CO2: 88–99g/km Citroën has sold over 760,000 C1s since the original launched in 2005, and

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Alex Grant

Road Test: Mercedes-Benz GLA-Class

SECTOR: Crossover   PRICE: €30,553–€55,870   FUEL: 4.0–7.5l/100km   CO2: 105–175g/km  Mercedes-Benz is the last of the “big three” German premium brands to launch a C-segment crossover, but

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Alex Grant

First Drive: Volkswagen e-Golf

SECTOR: Lower-medium   PRICE: €34,900   RANGE: 190km   CO2: 0g/km  It seems manufacturers have two approaches to plug-in vehicles. Some choose to package the technology in a

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John Kendall

First Drive: Mercedes-Benz C-Class

Sector: Compact executive Price: €27,140–€35,700 Fuel: 4.0–5.3l/100km CO2: 103–123g/km The latest evolution of the Mercedes-Benz C-Class needed to be a very good car to better

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Alex Grant

First Drive: Citroën C4 Cactus

Sector: Lower medium Price: €13,950–€24,170 Fuel: 3.1–4.6l/100km CO2: 82–107g/km In 1948, Citroën unveiled its vision of a car for post-war France. Cheap to buy and

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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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First Drive: Iveco Daily

Sector: Large van Price: from €30,000 Fuel: from 6.7l/100km CO2: from 179g/km The Daily van range represents 55% of all Iveco sales worldwide. The Italian

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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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First Drive: Renault Trafic

Sector: Mid-weight van Price: €22,000–€32,000 Fuel: from 5.7l/100km CO2: from 155g/km Renault’s mid-weight Trafic van has been a huge success across Europe, so changes to

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John Kendall

Road Test: Volvo V60 D4 SE

Sector: Estate Price: €23,000–€33,000 (approx.) Fuel: 3.8-4.3l/100km CO2: 99–112g/km Four-cylinders better than five? It depends how you look at it. Volvo launched its Drive-E engine family at

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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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Road Test: Fuso Canter

SECTOR: Light truck   GROSS WEIGHT: 3.5–8.55 tonnes   ENGINES: 3.0-litre four-cylinder   POWER: 150hp and 175hp   Local boy Gaining acceptance in a market is usually given

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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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John Kendall

Road Test: Skoda Yeti

  SECTOR: SUV PRICE: €15,502–€25,200 (approx.) FUEL: 4.6–6.3l/100km CO2: 119–164g/km Yeti has been a notable success for Skoda since it was launched in 2009. Over

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John Kendall

Road Test: Audi A3 Cabrio

SECTOR: Cabriolet PRICE: €24,100–€43,500 (approx.) FUEL: 5.0–7.1l/100km CO2: 110–165g/km  There is nothing new about the concept of the Audi S3, which has been with the

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John Kendall

Road Test: Renault Megane

SECTOR: Lower-medium   PRICE: €16,600–€25,200 (approx.) FUEL: 3.5–6.9l/100km CO2: 90–159g/km  The revised 2014 Megane range was unveiled at the Frankfurt Show last September. It is a

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John Kendall

Road Test: Opel Meriva 1.6D

SECTOR: MPV   PRICE: €11,800–€17,800 (approx.) FUEL: 4.1–7.2l/100km CO2: 109–169g/km The current Meriva has been with us since 2010 and Opel/Vauxhall is keeping up the pressure

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John Kendall

First Drive: Ford Transit

SECTOR: Heavy van   PRICE: TBA   FUEL: 6.4l/100km   CO2: 169g/km Ford has sold over seven million Transit models since the van was launched in 1965 and

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Alex Grant

First Drive: Maserati Ghibli Diesel

SECTOR: Executive   PRICE: €64,980   FUEL: 5.9l/100km   CO2: 158g/km Maserati may sound like an unlikely contender for fleet sales, but the Ghibli shows it’s serious about

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Alex Grant

First Drive: Nissan Qashqai

SECTOR: Crossover   PRICE: €19,940–€33,450   FUEL: 3.8–5.6l l/100km   CO2: 99–129g/km  While Nissan’s claims of inventing the crossover segment with the first Qashqai are debatable, this was

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