When Porsche’s first generation Cayenne was released into the market in the early 2000s, many questioned why the maker of some of the world’s best sports cars would want to produce an SUV. Two decades later it is clear that Porsche’s venture into the SUV market was the right call, with the Cayenne being their …
Love it or hate it, the Nissan Leaf is one of the most popular electric cars on the road today. The Leaf was the world’s bestselling plug-in electric car up until the Tesla Model 3 knocked it off its perch in late 2019. With the second-generation version of the Leaf coming online in late 2017, …
NB: This article was published a while back, but there were repeated issues with getting it to display correctly so I have republished. Apologies if you have already read it! Few things in life are as tempting as the idea of scoring yourself a used luxury car at a massive discount to the original purchase …
In the 1990s, Mitsubishi was one of the heavy hitters of the Japanese motoring industry. They produced incredible cars such as the 3000GT/GTO, the Lancer Evolution range, and of course the FTO. When the Mitsubishi FTO launched in Japan in 1994 it won the coveted Japanese Car of the Year award, becoming the first sports …
Back in the early to mid-2000s there were a whole range of performance cars available, however, budget friendly ones were few and far between. That’s where Dodge came in with their Neon SRT-4. While the Neon name doesn’t evoke performance, the SRT-4 was anything but a slouch and it became an icon of the 2000s …
The different generations of the Ford Focus RS are some of the most exciting hot hatches of their respective periods and the third-generation model continued this trend. The Focus RS Mk3 was widely lauded by motoring journalists from all across the globe for not only being an excellent performance car, but also a great as …
As the saying goes ‘you can’t be a true petrolhead until you’ve owned an Alfa’, and if you are looking for one of the Italian marques most mad motorcars, you can’t go far wrong with the 147 GTA. While there are undoubtedly better performing, more reliable hot hatches from the GTA’s era, few were quite …
While the first version of the Renault Megane Renault Sport (RS) didn’t exactly set the motoring world alight when it launched in 2004, it soon proved its worth. Renault’s team of crackpot engineers and designers fettled the car, turning it into one of the great hot hatches of the mid-to-late 2000s. If you had bought …
The second generation Volvo V70 is instantly recognisable with its unique styling and practical design. All versions of the car are an excellent buy for those looking for something with excellent comfort and safety features from the period. In this guide we are going to give you all the information you need to know when …
The Mk5 R32 is somewhat of a last hurrah to the big engined Golfs. It’s a car with good performance and levels of comfort, refinement and sophistication that many of its rivals couldn’t offer. Today, used R32 Mk5s are surprisingly reasonably priced in most locations and countries, making the vehicle a seriously tempting buy for …
