Top 20: New cars for 2017
From even more SUVs and crossovers (will it never end?) to new compact hatchbacks, 2017 is shaping up to be yet another big year for new car launches. So we've picked out 20 of the best cars that will be arriving over the next 12 months.
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Skoda Kodiaq - due March 2017
Before the new Yeti arrives in 2018 (which might look quite a bit like the SEAT Ateca...), Skoda has surprised everyone by launching a big seven-seat SUV. Yet with prices starting at £21,495 it undercuts the competition - even things like the Kia Sorento and Hyundai Santa Fe.
It's not actually that massive - in fact it's about the same length as an Octavia - but it is wide. Thankfully it also includes some new Skoda 'simply clever' features including a neat door edge protector that flips out when you open either front door. Handy in tight car parks.
Greenfingerswhofishes on 14 December 2016
On what basis do you base your snotty little jibe about pensioners only liking cars with dull exteriors and interiors?Perhaps you should think before making ageist comments as there is no such thing as the standard pensioner - we are all different..
Some of us pensioners would really like a decent choice of colourful exterior paintwork and matching interiors, such as cream leather to match a powder blue paint job or a pale green one to blend with a BRG exterior. Such combinations were readily available to the public in the late 60's and 70's and it is only in recent times that the public have been forced to have dull exterior paintwork combined with black/greys interiors.
John Davey on 14 December 2016
I had been eagerly awaiting the launch of the C-HR for months, so I was delighted to find one in a showroom in Marbella last weekend.What a disappointment!
Looks great, but the rear is so claustrophobic I really could not subject anyone to more than a short ride in the rear.
Furthermore, the navigation screen is huge, and placed so high up as to be thoroughly intrusive!
Funky but not, I'm afraid, nice to live with.
So it's looking more like a Mazda CX3 for me next year, unless anyone has a better suggestion.
HJ Editor on 15 December 2016
Apologies Greenfingerswhofishes. It was meant as a light hearted joke about the old Nissan Micra, not a jibe against pensioners.TICKENHAMTIGER on 3 January 2017
Do you know when the Jag XE gets its new petrol engine to replace the Ford engine? Hopefully it will be more economical and have lower CO2 emissions.Barsus on 4 January 2017
Dear Greenfingerswhofishes, the HJ reports often include some banter and other snippets of humour. I am a pensioner too and take no offense at the odd wise-crack.Here's one of my own: many new designs have been allowed to pass beyond (presumably young) stylists to become vehicles filled with unnecessary gadgets, gloomy interiors, and pill-box windows one can barely see out of...trends that are all in the wrong direction, in the opinion of this old coot!
Happy 2017 to all the HJ readers out there.
Bazza
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