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Having spent a few years mostly renting, I'm looking to buy a new or nearly new car. I'm looking around £15k (possibly with a finance deal), anything from a Golf size or bigger. The main criteria is it...
I have just purchased a 2012 Kia Cee'd. I have had diesel for the past 15 years, all Volkswagen Group PD then CR. I find that this car has no response in any gear if you are sitting 1500 rpm or under....
I ordered an Abarth 595 Turismo on 2nd. August from an Abarth main dealer. Delivery quoted up to 12 weeks. Received a V5 for the car dated 28th September as registration date with my personal reg.no. The...
Motoring correspondents seem to prefer the new Skyactiv diesel to the petrol whereas a lot of my motoring includes short journeys. Is this new diesel technology any better at coping with short hops than...
Can you tell me which 4x4 have adaptive cruise control? Do any 4x4s have hybrid engines for UK use?
I have recently started my own company and the time has come to consider company vehicles. I am however getting stuck when it comes to finding something suitable. I am ideally looking for something Passat/...
My wife was interested in buying a Hyundai i20 with automatic transmission, but we could not find any garage able to provide one to try out. I phoned Hyundai but they couldn't help find a car. It was...
I am looking for a nearly new small to medium sized automatic for a daily commute of about 55 miles each way along a hilly coastal road - often in very poor weather conditions. Safety, reliability and...
I'm waiting on delivery of a new 328i touring automatic in the next couple of weeks. It's my first automatic BMW and my first with stop-start technology ... so quite a bit of learning to do! I had a 330d...
Thinking of retiring and buying a new 328i Tourer or XF Jaguar. Mileage likely to be less than 10,000 PA Which is best and what about residuals after 3-5 years? Is petrol the best option ?