Larger and more upmarket than its predecessors, the Skoda Octavia nevertheless continues its maker's mantra of representing fine value for money. Here's a car that's a little cheaper than the Volkswagen Golf, with which it shares many of its engines and underpinnings, yet it's significantly larger,...

Sharing a platform with the popular Renault Clio and also the Nissan Juke , the Renault Captur has dimensions that sit at 4227mm long, 1797mm wide and 1576mm tall. That makes it an alternative to the Skoda Kamiq , the big-selling Ford Puma and another French challenger, the Peugeot 2008 . It...

Skoda Kamiq: Everything you need to know Sitting below the larger Skoda Karoq in the current line-up, the Skoda Kamiq is one of the older cars in the Skoda line-up. Many of its key rivals are also getting on a bit, though, and few can compete in terms of value. It remains one of the best small...

The T-Cross is Volkswagen's answer to the likes of the Nissan Juke and Peugeot 2008 : a small SUV that's designed to be practical, good to drive and have a dash of style, too.  Of course, there's certainly no shortage of small crossovers on the market, but the VW T-Cross makes a strong case for...

Renault has a habit of building excellent MPVs. The original Espace pioneered the concept of a seven-seat MPV in Europe, while the Megane Scenic did a similar thing in a smaller, five-seat package. It’s a shame that Renault lost its way. Faced with the prospect of ‘death by SUV’, Renault reinvented...

The Astra Sports Tourer costs from around £16,500. But is Vauxhall’s new British-built model good enough to give rivals like the Volkswagen Golf Estate and the Ford Focus Estate a run for their money? On paper, it certainly has a lot going for it. It might be almost the same size as the model it...