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...

"Something that fits as perfectly as a second skin in every situation" is how the name 'Kamiq' translates from Inuit, Skoda says. But does the car work out that way in reality? It depends, really, on what sort of car you're after. It's at the smaller end of the SUV realm, so it's far from the most practical...

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 no shortage of small crossovers on the market, but the VW T-Cross makes a strong case for itself as the...

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...