Archive for the ‘Road Tests’ Category
Road Test: Volvo C30 DRIVe
I don’t know about this global warming stuff. It might well all be natural and outside of our control, but then again, it could all be our fault. However, no matter what camp you’re in, you’ll be paying the price, whether at the pumps or with your road tax. With fuel hiking up in price ...
Honda CR-Z: Pocket rocket evolution
The terms hybrid and performance have largely been mutually exclusive within the last few years of car manufacturing. Honda’s new CR-Z hybrid sports coupe has gone some way to change that perception. The new 2+2 coupe gives people who care about emissions, just as much as the experience of driving, a new option. For £17,000, ...
Can you kickflip a Qashqai+2?
A few weeks ago Motormorph had the opportunity to test Nissan’s Qashqai+2. Initially perplexed by the thought of a family car as we have parenting experience on par with Jade Goody, I stuck to what I knew and played around with the tech inside the car. Below is a quick POV (Point Of View) video ...
Morgan 4/4 blasting around Millbrook
The Morgan Motor Company is one of the last bastions in the British motor car manufacturing game. At Morgan they are true Brits, they build cars in a shed, eat sausages and use seemingly archaic materials such as wood to make fantastic sports cars. The Morgan 4/4 is the Grandad of the pack being a motoring ...
Kia Picanto: The rise of the Korean foot soldier
Kia and Korean cars in general have always had stigma placed upon them due to their rapid invasion into the mass automotive market. The stereotype tends to be that they are cheap cars purely designed to undercut other car manufacturers – the loss leader. But as Hyundai-Kia Automotive’s latest sales figures place the Korean automaker ...
Smart ForTwo CDi: The automotive Goomba
I didn’t think that Super Mario baddies and City cars had too much in common. But after testing one for a weekend there seems to be quite a lot of similarities. The new Smart ForTwo diesel is noisy like a Goomba, stands up well against things bigger than it, like a Goomba, and will always ...
Honda Insight: A hybrid sucker punch to Prius
Could the Honda Insight be the sucker punch of hybrid cars? After a four-day test drive, I’m ready to give it pretty good odds. It was just a few years ago that hybrids — cars powered by both electricity and petrol — were perceived mostly as the preferred mode of transportation for smug LA celebs and ...