Car review

The side-by-side arrangement of the flatscreen instrumentation and infotainment screens, and the selection of physical controls on the steering wheel spokes, give you a strong clue to the Torres’s country of origin. There’s certainly more than a passing similarity with Hyundai/Kia design philosophy here, if not the same tactile quality. The driving position is of […]

Is the Toyota GT86 reliable? The GT86 is a reliable car and shouldn’t present any major issues if it is regularly maintained with oil changes and a service. Indeed, it isn’t totally free of issues (see below) but theses are all well known and repairable. Many owners if forums have shared stories of driving their

You’ve guessed it: the interior is exactly the same as the old XC40 Recharge’s. This is a good thing, meaning it avoids falling into the hands-free, overly minimalist approach of the EX30 and EX90.  While there’s no ignition or starter button in here (get in, select drive and off you go), there are still several buttons

The A290 takes the Renault 5’s interior and ramps it up a notch. We’ve only driven the leather-lined, range-topping GTS trim so far, but for a small car, this feels like a very special, expensive cabin. It’s a little dark, but the two-tone blue leather looks unusual but classy. While you can easily find some

Whether it’s the Toyota Corolla, RAV4 or C-HR, there is a certain consistency with Toyota interiors, so you know what to expect: not the last word in material richness and a slightly more disjointed design than German manufacturers tend to deliver, but you can count on form-follows-function ergonomics and impeccable build quality. It’s surprising, then,

It’s an intriguing thing to drive, and a big improvement on the disappointing Jaecoo 7 sister car – perhaps unsurprisingly, as the 9 sits on a different platform. And because it’s all-wheel drive (unlike the Jaecoo), with the front wheels powered by both petrol and electric motor and the rear wheels powered by electric only,

Under the bonnet sits Renault’s familiar E-Tech Full Hybrid powertrain, which in this application pairs a 129bhp 1.2-litre three-cylinder turbo petrol engine with a 67bhp front-mounted electric motor and a 34bhp integrated starter-generator. All in, it makes 197bhp and 302lb ft for a rather modest 8.4sec 0-62mph time.  Like the Rafale, the Austral pulls away

The Haval Jolion Pro is now on sale in the UK – which will probably come as a surprise to you, so quietly has this Chinese brand arrived.  To be fair, it isn’t technically a brand here (unlike in Australia, where incredibly it outsold Volkswagen in 2024). Instead, it’s a sub-brand of GWM, like Ora,

We know cars like the i10 as city cars but there’s little to stop them being everyday family transport these days, such is their capability. Certainly, in the i10’s case, when it comes to accommodating people, it does it easily enough. An average-sized adult can sit behind the same with a couple of inches of

Given the largely carried over mechanicals, it’s no surprise the GV70 drives much the same as before, which is to say it ultimately favours a relaxed rather than road-burning approach. That said, the big Korean machine is no slouch. The enlarged battery means a kerbweight increase of 25kg, slowing the Boost-assisted 0-62mph time by a couple