Road Tests
Make no mistake – the arrival of Chinese brands into the European market is transforming the car landscape. BYD might have grabbed the headlines, but the arrival of another Chinese automaker. Chery, is having just as big an effect. Chery has been here for…
Change is in the air. The electric vehicle market is gathering pace, regardless of the noise from the anti-EV brigade. The UK market share of battery-electric cars is now 21%. Behind where the government wants it to be, but on the rise. The biggest…
It’s rare that an automotive story dominates the front pages of the global media. But Tesla’s dramatic decline is such a story. And for every loser, there are winners. And with Tesla’s sales tumbling off the sales leaderboard, the company that appears to be…
When we last tested this car’s predecessor, the C4 Grand Picasso, eight years ago, the MPV already felt like an endangered species, replaced in the public’s want list by more aggressively styled SUVs. Now, it really does seem like the end of days for…
Chauffeurs will finally be able to specify a fully-electric large saloon later this year when the new BMW i7 goes on sale. The i7 forms part of an all-new 7-series range, giving BMW a crucial advantage over rival Mercedes-Benz, whose new S-Class does not…
Every once in a while, a new car comes along that just hits the sweet spot for the private hire sector. The Chrysler 300C gave executive chauffeurs a winning and affordable combination of Mercedes reliability and Bentley looks. The Toyota Prius Mk2 ticked corporate…
It’s perhaps predictable that a lot of manufacturers have gone down the SUV route for their first “proper” electric cars. After all, it’s where the hot spot of the market seems to be, and there are practical advantages too – a tall body design…
At last, it’s here. And it doesn’t disappoint. Covid-19 has played havoc with manufacturers’ launch schedules, and a second lockdown meant the scheduled October launch of the new Mercedes-Benz S-Class in Stuttgart was cancelled at the last minute, leaving us tantalisingly so near, yet…
Hyundai launched the Ioniq back in 2016. It came in three flavours: all-electric, a plug-in hybrid and a regular – or “self-charging” hybrid. That was a smart move, and still is. Having different power units in one body makes sense, and Ioniq started taking…
It’s taken a while, but finally, ULEZ-compliant seven-seaters are starting to become available. Now, with the arrival in the UK of the Mercedes-Benz EQV, London chauffeurs looking to replace their tired diesel MPVs will before the end of the year have a genuine, practical,…