Reviews

Motor Trader’s Martin Gurdon test drove the Subaru Forester 2.0i DIT, XT CVT petrol in challenging weather conditions and appreciated its ruggedness, clean handling and quality build. “We borrowed this car during a cold snap and it kept going when others did not. The Forester’s box shape and bling free styling won’t win any beauty prizes and some of the ...

Motor Trader’s Martin Gurdon test drives the new generation Ford Mondeo, which has gone upmarket and is up against Volkswagen’s new Passat

When it comes to practicality, fuel economy and customer care, our long term Mazda3 continues to impress us. In terms of practicality the Mazda3 has eaten up everything we’ve thrown at it from random items of furniture and a large Christmas tree to the essential beginning of term paraphernalia associated with university students, which included a fully assembled new bicycle. ...

It has never been a better time to be a Skoda dealer. Last year the brand won the Carmaker of the Year honours at the Motor Trader Awards and recorded its fifth successive record year of growth. The omens look even better for 2015 as January started with the brand winning the highly coveted What Car? Car of the Year ...

There may be some confusion about this new Land Rover Discovery. It looks like the Vision Concept shown at the 2014 New York Auto Show but that previewed the replacement for the existing Discovery 4, scheduled to appear later this year. The Discovery Sport is a smaller SUV, an additional model in what is to be a Discovery family, and ...

Motor Trader’s Martin Gurdon road tests the all-new Toyota Aygo to see how the second generation city car shapes up to its rivals.

The launch of the Pulsar marks the return of Nissan to the hotly-contested C-segment, responsible for a quarter of all UK new car sales but a sector the Japanese brand effectively abandoned seven years ago with the demise of the unloved Almera. In that time Nissan’s focus shifted, rather successfully, to taking traditional C-segment customers out of their family hatches ...

The Mazda3 has been on the Motor Trader fleet since March but as it was first registered 12 months ago, around the time of the range’s debut on UK roads, it meant its first service was due in November. The timing was spot-on as it coincided with a warning light alerting us to the need of a tyre rotation. Running ...

The world’s moved on since the first generation Mondeo was launched in 1993 and redefined the large family car segment. While an instant hit with company car drivers, becoming the rep mobile of choice, it is to Ford’s lasting credit that each successive generation has raised the game in terms of driving dynamics, styling, refinement and creature comforts. The fourth ...

For Suzuki the SX4 S-Cross has proved to be the right car at the right time, establishing the fast growing brand in the burgeoning crossover sector and thereby winning new customers. The car offers a compelling proposition from its attractive styling, compact footprint and high seating position to super frugal 1.6-litre diesel and automatic four wheel drive ALLGRIP system. Furthermore ...