I WONDER how many readers know that the Tiguan is now Volkswagen’s global best seller. Such is the momentum behind SUV sales that a new Tiguan rolls off the production line every 35 seconds from five plants across the globe, with total production soaring past the 6 million…

2.0 litre 177kW Twin Turbocharged Diesel Auto AWD IT'S very difficult not to reminisce when discussing Land Rover’s Defender as the “original” enjoyed a 68-year life span in various iterations and cemented itself in motoring folklore. Its versatility was amazing, its geographic spread incredibly diverse, its ability in…

ANYONE who’s confused by Land Rover’s model naming regime could be excused, especially when it comes to the Discovery range which is presented here as a Sport model complete with premium HSE and R-Dynamic dressing. (more…)

Japanese manufacturers have been particularly slow to embrace turbocharging as a means to extract more usable performance out of small displacement petrol engines, and with the majority of car buyers living on the Reef, that’s been a puzzling trend indeed. (more…)

IF ever two brands could be said to share a bloodline, then those two are Porsche and Volkswagen.  Indeed, the 356 Porsche that set the brand on the road to immortality was based on Ferdinand Porsche’s rear-engined “people’s car” that became known as the Beetle. (more…)

  BMW’s 1-Series has endured a chequered history partly derived from the manufacturer’s insistence on burdening a compact hatchback with rear wheel drive. The purpose, I presume, was to retain traditional BMW handling characteristics but the consequences came in the form of poor space efficiency and, to my…

MY first 48 hours or so with this Renault were especially taxing thanks in the main to this particular vehicle being equipped with a clutch that was determined not to engage until the last millimetres of pedal travel had been used up. I mention this at the outset…