2013 Range Rover “The King of the (Off) Road” test review by Nick Johnson

Range Rover road test review by Nick Johnson, My Car Coach

  New Range Rovers come along very seldom. The last one was launched all the way back in 2002, so when a new one is launched there’s a little celebration to be had.   2013 Range Rover 4.4 SDV8 Price: £94,695 Available: Now But first a little history. Let’s imagine for a moment the date is 1970 and your career of choice is Country Gent. Naturally you need a four wheel drive vehicle in which to thrash around your vast expanse of land, but you also Read The Rest...

2012 Ford Focus 1.0 EcoBoost review by Nick Johnson – “Smiles per Mile”

My Car Coach review Ford Focus 1.0 EcoBoost by Nick Johnson

Hands up then, who has heard of the term ‘downsizing?’ Any takers? No? Well 'downsizing' is a term used to describe the trend for installing a very small engine in a car which translates to low running costs but improves the power output by adding a turbo or supercharger. The theory is you get an environmentally friendly car that does not operate at a snail’s pace but does it work in practice?   Ford Focus 1.0 EcoBoost Price: From £16,445 Available: Now The only practice Read The Rest...

Fiat 500L – a MyCarCoach Guest Review by Mandy Kaur

Fiat 500L car launch - My Car Coach - Front

What happens when a Fiat 500 gets into a fight with a Fiat Panda? You get the Fiat 500L of course!   Price: From £14,990 Available: March 2013 When MyCarCoach founder Nick Johnson approached me to write a blog post at the launch of Fiat's new 500L, I was a little hesitant at first but, as he rightly pointed out, being an existing Fiat 500 owner ('Betty' to me) it marked me out to be the best person for the job! So, if you Read The Rest...

2012 Volkswagen Up! “Master of all small trades” road test review by Nick Johnson

New 2012 Volkswagen Up! road test review by Nick Johnson - photo - front

The Volkswagen Up! is Volkswagen’s new city car and the first rung on the Volkswagen ladder. Volkswagen have been here before with the previous Fox model, a Brazilian built car that did the brand few favours because it wasn’t very good but this, they promise, is much better. Price: £7,995 - £11,305 Availability: Now The Up! (the exclamation mark is part of the branding) is competitively priced and it promises all the benefits of a city car - small size, nippy Read The Rest...

2012 Suzuki Swift Sport – “The fun factor”

The previous generation Swift Sport was widely regarded as a hoot to drive offering old school thrills in an era where turbocharging and ever increasing levels of horsepower were rapidly becoming the norm. So what have Suzuki done with this new Swift model for 2012? Read on to find out.   Price: £10,152 – £13,499 (Swift Sport) Availability: Now. So how does this 2012 version differ from the old one then? Well it doesn't a great deal, but that in itwelf is a Read The Rest...