2011 MINI Coupe Review – “Eager to Please”

The MINI Coupe is the latest edition to the new MINI family. I say new but, the ‘new’ MINI has been around for ten years; amazing how time flies! It’s certainly been a success too. Recently the two millionth example rolled off the production line in Oxford, UK. Certainly a modern day British success story albeit with financial help from the Germans. I am not going to do the usual cliché of saying how the new MINIs are nothing like the Read The Rest...

2012 Mitsubishi Shogun LWB 3.2 DI-DC SG4 Road Test Review by Oliver Hammond

MY 2012 Mitsubishi Shogun LWB SG4 Road Test Review by Oliver Hammond - front 34 lights on

The ‘go-anywhere’ Shogun has been around for years and is renowned as one of the truest, most capable off-roaders out there, but have its engine, on-road ride and modernity fallen behind the latest 4×4 pack? Read on to find out how Oliver rates this 2012 facelifted version in its top-spec SG4 configuration after a week at the helm. “It’s quite big!” someone said to me when they first saw it. But that’s like standing at the North Pole and saying it’s Read The Rest...

2011 Nissan Leaf Review – “Swift, Silent, Progress”

I welcome you all to the world’s first mass produced electric car as well as the Car of the Year 2011, the Nissan LEAF (Leading, Environmentally friendly, Affordable, Family Car - the “Leaf”).   The Leaf is the car that heralds the start of a new generation of full electric cars that will hit the market over the next five years and Nissan is the first to bring its to market. The Leaf’s fairly ordinary appearance hides a technological secret.  Not actually powered Read The Rest...