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...

Alfa Romeo MiTo MultiAir Distinctive 1.4 Petrol 135BHP TCT road test review by Oliver Hammond

Alfa Romeo MiTo MultiAir Distinctive 1-4 Petrol 135BHP TCT road test review by Oliver Hammond - photo front 34

There’s something about Italian stuff. Most people seem to have the perception that anything from Italy is somehow better – everything from food, wine, fashion and women to history, culture, fancy coffee machines and of course, cars. So what did I personally make of the Alfa MiTo in aptly named ‘Alfa Red’, with its flappy-paddle automatic gearbox and its stop-start 135bhp petrol engine? Exterior To me, the MiTo looks like the lovechild of an Alfa Romeo 147 and the Italian firm’s drool-inducing 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...

Facelifted Honda Accord Tourer 2-2 i-DTEC EX automatic full road test review by Oliver Hammond

Honda Accord Tourer 2-2 i-DTEC EX Automatic road test review by Oliver Hammond - photo - Cracoe Pond 1

Unless you happen to be an antiques dealer, someone who regularly hauls white goods around or the kind of person who doesn’t really care about cars as long as they’re practical, the majority of us are thankful that estate cars these days seldom look like boxes on wheels. Actually, most contemporary estates look very stylish, some even going as far as being sexy, many people considering them more desirable than their saloon counterparts. But not so with the old Honda 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...