2012 Porsche Boxster “The best just got better”

My Car Coach Porsche Boxster review by Nick Johnson

The new Porsche Boxster has arrived and this time it promises to not only have the same market-leading driving dynamics it has always had but finally combines these with the looks that the car always deserved. Fancy a mini Carrera GT? Well read on as this could well be your chance!   2012 Porsche Boxster S (PDK transmission) Price: From £38,237 (as tested £52,905) Availability: Now. Back in 1993 in the middle of a winter storm in Detroit, where journalists and auto executives huddled into Read The Rest...

2012 Fiat Panda “Value priced, Finest feeling” test review by Nick Johnson

MyCarCoach review of Fiat Panda by Nick Johnson

Much in the way that the supermarkets have a ‘value’ range, the Fiat Panda has always been something of an essential no-frills car. Previously, what it lost out in seemingly being designed with a ruler, it made up for in dependable charm. Now there’s a new model and it promises, according to Fiat’s boss Olivier François, to be “the official car for doing whatever the hell you like”. But can ‘Value’ still cut it in a market full of ‘Finest’ Read The Rest...

Launch of Jaguar F-Type

Jaguar F-Type Launch by Nick Johnson

Jaguar has always had a thing for naming its most revered sports cars after letters. It all started with the glorious Le-Mans winning C-Type in the early 1950’s followed by the Le-Mans winning D-Type of the mid ‘50s and then, the most beautiful car in the world, according to Enzo Ferrari, the E-Type of the swinging 60s. And now, finally, a whole 50 years after the first E-Type, we have the F-Type!   The F-Type aims to re-claim Jaguar’s spirit for the Read The Rest...

2013 Jaguar XF Sportbrake “Style and Substance” test review by Nick Johnson

Jaguar XF Sportbrake review by Nick Johnson, My Car Coach

For car makers out there who plan to launch an estate model, it would seem the worst thing you can ever do is describe your new model as just that. BMW have their estate ‘Touring’ models, Audi their ‘Avant’ range and now Jaguar have this, welcome to the ‘Sportbrake’. 2013 Jaguar XF Sportbrake 3.0 Diesel S Portfolio. Price:  From £31,945 (as tested £51,505). Available: Now The Sportbrake is not Jaguar’s first estate variant - that accolade fell to the X Type model from the Read The Rest...

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...