2011 Citroën DS4 – “Curiously good crossover”

The DS4 is the second model to be launched under Citroën's premium ‘DS’ brand after the DS3, which goes head to head with the MINI Cooper.   Price: £18,150 - £24,000 Available: Now The DS4 is known, in the trade, as a ‘crossover’.   A “what over?!” I hear you say - a crossover which is a blend of different car styles in one. Think of the DS4 as a car that combines the sleek roofline of a coupe (traditionally a two-door car) with Read The Rest...

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...