Mitsubishi L200 DOUBLE CAB BARBARIAN X 2.3 DI-D AUTOMATIC

Fourth Report   The L200 came to our rescue this month when ‘Elaine Beige’ threatened to leave us in the lurch. ‘Elaine Beige’ is the name of our retro motorhome: an FFB Classic from the early 90s with a 2.5-litre turbodiesel engine. Like many of us, Ms Beige has been in lockdown for most of […]

RANGE ROVER EVOQUE D180 R-DYNAMIC HSE AWD AUTOMATIC

Third Test It’s not every day that Range Rover gets to celebrate its 50th anniversary, and it’s certainly not every day you get to star in the celebrations. But that’s what happened when – as temporary keeper of the Evoque – I was invited to a party with a difference. ‘Arrive in the Ballroom Car […]

Mitsubishi L200 DOUBLE CAB BARBARIAN X 2.3 DI-D AUTOMATIC

Report 3 It’s five months since the L200 was originally scheduled to arrive in Devon. Maybe the pick-up will stick around long enough this time for me to carry out a proper evaluation. I began last month’s report by saying that the L200 had returned to Mitsubishi HQ to fix a couple of issues, then […]

Skoda Octavia Estate SE-L FIRST EDITION 2.0 TDI

Report 3 While movement has been limited for mere mortals, the Diesel Car Skoda Octavia has been on a little holiday. Like a homesick university student, it was rescued from the wilds of Somerset and returned to the Skoda headquarters in Milton Keynes for a healthy dose of tender loving care. It was all perfectly […]

SEAT Leon SE Dynamic 2.0 TDI

First Report I’ve driven a lot of SEAT Leons over the years and I’ve run a couple as long-termers for this magazine, most notably a Leon ST SE 1.6 TDI in 2014, a car that took over from a Leon FR. I’ve never driven a Leon that I didn’t like, so when I was asked […]