Our cars: Toyota Yaris Cross Report 6

MODEL ON TEST: GR SPORT 1.5 VVT-i HYBRID – MILEAGE – 8,840 Sometimes you find yourself mentally making excuses not to do something. I’ve been known to avoid the dentist, for example, and have repeatedly put off sorting through old pairs of running shoes because – you never know – I might need them one […]

Our cars: Renault Symbioz Final report

AFTER SIX MONTHS AND 10,000 MILES, GAVIN WAVES GOODBYE TO THE SYMBIOZ, WHICH NEVER REALLY ESCAPED THE SHADOW OF THE RAFALE.

Our cars: Volvo XC90 Report 4

MODEL ON TEST: ULTRA T8 PLUG-IN HYBRID AWD AUTOMATIC – MILEAGE – 2,521 It’s strange how, with missiles falling in the middle east and fuel prices rising steeply here, our view of Volvo’s top plug-in hybrid, the XC90 T8, has changed almost overnight. We’d already been fairly good at plugging in, at least when the […]

Our cars: Jeep Avenger Report 6

MODEL ON TEST: 4xe THE NORTH FACE 1.2 eHYBRID – MILEAGE – 13,856 Size, apparently, matters. The countryside is the Jeep’s natural habitat, and as we’ve found during the past few months, it’s decidedly comfortable there – both on- and off- road.That’s partly because it’s compact, which means you don’t spend too long wincing when […]

Our cars: Mazda2 Hybrid Final report

OUR THREE MONTHS WITH MAZDA’S SMALLEST CAR IN THE RANGE IS NOW UP. ANDY GOODWIN REPORTS ON HIS TIME WITH THE YARIS IN A FANCY FROCK.