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Best Family Car

The newest incarnation of the Ford Mondeo which has only been on sale for a few months has been named What Car?’s “Best family car” for 2011. At the awards it also collected “Best Estate” for 2011. To keep the Mondeo up to date and fresh, Ford gave it a facelift inside and out. The […]

VW Passat Estate 35 years on

Volkswagen started producing the Passat in 1973, it was introduced when the famous Beetle’s sales we declining. The Passat was designed and built after VW’s acquisition of Audi, which meant the Passat was the first model to utilise the new expertise acquired from Audi. Initially the Passat was based on the Audi 80 platform and […]

Touran great for family holidays

The Volkswagen Touran was launched in 2003 to fill a gap in the model line-up below the Sharan, VW’s large MPV. The VW Touran was the first production vehicle in the Volkswagen Group to be released with the new ParkAssist technology, it senses up to 30 km/h to determine whether the Touran will fit in […]

Top marks for EuroNCAP

The new Volkswagen Passat was awarded the top achievement of five stars in the latest Euro NCAP crash test, the previous Volkswagen Passat had also been awarded five stars by Euro NCAP and the recently-launched seventh generation model has retained the test’s top awards for good scores for adult and child occupant protection and pedestrian […]

Fabia goes Monte Carlo

From January the 24th Skoda customers will be able to order the newest addition to the Fabia line up, the Fabia Monte Carlo. The new addition comes with enhanced sports styling and a bespoke interior. The Monte Carlo has been launched to celebrate the 100th year of the Monte Carlo Rally, as well as mark […]