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MotorCheck Used Car Guide: Renault Kadjar
Years built: 2015 to today Bodystyles: Crossover SUV What is it? It’s a French Qashqai. Well, perhaps that’s a bit of a glib explanation, but that’s exactly wha...
7 years ago -
UK car industry turmoil means bad news for Irish dealers
The UK motor industry and car trade is currently caught in a toxic whirlwind of Brexit uncertainty, which has triggered a major fall-off in investment in vehicl...
7 years ago -
MotorCheck Used Car Guide: Kia Optima
hat is it? The Optima was Kia’s first truly competitive entry into the four-door family saloon sector, arriving in 2010 with styling that verges on being almost...
7 years ago -
Motorcheck Used Car Guide: Dacia Sandero
Years built: 2013 to date Bodystyles: Hatchback What is it? The Dacia Sandero achieved a sort of fame, back in the old days of the Top Gear TV show, when every...
7 years ago -
Motorcheck Used Car Guide: Lexus GS300h
Years built: 2012 to 2018 Bodystyles: Saloon What is it? It’s perhaps no surprise that people are, en masse, switching to hybrid power. Not only is diesel being...
7 years ago -
Family car - What car to buy when the family grows?
There is a certainty that deserves to be up there with death and taxes and it’s that you will, some day, need a more practical car. I know, it’s a bitter pill t...
by Michael Rochford
8 years ago -
Motorcheck Used Car Guide: Peugeot RCZ
Years built: 2010 to 2015 Bodystyles: Coupe What is it? The RCZ was something of a surprise from Peugeot, when it was launched. Originally a concept car, and o...
by Michael Rochford
8 years ago -
Motorcheck Used Car Guide: Mazda CX-5
Years built: 2012 to 2017 Bodystyles: SUV What is it? The CX-5 was, contrary to popular belief, not Mazda’s first SUV. That would be the Tribute, a car based on...
by Michael Rochford
8 years ago -
Motorcheck Used Car Guide: Hyundai i40
Years built: 2011 - today Bodystyles: Family saloon and estate What is it? The traditional four-door family saloon market may have had its applecart well and tr...
by Michael Rochford
8 years ago -
Motorcheck Used Car Guide: Opel Meriva
Years built: 2010 - 2017 Bodystyles: Compact MPV What is it? Sadly, the Meriva is no more. It’s been replaced by a double-whammy of SUV models — the Crossland X...
by Michael Rochford
8 years ago -
Motorcheck Used Car Guide: BMW i3
Years built: 2013 - today Bodystyles: Five-door small hatchback What is it? The i3 really is the standout oddball in BMW’s range, yet in spite of that it is one...
by Michael Rochford
8 years ago -
Motorcheck Used Car Guide: Ford S-Max
Years built: 2006 to 2015 Bodystyles: seven-seat MPV What is it? The very idea of a sporty SUV seems still a touch preposterous, but that’s exactly what Ford tr...
by Michael Rochford
8 years ago