Quest for Speed: The Epic Saga of Record-breaking on Land
IAIN ROBERTSON Motoring Book Review It is that time of the year, when book sales increase and both coffee-table and readable materials assume fresh levels of relevance, writes...
4 Things You Should Know When Buying a Car for Your Teen
Image source: Parents will need to prepare for when their kids reach their teenage years and start learning how to drive. The thought itself is both exciting...
Book Review 111 More Porsche Stories That You Should Know
IAIN ROBERTSON Book Review It is that time of the year, when book sales increase and both coffee-table and readable materials assume fresh levels of relevance, writes Iain Robertson,...
Morgan’s anachronistic but artful three-wheeler bows out, for the moment
IAIN ROBERTSON With Type Approval ending in 2021 on the vee-twin S&S engine visible on the front-end of Morgan Motor Company’s wonderful ‘trike’, reports Iain Robertson, a final...
2021 Ford Bronco Sport: A Compact Sport Utility Vehicle
After several years of anticipation, speculation, and excitement, Ford has revived the esteemed Bronco nameplate. In addition to the large, off-road-ready Bronco SUV, the 2021 Ford Bronco...
Upsurge in campervan sales boosted by factory-built VW California
IAIN ROBERTSON While the entire precept of motoring-with-home-outback has long been anathema to Iain Robertson, even he admits that the ‘designer’ appeal of Volkswagen’s California campervans could be contemplated,...
Ferrari takes another step into the stratosphere with ‘Modificata’
IAIN ROBERTSON It may not possess the ‘winningest’ team in Formula One (at present), highlights Iain Robertson, but its record in sportscar racing, in many ways more relevant...
Morgan’s anachronistic but artful three-wheeler bows out, for the moment
IAIN ROBERTSON With Type Approval ending in 2021 on the vee-twin S&S engine visible on the front-end of Morgan Motor Company’s wonderful ‘trike’, reports Iain Robertson, a final...
Another shot of life for Merc B-Class
IAIN ROBERTSON Mercedes-Benz should be referred to as the ‘saviour of lost souls’, such is its commitment to the B-Class, which Iain Robertson suggests is its remaining contender in...
New Santa Fe balances ‘big gob’, size and sophistication for Hyundai
IAIN ROBERTSON Seeking accord and upmarket aspirations are laudable qualities of the latest SUV from the South Korean manufacturer, writes Iain Robertson, while retaining mere hints of its past...
Sino onanistic excess broadens world market for Merc Maybach
IAIN ROBERTSON Contemplating the several decades’ worth of investment made by Daimler-Benz in the Chinese car market, highlights Iain Robertson, has proved to be immensely rewarding to the Teutonic...
Harry’s Ramblings My Shame
by Harry Pope Have you ever done something that years later you say to yourself ‘wish I’d never done that?’ Well, there’s not much regret in my life, but...
Knuckle-scraping Jeep Wrangler Rubicon 392 is hardly ‘last ditch’
IAIN ROBERTSON While D Trump’s final flailings set a poor example of grace in defeat, states Iain Robertson, his ‘private militiamen’ can look forward to an antediluvian class of...
Nissan’s British-built Qashqai takes tech-first stance for 3rd-generation
IAIN ROBERTSON Working from a premise of ‘building excitement’ into its immensely popular mid-size SUV, writes Iain Robertson, Nissan has gone tech-happy and engineering-wise in ways that will add...
Aznom Palladium: either the wittiest, or twittiest, new car to ever break cover
IAIN ROBERTSON Seldom lost for words, Iain Robertson admits to struggling with one of the strangest ever attempts of a notional Italian carmaker to formulate an entirely new strain...
New Santa Fe balances ‘big gob’, size and sophistication for Hyundai
IAIN ROBERTSON Seeking accord and upmarket aspirations are laudable qualities of the latest SUV from the South Korean manufacturer, writes Iain Robertson, while retaining mere hints of its past...
Crash investigation and why Volvo leads the entire market
IAIN ROBERTSON In order for a new car to be within half a chance of enjoying strong sales and market success, highlights Iain Robertson, it must pass a gruelling...
Fiat has every right to be Cross but tantrum, or not, it might not save Tipo
IAIN ROBERTSON Four years ago, recalls Iain Robertson, sometime Italian car giant, Fiat, relaunched its Tipo model, with a comprehensively well-considered ‘offer’ to both private buyers and business users...
Energetic, elegant and efficient, it’s all the ‘E’s’ for executive BMW 5-Series
IAIN ROBERTSON We are told that ‘E-numbers’ are not good for us but ‘E-words’ are a different measure altogether, writes Iain Robertson, and the latest generation 5-Series takes the...
Revised Velar takes another tilt at upmarket SUV sector
IAIN ROBERTSON While not suggesting that the previous Velar was on a hiding to nothing, Iain Robertson was heartily disappointed by the original test example’s electronic failures, which were...
Most purposeful 4WD from the Czech bus maker you’ve never heard of…
IAIN ROBERTSON Ever keen to introduce you to some of the world’s most novel forms of transport, Iain Robertson, no fan of SUVs, believes that the ultimate off-roader is...
The Mini that should be renamed MAXI is revised again as Countryman
IAIN ROBERTSON Any vestiges of original Mini-ness are now totally removed with the largest version of BMW’s comic-book replica of the once-British stalwart, reports Iain Robertson, as a comprehensively...
New mild-hybrid Rio proves that Kia remains on top regardless
IAIN ROBERTSON Gone are the days when Iain Robertson would refer to Kia as a ‘coming car company’, so well-paced has been its developmental curve and so highly regarded...
New Cupra Formentor sounds formidable, or perhaps it is just unhappy with taking a back Seat.
IAIN ROBERTSON Pondering over the potential of VW’s Seat division as a malcontent, Iain Robertson can see its value but not the premium status of its sub-plot Cupra and...
If you like your hot hatch cocktail shaken and stirred, invest in a Renault Megane RS
IAIN ROBERTSON Both RS 300 and RS Trophy versions of the Megane have been under the surgeon’s knife, highlights Iain Robertson, in the process underscoring a pair of the...
Living with Vitara – Covid-19 report
IAIN ROBERTSON Modern motorcars are far more demanding of their owners than many of us might suspect, highlights Iain Robertson, as he contemplates the ‘cost’ of delayed MOTs,...
VW knows that if you wait long enough for a bus, three come at once and Clubsport GTi falls into the category
IAIN ROBERTSON Having been exceptionally critical of the ‘Golfate’, as Iain Robertson has christened the eighth generation of the popular German hatchback, following the RenaultSport Megane and Hyundai i30N,...
Volvo makes electricity an high-priced commodity in its new XC40 P8
IAIN ROBERTSON With the sole intention of making its mark, or yuan, reports Iain Robertson, Volvo loads-up its first EV version of the much-admired XC40 with every imaginable bell-and-whistle,...
Unpronounceable Ssangyong survives with revitalised Tivoli
IAIN ROBERTSON South Korean Ssangyong (just ignore the first ‘S’) has been US supportive, Chinese owned and riven with controversy since it was formed in 1986, highlights Iain Robertson,...
Latest BMW Mini connects the dots for spiciest Works variant yet
IAIN ROBERTSON Although BMW regards its 20 years old version of the Mini as an ‘icon’, Iain Robertson holds fast on the 61 years old Issigonis original for the...
Try to ignore the ‘schnozz’ on the latest BMW 128ti, as it is what lies behind it that matters most!
IAIN ROBERTSON Cyrano de Bergerac was a Gallic novelist, playwright and duellist, highlights Iain Robertson, yet he will forever be remembered for possessing a most sizeable nose, a factor...
Vauxhall prays that motorists’ lives will be mocked without a Mokka!
IAIN ROBERTSON Stymied by ‘lockdown’, the latest Corsa has enjoyed zero market wiggle-room before PSA Group’s insistent and unrelenting product planners weigh-in with the forthcoming crossover variant, about which...
Think 4×4 anywhere in the world and Toyota percolates to the top
IAIN ROBERTSON Not intended as an insult to Land Rover, emphasises Iain Robertson, although jingoists may read it that way, venturing off the beaten track has been a Toyota...
Dipping into VW Group’s enormous spare parts bins enables new Audi A3 hybrid development
IAIN ROBERTSON At a moment in time, when the automotive business is looking all shaky and EV charged, highlights Iain Robertson, it is heart-warming for fans of quality cars...
Despite the virus, Skoda testing continues with new Enyaq iV
IAIN ROBERTSON Snapped opportunistically as it piles on the proving miles, reports Iain Robertson, the next and possibly most important step in Skoda’s brand development has been revealed in...
MG elects for ‘conventional’ approach to its latest MG5 EV estate car
IAIN ROBERTSON Describing the atmosphere as ‘heavy with irony’, Iain Robertson reviews the new MG5 SW and appreciates its ‘compact Passat’ stance, mainly because it is NOT an SUV...
Can PSE actually boost the brand, or is Peugeot’s business acumen forever Sino-tainted?
IAIN ROBERTSON Unsure of whether to revel in Peugeot’s latest launch, or to chuckle at its inherent wit, Iain Robertson questions the logic of relaunching ‘Peugeot Sport Engineered’, which...
As readily defensible as oak and Coke, an all-new Moke might be 3rd-time-lucky!
IAIN ROBERTSON At around the same time as he developed the ubiquitous classic Mini, states Iain Robertson, the inventor of the Car of the Century also designed a rudimentary...
It’s all about the ‘schnozz’, as far as BMW’s new M3 and M4 are concerned
IAIN ROBERTSON Having focused earlier this year on the changing face of BMW, Iain Robertson believed that familiarity with the Munich firm’s much-altered grille outline and the slow but...
Love ’em, or loathe ’em, you can’t avoid ’em – Anatomy of the SUV
IAIN ROBERTSON Treated literally, the Sport Utility Vehicle is an horrendous misnomer, writes Iain Robertson, possessing some elements of all-wheel drive, on a hiked-up, family-orientated platform that ought to...