OVER more years than I care to remember, Citroen has produced idiosyncratic cars with limited appeal outside the manufacturer’s home shores. Maybe the curious choice of a Spanish artist’s name to identify this family MPV, the  Picasso, was intended to broaden its appeal? (more…)

IT'S easy to dismiss the Renault Duster as a low-rent SUV designed for those who can’t afford anything further up the ladder, but that view would be somewhat wide of reality. (more…)

ROLLS-Royce has announced that the convertible version of its Wraith coupé will be called the Rolls-Royce Dawn. (more…)

MUD Island’ is the rather derisory name applied to the British Isles by those who reside in sunnier climes but in this instance, I have applied the moniker to an Indian Ocean island that attracts tourists by the bucket-load to its famed, sun-kissed beaches. (more…)

I REGULARLY  make the point that looks sell motorcars and among the small brigade, I think that the pert design of the last generation Mazda2 attracted interest from the female brigade in particular. (more…)

  Fact Jeke THE new and updated Nissan Patrol Pickup is a bakkie not to be misunderstood. Admire Ndumo the sales and marketing manager for Nissan Clover Leaf Motors had so many praises for this vehicle but there was only one way to convince me….I had to drive…

I AM not quite sure why a significant number of fellow pen-pushers regularly refer to the VW Jetta as boring or unexciting. (more…)

UNUSED footage of Jeremy Clarkson taken during his last days at the helm of Top Gear will be screened later this year, the BBC has said. (more…)

REGULAR readers of my musings may recall that I’ve expressed misgivings about the well-being of the Honda Motor Corporation in recent years and I haven’t been alone in doing so as the brand has struggled to make inroads across the globe. (more…)

THE Heritage Motor Centre at Gaydon is marking the 10th anniversary of the collapse of MG Rover in April 2005 by displaying the last Rover 75 to leave the production line at Longbridge. (more…)