Reviews

The B-Class is now a genuine contender – if an expensive one – in the family hatch sector.

Not as much fun as a Focus Estate, but more comfortable, practical and very well thought out. Looks the part, too.

Skoda might just have turned things on its head. You’d now recommend an Octavia over a VW Golf or Seat Leon

Solid, gimmick-free all-rounder that’s slightly less good at everything than a Golf, but cheaper for it.

Kia improves things yet again. Refinement, styling and interior quality are nearly as good as anything out there. Nearly…

The Kia Cee'd is the car that lobs the paving slab of reality into the windscreen of preconception. It might be a straight clone of a Toyota/Ford/VW hatch, but it’s a damn good one.