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At the wheel of the EVC Smart

Thisisguernsey — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 15:19:39 +0000

IT WAS October when I previously drove the EVC Smart and, as parents will have noticed, a lot can happen in nine months.

EVC’s Smart had been improved in the interim and director Mark … [visit site to read more]

The i’s have it

Thisisguernsey — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 15:09:57 +0000

THANK goodness for the i10 and the Kia pro_cee’d.

If I hadn’t driven its smaller sibling and its Kia cousin, the Hyundai i30 would have come as the sort of shock that can be dangerous … [visit site to read more]

Gently, Bentley

Thisisguernsey — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 08:00:10 +0000

IT WAS an honour, a privilege, a definite perk of the job. But the smile on my face as I picked up the keys was more fixed than sincere.

With its six-figure price tag and seven-foot mirror … [visit site to read more]

Patriot gains

Thisisguernsey — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 14:14:09 +0000

IF LAND ROVER is the daddy of 4×4s, Jeep is the granddaddy.

Accounts vary, but it seems it was the performance of an ex-Second World War US military Jeep on his farm in Anglesey that … [visit site to read more]

The i’s have it

Thisisguernsey — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 14:29:32 +0000

Small cars make a lot of sense in the island.

But…

Suppose you need to carry a couple of big teenagers who will, of course, want to plug in an MP3 player so you can all … [visit site to read more]

Morgan spice

Thisisguernsey — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 16:10:37 +0000

IF IT’S a boy, they used to tell new parents, put him down for Eton and order him a Morgan – advice my parents doubly ignored.

Eton remains a closed book to Elizabeth College number … [visit site to read more]

Pro_cee’d in style

Thisisguernsey — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 16:16:30 +0000

FIVE into three don’t go, so for the pro_cee’d – that’s the three-door version of the cee’d five-door hatch and station wagon – Kia went back to the drawing board.

The front … [visit site to read more]