Kia Niro review: North of twenty

Niro isn’t that Niro. I mean, given that Niro means black, and Niro happens to be a hybrid, it isn’t a car shrouded in mystery or intrigue. It is as straightforward and regular as a car gets. But then hybrids are supposed to look pretty regular – even electric cars …

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8.2/10

Audi Q2 First Drive: Fun Key!

As the plane descended into Bahrain International Airport, I could see the overhang of dust clouds like a blanket over the cold, wet tarmac. Just half an hour later, as my cab drove alongside the airport fences, I could hardly see an aircraft through the thick wall of dust. Even …

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Compacts, Crossovers and Cabriolets: So, what car is it anyway?

It seems long ago – the seventies or eighties to be precise – when it was easy to name a car by its category. All cars were either a saloon or a station wagon, or as the Grease generation would readily point out, a convertible. In the following two decades …

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