|
|
 |
|
|
A Used Volkswagen Hits The Spot
Who can help having a soft spot for Volkswagen Call it a throwback to the days of (possibly) ill-conceived student politics, but there's something about a company that names itself for the 'people's car'...
Author: Pete J Ridgard - Category: Automotive
|
| |
Mazda MX-5 - A Cheap Sports Car?
The purchase of sports cars is a precarious business; there are so many factors to take into consideration before you hand over that (soon to be) maxed out credit card...
Author: Pete J Ridgard - Category: Automotive
Rating:  |
| |
The Ford Kuga - An Ecologically Sound 4X4?
The general opinion amongst the green set is that 4X4s are vast, smelly, CO2 burping monstrosities that are single-handedly destroying our planet and everything we hold dear...
Author: Pete J Ridgard - Category: Automotive
Rating: |
| |
The Ford Ka - From Flambouyance, To Undertstatement
The Ford Ka has always seemed to split opinion neatly down the middle ever since it first appeared in 1996...
Author: Pete J Ridgard - Category: Automotive
Rating: |
| |
Ford - Flying the Flag For Fashion
Certain brands, names and suchlike will never go out of fashion, regardless of how time’s withered claw defaces them; let me give you a few examples...
Author: Pete J Ridgard - Category: Automotive
Rating: |
| |
|
|
The Jeep Patriot - From Action Man to School Run...
Most young males of my generation grew up with the identical toys to one another There was the obligatory He Man doll (I mean Action Figure of course), Transformer merchandise and Star Wars figurines...
Author: Pete J Ridgard - Category: Automotive
Rating: |
| |
The Chrysler Sebring - An American Alien?
The life of a Sales Rep must be a very strange one indeed; your life is essentially constantly in a transitory state...
Author: Pete J Ridgard - Category: Automotive
|
| |
The Vauxhall Insignia - A Classy Affair, If You Can Ignore the Badge
Without beating around the bush too much, I wasn’t exactly looking forward to writing about the Vauxhall Insignia...
Author: Pete J Ridgard - Category: Automotive
|
| |
Volvo C30 - For When Safety is Paramount
The popularity of a certain Ford Car that has become the best-selling car in the UK (yes, obviously it’s the Focus...
Author: Pete J Ridgard - Category: Automotive
|
| |
Don't Let Male Pride Ruin Your Car - Go to Rapid Fit!
Male pride is rarely a blessing; in fact it has been the downfall of almost every notable man throughout the course of history...
Author: Pete J Ridgard - Category: Automotive
Rating: |
| |
|
|
The Vauxhall Astra - Due a Revival?
Thanks to a hedonistic 3 years at university, most of my childhood is a greying blur of non-descript half-memories...
Author: Pete J Ridgard - Category: Automotive
Rating: |
| |
The Baby VW - A Foxy Proposition?
As long as I can remember, the Volkswagen brand has been synonymous with quality engineering, understated style and immense popularity...
Author: Pete J Ridgard - Category: Automotive
Rating: |
| |
Enjoy a Zen - Like Fashion Experience With the Volkswagen Polo
Some things on Planet Earth just seem to exude a natural kind of effortless class and effervescence; I, however, am not one of them...
Author: Pete J Ridgard - Category: Automotive
Rating: |
| |
So the Credit Got Crunched - How Am I Going to Afford a New Car?
As you’ll no doubt be more than aware, the current global economic climate is hardly a burgeoning system of promise and capitalistic venture...
Author: Pete J Ridgard - Category: Automotive
Rating: |
| |
The Vauxhall Corsa Versus the New Ford Fiesta - The Battle of the Superminis!
There is a worrying trend for all the fashionistas out there in automotive land; these days everything has gone a little too ‘practical’...
Author: Pete J Ridgard - Category: Automotive
Rating: |
| |
|
|
|
Nissan Micra: The No Frills Drive For You?
The market for superminis has exploded in popularity in recent years and shows no signs of wilting, thanks in part to the efforts of the manufacturers, thanks in part to the fact not many of us has enough disposable income these days to waste on large gas-guzzling execu-cars...
Author: Pete J Ridgard - Category: Automotive
|
| |
The New Ford Fiesta: The Myth, The Legend...The...Laboured Metaphor!
In my current line of work I have to spend a lot of time thinking about cars; more of a pleasure than a chore when put in such basic terms...
Author: Pete J Ridgard - Category: Automotive
Rating: |
| |
Rise of the 4X4 – Loss of My Sleeping Pattern
I am often prone to making terrible mistakes; often putting myself or others lives at risk This has been a recurring theme throughout my life and I’m sure it will persist until the day I die...
Author: Pete J Ridgard - Category: Automotive
|
| |
The Volkswagen Polo: Don’t Leave it on the Shelf
In many ways, the Volkswagen Polo is like a Sodastream machine, or a toasted cheese sandwich maker I make this comparison completely aware of how daft that sounds, but let me explain myself...
Author: Pete J Ridgard - Category: Automotive
|
| |
The Mitsubishi Colt: Sink or Swim?
The Mitsubishi Colt is yet another hatchback that has found itself lumped in with a myriad of others in the saturated supermini market...
Author: Pete J Ridgard - Category: Automotive
|
| |
So You’ve Just Passed Your Driving Test...Buy a Vauxhall Corsa
One of the many rites of passage most young people in this country go through is the rigorous journey of learning how to drive...
Author: Pete J Ridgard - Category: Automotive
|
| |
Mitsubishi L200 – For Those of Us Who Like to Be Noticed
If you want to be noticed on the roads there are certain cars that you should drive and some you should avoid...
Author: Pete J Ridgard - Category: Automotive
|
| |
The Ford Transit: The King of Vans
In the world of light commercial vehicles there is one model that has proved to be so popular that it has entered the lexicon as a description for itself...
Author: Pete J Ridgard - Category: Automotive
|
| |
Ford – Fighting the Crushing Inevitability of Existence
I have the sudden urge to get all existential...
Author: Pete J Ridgard - Category: Automotive
|
| |
The Parallels Between Cars and Football
I’m sure there are many men, women and children out there who share my two passions; namely cars and football...
Author: Pete J Ridgard - Category: Automotive
|
| |
|
|
|
The New Ford Fiesta – The Perfect Supermini
If I was an engineer or designer for any other supermini manufacturer other than ford, I would have my head in my hands at the moment, crying in despair at the pointlessness of carrying on...
Author: Pete J Ridgard - Category: Automotive
|
| |
The New Kia: Soul From Seoul
The first thing that strikes you about the Kia Soul is the way it looks like a child’s toy that has been designed by a hyperactive, caffeine-addicted, Attention Deficit Disorder sufferer...
Author: Pete J Ridgard - Category: Automotive
|
| |
The Kia Soul: A Soul-ful Display
On first inspection, The Kia Soul is like no other car I have ever witnessed Essentially the Soul is your common or garden 5-door hatchback, but following the ‘personality’ route favoured by the Mini and the Fiat 500...
Author: Pete J Ridgard - Category: Automotive
|
| |
The Used Car Market - Can You Trust It?
Has the economic downturn destroyed your plans for purchasing a new set of wheels If the answer is yes, you are far from alone...
Author: Pete J Ridgard - Category: Automotive
|
| |
The Suzuki Supermini - Does it Make a Splash
So you’re in the market for a supermini car and the sheer number of options is confusing and scaring you...
Author: Pete J Ridgard - Category: Automotive
|
| |
|
|
| |
| Result Page: | |
1 2 | |
 | | |
|
