Sym has been building scooters for ages so it’s not a Johnny come lately company. Being part of San Yang industries it’s a company that has considerable standing in the motor industry. As you might imagine, the factory in Taiwan turns out a pretty decent scooter and now you can buy one here in South [...]

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I apologise. I take it all back, well most of it. I have called you surrender monkey’s, cheese eating surrender monkey’s, I have made many jokes. I have laughed that all one needs to do to cripple your military power would be to burn down the factories that make your white fabrics, because all you [...]

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Tata, a name that hardly inspires thoughts of performance, great build quality or general motoring pleasure and so far at least I have to say this Indica Vista I.N.I is no different. There are some some nice touches on the Vista as we already knew from the launch but there are also several annoyances.

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This weeks’ ride is an Aprilia RSV4 Factory and I have been waiting in anticipation for this bike. It really is the most focused sports bike I have ridden in recent months, or years come to that. Every time you stop it takes 3 or 4 attempts to find neutral when you stop. The gearbox [...]

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My ride for this week is a rather attractive metallic green Kawasaki Z750. The Z750 is a real looker and is incredibly easy to ride. In true Kawasaki tradition, the fuelling is absolutely spot on and the bike handles quite nicely. As a day-to-day ride with sporting pretentions, Kawasaki have got it just right. The [...]

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Mind Shifter
Cadillac CTS

In a world where generic corporate identity is increasingly becoming the norm in car design, Cadillac deserves an award for creating a strikingly non-conformist identity for their range from the get-go.
A strong heritage and a typical American in-your-face mentality have ensured that a Cadillac remains something that arrests [...]

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Lets just get this out of the way right now, our test Alto is pink, in an already rather feminine car this makes driving the Alto rather embarrassing. Everyone that knows me felt the need to take a picture of me with it the first time they saw me in it, the first time Steve [...]

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Man I’ve been eagerly anticipating this car. It’s the successor to a whole series of drift kings after all, Nissan’s most dramatic shape ever (including, to me, GTR), and the real-world application of some awesome new gearbox tech after all.
 
And yet when it arrived, I took it around the block and hopped right back [...]

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This, is quite probably, to me and various regular-wealth petrolheads like me, the best car in the world. Really.
 It has the looks and head-turning effects of a true-blue supercar, near sportscar performance, commuter fuel consumption and an actually remarkably reasonable price tag. Even quite reliable.
For a full rationalization of this extreme claim you’re going [...]

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Size matters
I don’t really have anything against small cars. Super-minis. City cars.
They’re often pretty funky, and they certainly serve a purpose. Hundreds of thousands of people, mostly hip young urbanites, largely much prettier than I am, seem to rather like them too, so who’m I to say otherwise.
It’s just that, well, they really don’t do [...]

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