City cars are supposed to be compromises: cheap to buy, cheap to run, but cramped and compromised on space. Hyundai clearly didn’t get the memo. The new Inster EV looks like it belongs in a Dinky toy collection (my favourite boyhood hobby), yet the first thing you notice after climbing aboard is just how much…

If the modern SUV market were a school playground, Mitsubishi’s Outlander would be the kid who quietly aces the maths test, plays decent footy, and never once shouts “look at me!” across the oval. The new Aspire petrol version continues that tradition — unflashy but solid, with enough equipment to keep the family happy and…

There’s a confession due up front. I’ve long carried a baked-in scepticism toward Chinese vehicles — shaped by years of average plastics, clunky ride quality, and a healthy dose of badge snobbery. Not helped by the disastrous release of the JAC Truck range several years ago. But I’ll admit it: the GWM Cannon Alpha PHEV…

Since the first Daimler-Benz (or was it Renault?) wheezed out of a shed to usher in the age of motorised transport — performance has been tethered to the limits of internal combustion. Each new engine found a little more power, a bit less thirst — inching forward with every generation. Then along came electric vehicles…

There was a time when “MG” conjured visions of small, cheeky roadsters zipping down country lanes like wasps with attitude. These days, Chinese owned MG has ditched the history, bulked up, slipped on a sensible jacket, and entered the family SUV market with the HS—a mid-sized chariot built more for childcare runs than chicanes. The HS…

As we can all recall from our school days, “N” is the unknown quantity that too often remains unknown during maths exams, particularly if you haven’t done your homework and learnt the rules. But anything ‘unknown’ about Hyundai’s IONIC N-Series disappears instantly when you press the yellow “NGB” button on the right-hand spoke of the…