I first drove this generation (2006 – 2014) of the Jaguar XK while I still had my Audi A5 … and I thought it a particularly nice car to cruise along in or when I felt inclined to open the taps a bit. The driving position, roadholding, looks and V8 noise from the twin exhaust […]
Very much a super coupe due to its behemothic dimensions, the CL500 never really featured in my car universe as a machine I’d like to have. Until I test drove the C215 variant (ie the previous generation) many years ago and found it super comfy and quite quick. The only thing that put me off […]
I have been a fan of the Mercedes SL range forever but my favourite generation of these cars was the R129 variant that was on sale from 1989 to 2001. This review covers the SL280 version that I borrowed from Karl Goodwin motors – thanks again to Karl for lending me the car. These cars […]
Not every day the opportunity comes along to review a Lamborghini, so naturally I jumped at the chance. A big thank you to Joe who owns this magnificent machine and to Karl Goodwin motors for facilitating the review. To date, the only Ferrari I had driven was a Ferrari Mondial. The most powerful car I’d […]
Like many of us, my car has been sitting still for a while without getting any sort of TLC. Dust and bird droppings were starting to annoy me and I found that access to water for washing the Jaguar was getting tricky. I used to follow a 3-sponge 3-bucket system for washing my cars but […]
Now that many of our cars are laid up with the global pandemic raging, I thought this would be a good opportunity to present a video guide on what sort of regular maintenance checks your car would benefit from. I am going to adopt the FLOWER term that is widely used within the motor Industry, […]
Back home in sunny Ireland and we’re all in lockdown. So I thought I’d take this opportunity to review a Jaguar S Type that is parked on the driveway. This model is an X206 variant from 2007 in SE trim and is powered by the Ford/Peugeot 2.7 diesel engine (spoiler alert – this is a […]
Not a fan of the previous generation of the Land Rover Discovery with it’s bland design … I was therefore looking forward to reviewing the later version that was launched in 2017, as it looks better and seems to have a better build quality. This version on review today is a 2017 2.0 TD4 HSE […]
This time I have a 2016 Jaguar F Pace 20d AWD on review, again borrowed a local dealer, Kevin Giles Motors, for review. This is Jaguar’s first foray into the SUV market, and in my opinion they’ve scored. Look at the review videos below to see my opinion on this offering from Jaguar. […]
I’ve borrowed a 2016 Mercedes A200d AMG from a local dealer, Kevin Giles Motors, for review. I like this version of the A class from Merc – its a much better shape and interior than the original one they launched. Having test driven two cars already in this hatchback segment, the Peugeot 208 and the […]