Mazda MX-5 – Budget Convertible
A chap in a white MX-5 might raise eyebrows for all the wrong reasons. Comments about hairdressers aside, I always look forward to driving the best Mazda in the range. Motoring journalists are usually...
View ArticleMazda MX-5 – Raising The Roof
The interior in the picture above is what you really want your MX-5 to look like. It’s the top spec model with sat nav and all the trimmings. Car Couture’s 1.8 SE, on the other hand, is basically...
View ArticleMazda MX-5 1.8 – Simple Pleasures
The MX-5 has been around for about 27 years and it’s still one of the best two-seater sports cars on the market. Not the fastest, not the best equipped but as a package, it ticks plenty of boxes. Why...
View ArticleMazda MX-5 – Bites Like A Suarez
There’s more than a hint of irony in the fact that the referee from the Uruguay – Italy match has the nickname Dracula. It’s more for the cut of his slicked-back hair than his ability to sink his...
View ArticleMazda MX-5 – Bottom Trouble
A friend of mine is currently cycling to five capitals in five countries in five days. Easy? Well, it would be on mainland Europe but he and his team are going a slightly harder route – Cardiff,...
View ArticleMazda MX-5 – A Dolly Parton of a Car
Sorry if we have been conspicuously absent over the last few days – what with Dolly Parton at Glastonbury, Costa Rica at the World Cup and Murray at Wimbledon it’s been something of a magical summer...
View ArticleMazda 3 – Shaped Like A Clown’s Boot – Or A Golden Slipper?
Here’s a fact – the Mazda3 costs considerably less than a VW Golf. It’s arguable much prettier, holds its value well and keeping it on the road won’t cost a packet either. This week’s test car is a...
View ArticleMazda3 – Wins A Sobering Award From The Clan Of Scottish Motoring Journalists
I can only imagine the carnage at St Andrews this morning following last night’s Scottish Car of the Year Awards (ahem, that’s SCOTY for short). The illustrious gentlemen of the press who live north of...
View ArticleMazda3 – A Sleeper Hit That Grows On You With Time…
The more I drive the Mazda3 the more I like it. It’s a ‘sleeper hit’ – a car that looks ordinary but slowly grows on you, with every bend it encourages you to enjoy it more. As well as undercutting...
View ArticleMazda3 – The Ian Botham of Brilliant All-Rounders?
Ian Botham, or Stuart Metcalfe? You will know one of them but the two are forever linked by a cricketing bond – they were both brilliant all-rounders. The only reason you haven’t hear of Metcalfe is...
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