While in France I had the opportunity to test drive the new generation Dacia Duster, in dealerships since June. It was a great chance to check out the improvements (or not) of this new model vs. the previous generation. I previously took the Duster 2 on a whirlwind tour of…
Firstly a Happy New Year to you all! Thank you very much for your support over the 13 years this website has existed. I appreciate it immensely. 6 years ago we test drove a standard Toyota Hilux on K'Garri Fraser Island on the East coast of Australia. At the time…
Today we drive the Kia Stonic through Outback New South Wales to see if Kia continues to perform well after we tested the Cerato, Seltos and Sportage. Indeed these test drives were all rather impressive so the bar is high for the Stonic. Exterior design follows the standards of urban…
Whereas we traditionally test drive best-selling vehicles, we'll make an exception this time with the Peugeot 408. Since its launch in July 2022, it has sold just 6,448 units in France, well below its competitor the Renault Arkana. (even though Peugeot calls the 408 a cross berline vs. a SUV…
The Peugeot 208 in Quiberon The Peugeot 208 is on track to become Europe's best-selling car for the first time this year, toppling the VW Golf. The last time a Peugeot topped the European charts was in 2007 when the 207 led. This is a massive development in the history…
The VW T-Cross is one of the most successful launches in recent years: it was the outright best-selling launch in the world in 2019, and reached impressive heights in a variety of countries, notably ranking #1 in Brazil in July 2020 and #3 in Italy in September 2019. As an…
This is Part 7 and the last iteration of our Dacia Duster adventure through 10 countries and 9000 km around the Black Sea. You can read Part 1: Transnistria here, Part 2: Chernobyl here, Part 3: Belarus here, Part 4: Crossing the Black Sea and Georgia here, Part 5: Azerbaijan here and Part 6: Armenia…
This is Part 6 of our Dacia Duster adventure through 10 countries and 9000 km around the Black Sea, you can read Part 1: Transnistria here, Part 2: Chernobyl here, Part 3: Belarus here, Part 4: Crossing the Black Sea and Georgia here and Part 5: Azerbaijan here. As a reminder this Test Drive happened before COVID-19…
Wolodymyr our Dacia Duster is in Baku, Azerbaijan. This is Part 5 of our Dacia Duster adventure through 10 countries and 9000 km around the Black Sea, you can read Part 1: Transnistria here, Part 2: Chernobyl here, Part 3: Belarus here and Part 4: Crossing the Black Sea to Georgia here. As a…
Our Kia Sportage in Number One Beach, Seal Rocks NSW Australia 24/09 update: Now with drone video Just before Covid-19 hit we test drove a Kia Seltos to Stradbroke Island near Brisbane in Queensland, Australia. Since then, the Seltos has gone on to become the most successful recent nameplate launch…
Our Kia Seltos on Flinders Beach in Stradbroke Island, Australia. Kia astutely chose the Seltos for its very late arrival in India, and the wholesales figures have been nothing short of spectacular: 12.854 in the first month last October and 83.685 in just 8 months, meaning the Seltos has single-handedly…
Wolodymyr the Dacia Duster in Bender, Transnistria. Our 10 countries in 10 days in a Dacia Logan epic adventure was such a hit with you BSCB readers that Dacia Romania agreed to lend me a Duster for 18 days in September 2019, well before COVID-19 travel restrictions temporarily put an…
That's a lot of kangaroos... Last October we took the Hyundai i30 on a spin to see if it was up to the fight against its main target, the Toyota Corolla of which we tested the hybrid variant in February 2019. The result: we thought it was, in the sense that…
Xanadu the Hyundai i30 in Warrumbungle National Park. A few months ago we took the best-selling car in the world, the Toyota Corolla, on an Australian Outback test drive to see whether it deserved its prestigious title. It did. We were impressed by the new generation's safety features and even…
