Nissan Qashqai

2020 might sound like a long way off, but it is in fact only about a year and a half away in automotive terms, pre-launch build up. So early 2018 is a good time for the rumours to kick off suggesting that the hugely popular Nissan Qashqai is to get …

The figures for 2017’s new car sales are in and, on the face of it, it was a year to forget. Last year was the first since 2011 where Britain’s new car market retracted. It wasn’t just a minor slip-up either: 2017 suffered a 5.7 per cent decline compared to …

If the subject of Nissan is brought up in the motoring press, it’s usually to do with how many squillion Qashqais have been sold in the last minute. Maybe sometimes it’s to focus on the jaunty Juke or the all-electric Leaf, but very rarely is it to discuss performance, specifically …

2016 was another record year for Britain’s new car market with almost 2.7 million sold, according to annual registrations figures released by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders. Some 2,692,786 new cars were registered throughout 2016, marking a 2.3 per cent uplift on the previous year and making 2016 …

One of the biggest fears before June’s EU Referendum was what Britain’s self-imposed departure from the European Union would mean for its booming car manufacturing industry. 2015 marked a ten-year high with 1.58 million new vehicles built in the UK and almost four in five of those heading overseas. Britain’s …

It’s not every day that a new car brand rolls on the scene, so please be withstanding for Lynk & Co with its premium hybrid SUV – the 01 – expected to land in the UK late 2018. Yeah, ‘Lynk & Co 01’ doesn’t exactly roll off the tongue, but …

After almost a century of on-off production, the vehicle assembly lines at MG’s Longbridge car plant in Birmingham stopped for good, once again, on Friday 23rd September. The reason being that the bosses at the once British, now Chinese-owned brand, deemed the Midlands facility unnecessary, and have decided that all …

The Paris Motor Show – one of the biggest dates in the automotive calendar – manages to find a fair middle-ground by peppering its host of unobtainable megacars with level-headed models that you or I could realistically afford. Opening to the public on October 1st, the French capital’s biennial car …

Every six months sees the release of a new registration plate and September 1st marked the arrival of the 66-reg plate, half a year on from March’s 16-reg. Before 2001, the first letter of a car reg would indicate its age, ascending from A in 1983 right up to Y …

With the ‘German vs. Japanese Car Show’ taking place at the end of the month, we thought it would only be right to take a look at the battle ourselves and see where we stand. German cars are widely known for their engineering prowess and good build quality but with …