EVERY manufacturer needs a halo model to top its model range and while this may be exterior dressings or mild performance upgrades, Nissan has gone further in its Ariya. Their top of the range model carries the company’s famous Nismo performance badge with a power output to confirm it.  Introduced in 2025, additional styling features […]

SUZUKI has launched its new eVitara ALLGRIP in Ireland following its earlier UK launch. Totally developed in-house, the medium 5-seat SUV builds on Suzuki’s fifty-year experience of all-wheel drive vehicles. It also marks a milestone as it’s the first all-electric model to come from the company. The eVItara is a no-compromise BEV, with its underlying […]

NINE years ago Kia launched the Stonic at Frankfurt, a crossover in the B segment of the market and its name is derived from the word speedy. Buyers might just overlook the Stonic, which they might just regret and okay with a number of new EVs arriving in the market from Kia, the media interest […]

KIA’S focus has most recently been on the introduction of fully electric vehicles. But now the Korean company’s latest car to be launched, the all-new K4, sees a return to petrol power.               The South Korean carmaker has launched a significant number of EVs and there are still more […]

Introduced in 2021, the BMW iX cars were the first purpose built SUVs from the company. Now, the latest evolution sees a more assertive sporting look along with increased system power and improved range. These updated models were launched in the Spring of 2025 with the major markets being the US, UK and Germany. The […]

My first experience of the Honda Civic came courtesy of Harold McGarrity, the Fermanagh man had a dealership in Belfast. And he was widely known in motor racing circles as he raced a Chevron in Formula Atlantic at all of the Irish circuits. He kindly loaned me a Civic and I enjoyed a few days […]

Ford’s entry into the compact SUV market takes it into one of the most crowded sectors in the industry. As such, it needs to tick a lot of boxes  to succeed. Size-wise, the Explorer comes in below the Mustang Mach-E, an all-Ford product, but shares its drive architecture with Volkswagen. However, it is not a […]

THERE’S no let-up in the volume of vehicles being released by BYD. But if you think all of its models are fully electric, think again, as the Chinese manufacturer introduces the new Atto 2 DM-i, a super hybrid no FIRST less, that’s BYD language DRIVE: for plug-in hybrid. After seeing the success BYD of the […]

The Kia EV range continues to expand with the South Korean carmaker offering one of the widest choices currently. And recently I had the opportunity to take the wheel of the new, fully-electric EV5. This is very much a vehicle for the family, roomy with five seats and it is set to compete in the […]

From the very early days of motoring one of the primary objectives has been to transport people and their trappings. And as the years have rolled on we have had people carriers, people movers, MPVs and now from Kia a people vehicle the PV5 Passenger. The CES in Las Vegas in January last year witnessed […]