Can you recommend a petrol-engined 4x4 SUV?

On your website it says that the new model Santa Fe can come with a petrol engine. However there is no mention of one on the Hyundai website? I fancy having a 4x4 but am avoiding looking at any diesels...

Was I offered a 2008-model Honda Civic on a 2009 plate by a Honda dealer?

In March 2010 I was offered a 10-month-old Civic EX by a Honda dealer in Bedford. Despite having an 09 plate the specification seemed to be inconsistent with a 2009 model. However, I checked the list of...

Will the 2012 Civic be available with a petrol engine and automatic gearbox?

Is the 2012 Civic to be a diesel-engined car only? Is there to be a petrol version? And an automatic one?

2010 model or 2010 registered?

I bought a car from an Official Audi Dealer with a 2010 10 reg. I was told it was their own demonstrator which they registered in Apri 2010. During negotiation the car was described as a 2010 car. On taking...

I much prefer my Honda Jazz EX CVT to the i-shift I had before.

A Honda Jazz update for you. After owning my ES I-Shift for two years, I have changed it for an EX CVT. I didn't find the I-Shift as bad as some obviously did, but I have to say that the new EX CVT is...

Are Volkswagen likely to make a large capacity diesel Passat?

I have had my own company for 20 years now and have always run BMW company cars for my reps, from 318is to recent 320ds. I have 20 reps and, one by one over the last two years, they have been choosing...

Do the Vauxhall Antara and Jeep Compass have the same diesel engine, and is it a chain cam engine?

I've been looking at the Vauxhall Antara and Jeep Compass amongst others and I'm struck by the similarity of the engines, even down to the emission and performance levels. Both companies advertise these...

Will the 2012 Honda Civic be available with a better gearbox than the i-shift we currently have?

Between 1985 and 2008 I had three petrol Honda Accords and covered over 500,000 trouble-free miles. Excellent. In 2008, aged 70, I decided to downsize to a Civic ES I-VTEC S-A 1800cc but after only three...

Why is Ford selling the old shape Focus alongside the new model?

You recently wrote that Ford still builds the old shape Focus even though it now produces a new model that, presumably, is better. Why would any manufacturer do that? I would have expected them just to...

Do you know anything about the Rover Streetwise?

I found the UK too hard on drivers with constantly rising costs, so I have moved to France. Yesterday I was offered a car by a French neighbour. He tells me the cam belt jumped the pulley, and he can't...