Wee automatics - HJ opinion?

Head says ... buy Mazda 2 auto Heart says ... buy Suzuki Swift SZ4 auto Have Suzuki sorted the autobox issues on motorway raised in your review? PS: wife has i10 auto ... it's a little whizzer on motorway

High ground clearance

I need a secondhand car or van for fishing. Access is by farm tracks which are rutted and sometimes quite muddy. I need at least 20cm ground clearance or better. Would a small 4x4 be best? Budget up to...

Which 4x4?

Like most of the country we've had severe problems getting around in recent weather conditions. We live on the southern side of Dartmoor, about halfway up the moor, with an uphill lane as a drive, with...

Please recommend a 4WD petrol vehicle for negotiating icy rural roads?

The heavy snow over last November and December left me marooned for days because our lane was never cleared. Although fond of my ageing Polo estate, I'd have felt more confident negotiating icy rural Somerset...

Can you recommend an automatic car with reasonable performance to replace my wife's MINI Cooper?

My wife’s MINI Cooper has now blown its cylinder head gasket for the second time in less than 36,000 miles, and I have decided that it must go. Can you recommend another small car with reasonable performance...

New family car

Being snowed in for the third time, I am looking at the possibility of an alternative to my Audi A3, to get me back on the road, but don't care for the huge Jeep/Land Rover type 4x4's, which are far too...

Please recommend a small 4x4 to replace our BMW 1 Series for use in snow.

We are a retired couple and currently run a 3-year-old 2-litre automatic BMW 1 Series that proved to be totally unsatisfactory during the November/December weather (although it is kept in our garage when...

Can you recommend a car which will be cheap to insure for our 17-year-old son?

Four years ago I was able to insure our 17-year-old daughter with a provisional licence on my own Morris Minor classic car insurance policy for a negligible premium through Firebond, now owned by Aon....

Can you recommend a fun replacement for our Renault Megane convertible?

I am recently retired, and am looking to change our second car (a Renault Megane Convertible) in the spring. What I would like is the fun of an old Mini, with all mod cons. We don’t like the new BMW MINI,...

Is there a car that our 17-year-old son can drive without paying horrendous insurance premiums?

Could you help with suggesting a vehicles that will enable my 17-year-old son to drive without a horrendous insurance premium once he has passed his test, and also give my wife a car that she can use for...