Tow Cars

THE NEW CITROEN Grand C4 Picasso has only been on sale a few days but it's already racked up a major accolade. Last week,...

Practical Caravan's very own tow car expert David Motton tells us why there’s lots to look forward to in 2014 – and tells us...

THE LIST OF contenders for the European Car of the Year (ECOTY) has been announced – and includes the overall winner of the 2013...

WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE between a crossover and a SportsUtility Vehicle? It's a moot point, especially with a car like the FordEcoSport. It's only available...

THINGS ARE LOOKING up for Mazda. After several years oflacklustre sales it's now the third fastest growing car brand in the UK. Andwith the...

IF YOU'VE WATCHED too many episodes of Top Gear, you may think that the needs of driving enthusiasts and caravanners have nothing in common....

GO BACK 15 years or so and Skoda sold on price, but the carswere rather basic. Today, most Skoda models are good value rather...

NISSAN HAS REVEALED one of the most significant cars of 2014 – the new Qashqai crossover. The new model, which goes on sale in February,...

WHAT WE WANT and what we need aren't necessarily the same thing. Take the two tow cars I've just been testing, the Honda CR-V...

SKODA HAS CONFIRMED the price of the revised Yeti crossover. The new car will cost from £16,600 when deliveries start in January. Two versions of...

THE SSANGYONG KORANDO has been on a slow burn. Since theKorean brand introduced its cut-price SUV a couple of years back it has steadilygained...

THE KIA CARENS MPV has scored the maximum five stars in the latest round of Euro NCAP safety tests. As well as a top score...

THERE'S NOT A lot wrong with the Volkswagen Golf hatchbackas far as small tow cars go. But load up for a fortnight away and...

EVERY TWO YEARS the motoring world descends on Frankfurt forthe motor show. The whole thing is on an enormous scale as the Germanmanufacturers seek...

FORGET THE NAME: the new Suzuki crossover may wear an SX4badge but it's a very different car from the previous model.

THESE ARE GOOD times for small hatchback buyers. The FordFocus is great to drive, the Volkswagen Golf is a brilliant all-rounder, and theSkoda Octavia...

CITROEN HAS SOLD over 400,000 Picassos of one type oranother since the Xsara Picasso was launched in 1999. Judging by the numbers on caravan...

YOU EXPECT SOME tough off-roading on a Land Rover launch,but driving through the inside of an old 747 in the new Range Rover Sport?...

FOR YEARS, THE best-selling cars in Britain were FordFocus-sized. Now the nation's best sellers are superminis like the Ford Fiestaand Vauxhall Astra.

Following tough, rigorous and independent testing, Practical Caravan reveals the winners of its 2013 Tow Car Awards – what tow car is the best...

SOME CARS PERFORM much as you expect. Some really surprise you. Of the two Fords I've been driving recently, one falls into each camp. Bigger...

THE PEUGEOT 2008 will cost from £12,995 when it arrives in showrooms in July. Buyers will have a choice of five engines. An 82hp 1.2...

BUYING A CAR is rarely an entirely rational decision. But if it were, a lot of us would end up driving the new Skoda...

LAST WEEK WAS the busiest, most tiring and probably most fun week of my year, testing tens of new models for the 2013 Tow...

WHAT CAR?'S TRUE MPG initiative, which promises more representative fuel economy figures than the official numbers, is one year old.

I'VE SPENT THE past couple of days driving superminis. Given that these aren't the kind of vehicles you see towing caravans very often, it's...

THERE CAN’T BE many more obscure cars than the Suzuki Kizashi. I’m not sure I’d even seen one in the metal until our test...

ALL FOUR CARS rated in the latest round of Euro NCAP crash tests have achieved five stars. The Renault Zoe, Skoda Octavia and the Toyota...

Here I’ve picked my top 10 potential tow cars – in no particular order – from the Geneva motor show. Qoros A new Chinese car maker,...

I’m sitting in the press office at the Geneva Motor Show. It’s a hive of activity, with journalists from all over the world around...

CHEAP ISN'T ALWAYS cheerful. Cheap can also be nasty. SinceDacia announced prices for the Duster back in June, we’ve been waiting for findout which...

THIS IS THE new Skoda Octavia Estate, one ofthe stars of next month’s Geneva motor show.