Skoda fabia

Frugal, friendly and affordable, the third-generation Skoda Fabia is a great little hatchback that puts common sense and usability at the very heart of its driving experience. The Mk3 Fabia doesn’t lo

We Brits like used cars. More than 7.6 million were sold last year, outstripping new ones by four to one. The top 10 sellers form a fail-safe selection that ticks most of the important boxes, notably

Here’s a motor we all should have bought: this 1976 Ford Escort RS 1800, priced at a bit over £3000 when new, has just sold at a Historics auction in Berkshire for £279,000. Apparently this was Ford’s

YOU know how it goes – you’re outside washing your car when your neighbour arrives home. He wanders over and the usual small talk about the weather and what Joan from number 43 got up to last week beg

WHY WE RAN IT To see if this latest incarnation has maintained that trademark no-frills appeal Time and again we’ve seen the humble hatch’s resilience tested. Public desire for two-tonne SUVs and big-

John-Joe Vollans assesses the evolution of the hot hatch through two very different examples