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FIAT GRANDE PANDA PRICE: £20,975–£23,975 The Panda was distinctly endangered for a while there (though you can still buy the old petrol one in Italy), but it’s been given a new lease of life with an e

Vauxhall wants to be one of the UK’s three bestselling car brands again, and the new Frontera is key to that ambition. An Astra-sized crossover available with either hybrid or electric power, it’s bei

AS the most popular SEAT model ever with six million sales over 40 years, you can see why the maker has stayed true to the supermini segment with the new Ibiza. The Spanish brand has doubled down agai

Good news: you can now have a Dacia Sandero for less than the cost of an annual railway season ticket. The Sandero was designed to rival budget superminis such as the Fiat Panda and Kia Rio but it als

THE trend of reviving old brand names reached Vauxhall this year in the form of a new Frontera – formerly a chunky and slightly crude off-roader sold from 1991 to 2003. Its revival comes in a smaller

IT’S AN ELECTRIFIED, 4WD Corvette with its engine in the middle and its steering wheel on the right. Yikes! The end result is good though, almighty in straights and trustworthy in corners – just bewar