Steve cropley

If you want your motoring life affirmed, find a thriving low-volume car business and – if they have the time for you – see if you can hang out for a while with the people who run the place. I dropped

For ages I’ve been wanting to test the latest Dacia Duster 4x4, now powered by a mild-hybrid 1.2-litre petrol triple, directly against my own old-shape 21-plate 4x4 diesel. I spent a happy afternoon a

Can there be a car more beguiling for value and versatility than the Dacia Jogger? I say no. At short notice (because my new Renault 5 longtermer was needed elsewhere) I was tucked into a Hybrid model

Luca de Meo is stepping down as CEO of the Renault Group after five years and will take charge at Kering, the French company that owns luxury goods brands such as Gucci and Yves Saint Laurent. The Ita

A bright day has dawned. My new Renault 5 longtermer has arrived – with the loudest paint (Pop Yellow) you’re ever likely to see. James Attwood, who went to the Bristol docks to collect the car a few

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