CM reader, Malcolm Rainier, buys and sells a few motors during the year. Recently he has concentrated on buying (and repairing) the Mazda CX-5 range. Here Malcolm tells us his experience with the SUV, which has a bad reputation in the trade.

There’s nothing worse for the DIY-agnostic car enthusiast than getting a phone call from someone asking what’s wrong with their motor. “Any idea why it won’t turn over, mate?” “It wasn’t making that k

Jaguars have come into and gone from the Buckley fleet over the past 15 or 20 years, but I have not always reported on them, perhaps because they never felt as if they were going to be firm fixtures.

While earlier models had drip-fed us diesel economy with Jaguar style, the XF was the first to be conceived this way. Here’s how to buy the best oil-burner you can.

BMW 3-SERIES 2.0 PETROL

After a long trip, I found a small end section of the heat shield scraping on the road. It looks like it had ‘wafted’ up and down for a long time to split along the 350mm length. I contacted Peugeot S