Independent Reviews of New and Used Cars

Audi’s third generation Q3 breaks free from the conservative vibe of its predecessors. Jonathan Crouch takes a look

Toyota reckons its Land Cruiser Commercial is the ultimate 4x4 van. Jonathan Crouch takes a look.

Why is the motoring press so disparaging towards car like this? Increasingly, people aspire to them just as much as to a top Porsche or Ferrari. Ideally of course, you’d have sportscar and sports SUV and if your oak-timbered garage was fortunate enough to accommodate both a Cayenne Coupe (preferably a Turbo) and a 911, we reckon your motoring life would be pretty well covered. The technology on offer here is awesome - rear wheel steering, air suspension, anti-roll systems and so on - but even if you don’t get a Cayenne Coupe fitted with all of that, you’ll still get a car that dynamically, redefines what’s possible in its segment. Just as Porsches always have.

Toyota’s RAV4 tries to reinvent itself in sixth generation form. Jonathan Crouch takes a look.

The MK2 Audi SQ5 TDI offered a fascinating glimpse into the state of the SUV building art. Okay, so shoving a hugely powerful diesel engine into a mid-sized SUV doesn’t sound like rocket science, but this is no ordinary engine and the Q5 is no ordinary vehicle. The combination of these constituents moved the genre on a good few steps. All too often with premium brands, and especially with Audi, the fast all-wheel drive estate cars already on offer are so good it leaves you wondering why you’d bother with the SUVs. This SQ5 posed just one question to that mindset: why not? With 341PS on tap, you’re never short of power and with a monstrous 700Nm of torque on tap, you won’t even need to buy a caravan; just screw a towing eye to the side of your house and drag it up the road. Seriously though, is this car a wee bit over the top? Probably. Will you love it regardless? Most definitely.