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This is the latest Suzuki Dzire. Firmly aimed at emerging markets, it’s sold in India, Latin America, Africa and the Middle East. It uses the Heartect platform of the Swift, but is a little taller and longer, with a boot where the hatch ought to…

A Monday evening ‘bonus’ from Petrolblog. My youngest son needed a practical and sensible daily driver to preserve his Renault Sport Twingo for weekends. A diesel Golf was the obvious answer, so naturally he bought a 2002 SEAT Leon…

This isn’t a review, a buying guide or a tale of restoration. It’s more of a Petrolblog fleet burp: an 11-minute therapy session about how a car I should adore became the one I kept avoiding. It's not in the least bit exciting, so feel free to…

Every summer, somewhere in the English countryside close to Bourne (of BRM F1 fame), on the western edge of the Lincolnshire Fens, Grimsthorpe Castle welcomes thousands of otherwise rational adults who have gathered to celebrate automotive…

An update on the Skoda Fabia vRS – aka Project XYZ – which has now been thoroughly cleaned using medical wipes and the Waitrose weekend paper. The interior no longer resembles Mr Trebus’ living room, the EGR fault appears to be sorted, and the…