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Vauxhall unveils new Astra

VAUXHALL has unveiled its new Astra, which will go into production here in the North West later this year. The seventh-generation model – wh...

Updated Citroen C4 set for April arrival

AN UPDATED version of Citroën’s new C4 is available to order now, with the first cars arriving across the North West in April. The French fi...

Updates announced for the BMW 1-Series

BMW has treated its baby model to more powerful LED headlights as part of a gentle facelift for the model. Along with the brighter new light...

The jury's out on the new five-door MINI

I AM reserving judgement on the latest MINI until I get myself behind the wheel. Over the past 13 years we’ve had a MINI convertible, a MI...

THIS is the new Nissan Pulsar. Will it succeed?

SADLY Nissan's official pictures of its new Pulsar weren't released in time for this week's Champion column, but here is the co...

Is it possible to buy a £1,000 car in just one morning?

SIR BOB Hoskins used the long Good Friday to stop terrorists tormenting his gangland empire. I used it to find a cheap used car which – I ho...

The Focus is (still) the best family all rounder

THE OTHER day I stayed in a hotel room with the world’s most sophisticated shower as its top trump. I was briefly amazed by the way it had m...

How Citroen came up with the C4 Cactus

THE Parisian schoolboy put down his Crayola and hit the pause button on his Magic Roundabout DVD. “Daddy”, he shouted excitedly in French w...

SEAT needs to find its signature dish

WHEN Withnail and I paid a visit to Penrith they demanded the finest wines known to humanity. When my companion and I ended up there, on a s...

Fire up the... Ford Focus 1.0 EcoBoost

JOURNALISTS have feet made of lead and a need to get absolutely everywhere as quickly as possible. That's one of the curious conclusions...

It's Sportage versus Focus in the Champion family car battle

AFTER several months of of fruitless debates I'm finally able to put a longstanding argument at the Champion offices to bed. Focus or Sp...

Fire up the... Vauxhall Astra GTC

YOU know you're living in more stylish times when you can freely use “Vauxhall Astra” and “good looking” in the same sentence, but it...

Fire up the... Hyundai i30

FORGET the five star rating in the Euro NCAP crash tests, or the generous warrantage package. Thanks to an ingenious publicity stunt at Know...

Hyundai i30 passes The Monkey Test at Knowsley Safari Park

HYUNDAI has headed to the north west to put one of its models through the toughest test Merseyside can throw at it - a trip to Knowsley Safa...

The Skoda Rapid is the ideal Golf that's not a Golf

YOU'LL have all seen the ad's simplistic strapline by now. Why buy something like a Golf when you can buy a Golf? Ironically, it...

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