As much as I’d like to scream “hail the mighty ecological electric car that made it to the end of the Dakar rally with no emissions”, it most probably is just an illusion.

Yup, the EDC ruins the Clio. Hail the Clio RS mark III.

The Octavia is slow compared with the Cupra. Here in Slovakia they sell the RS230 (230 horsepower, limited slip diff, that is standard on all Cupras) for 30 ish thousand euro.

I’m glad you wrote this peace and I’d like to give you my two cents doing very similar work but in the „new Detroit“ as you put it (Bratislava , Slovakia that is, and nope, in greatness not even close to the Motor City).

Don’t know that much about the US car makers, but here in Europe, I guess it could be Alfa Romeo, Peugeot or Citroen (the latter is probably a better guess). Main reason is that compared to say german car makers, these three experiment at the expense of the customer. A big no no for let’s say VW, where they sell the…

Fair point.

Having driven all of the cars in question, I have to disagree with what seems to be the outcome (for most people). Pulsar may be safe but it is like driving the automotive equivalent of letargy. It may be “safe” but it has no handling whatsoever (not bad, just none, no joy, no feel, no nothing). The Rapid / Toledo…

No worries, I was (probably) the slowest journalist ever to drive a Civic Type R around Slovakiaring (with most of the other guys having racing history). No shame at all. Be too cocky, or build your confidence too fast and you end up in gravel or worse, in a wall (that stuff happens even to professionals).

Man, you should have said you’re attending my home town. You could’ve tried the ST Cupra we were testing then.

I had a similar idea about the backgroud when reviewing the C4 Cactus. Absolutely love the thing, although the robotized manual is pure stupidity... Think fresh drivers liscence owner shifting gears insetad of you with no option for you to take matters in your hands (flappy paddles are useless here). Oh, and did I…

Citroen is one of the most influential carmakers of the last century. I wish I had enough money to buy the DS. So far I’ve only driven the 2CV and it’s quite literally something else.

How does a trip to Budapest with a Leon ST Cupra in May sound like? (if someone doesn´t destroy the press car till then). The very one in the picture.

To understand this car, you´ll probably have to be from (then) Czechosloavakia. There weren´t too many inspirational cars, the ones to look up to. Quirky, nice (in a way), different, yes. Powerfull, fast, no. The 110R was our only (sort of) a sportscar, but still the production version had 1,1 liter engine at best and…

When we tested the 3 with the 163 (or so) horses I was a bit surprised. I felt more like 140. And the one you tried may be sufficient for some, but the more powerful one is the version to go for. But... for some reason Mazda don't offer it in the sedan... Which made at least 2 of people willing to buy the sedan in a…

The car also has an ingenious sliding-door system, and a swiveling driver's seat for easy entry and exit. It's currently using a front-mounted Zhiguli (Lada) engine making 64 HP, though the car started off with a Zaporozets V4. Based on the design of the car (air intakes to the rear) and some earlier shots of the car…

Here's our video from the press launch (hope it'll work): https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=10…

To be honest, the Citroen C-Elyseé (or Peugeot 301, same thing) are like a Rolls-Royce compared to Nissan Micra. Yes they are mediocre cars with many (many) stupid solutions, but do you know how much this thing costs here in Slovakia? When it was released they were selling it for 10 000 USD new. We tested about 5 of…

Now, you don't need to idle for a half hour, but a few minutes just to get the fluids a bit thawed out is not a bad idea at all. Have a stick shift? Have you ever felt how sluggish the stick feels on a really cold morning? Think about all the components inside that housing, and how they're doing. Let the car have a…

Wow, I haven't seen this video since elementary school. Even before I had the internet connection.

You need help letting that happen? Let's see about that... :)