As a car mad youngster, Iain Robertson was conscious of one Japanese carmaker’s often tangential approach to the world car scene, a reputation cemented in recent times with its alternative slant on fuel consumption and its style stance. From the ‘I-wish-I-still-had-it-today’ (IWISHIT) department, alongside a poster of a Jaguar E-Type on my bedroom wall was […]
Over the past few months, Land Rover has responded to its critics by introducing the excellent new Defender, highlights Iain Robertson, which is armed with so much advanced technology that it almost justifies the time it took for the range to come to market. Connectivity is the current buzzword around the entire motor industry but […]
Provided with an early opportunity to review the latest Seat Leon, Iain Robertson admits that it took a ‘double-take’ to appreciate that it is a completely new model, so similar are its lines, dimensions and visual clues but they are present in abundance. Owners of brands of known quantity and quality have a major nightmare […]
Over the years, Iain Robertson admits to ‘Mickey-taking’ Vauxhall’s crossover model, mostly of its name but never in respect of the incredible sales success it has earned for the Luton-based brand and, now that he has driven the PHEV version, the respect grows. While accepting that electrification is both a unit profits earner and an […]
With memories of ‘Let’s off-road!’ ringing in his ears and worries that our snowflake generation has developed male appendage issues, Iain Robertson contemplates a manlier transport proposition intended to lay waste to local unmetalled tracks. In trying to get my head around the whole concept of urban warrior, whereby hordes of well-intentioned, slightly overweight, bushy-bearded […]
As a long-time proponent of purposeful modes of transport, Iain Robertson believes that addressing environmental issues is essential to all of us but it neither means donning a hair shirt and turning vegan, nor ditching fossil fuels in a blind rush. Have you ever attempted to park a vehicle in an available city centre slot? […]
While he realises the heading above looks odd, Iain Robertson was really keen to get into the spirit of Skoda’s latest compact crossover Kamiq, by indulging in its roq-solid nomenclature, as he delves into it loq, stoq and both barrels! Face it. Skoda is a brand possessing a sense of fun, as well as purpose. […]
Like all the best coming-of-age parties, reports Iain Robertson, the innocuous, smaller member of the family blossoms into something worthier and makes you wonder why you had not noticed its gentle maturing process over the years. Credit for i10’s existence lies at the door of the Japanese ‘kei-class’; a tax-friendly, parking-friendly but fairly basic mode […]
Introduction Choosing the right career for yourself is no easy task. Regardless of whether you have just finished high school or are considering a new path later in life, you will know that a sense of fear will pervade you every now and again, pushing you to think that you will never amount to anything. […]
When you consider that most of one man’s, 3,000-strong model collection had cost less than a few shillings each, highlights Iain Robertson, the desire to root around the attic, garden shed and garage for sealed boxes of ‘collectibles’ grows large. When I was young lad, my weekly pocket-money was spent on The Victor comic and […]
