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The Kia what? Can the latest Optima make a name for itself in a tough marketplace? – CAR COUTURE
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LIVE car tests – driven by Jessica and Jeremy. May 16, 2015. Can the latest Optima make a name for itself in a tough marketplace? It’s Saturday and I’ve already covered 400 miles int he Optima. Yesterday, I drove to Goodwood to fly in a Spitfire for a feature that will appear in the Financial Times. I rather hoped to turn up in an Aston Martin, a Morgan or something terrible British. But time and Spitfire flights wait for no man and so I arrived under the wire in the Optima. This entry was posted in Kia.
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Car leather just ain’t what it used to be but we HAVE to have it… – CAR COUTURE
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LIVE car tests – driven by Jessica and Jeremy. May 18, 2015. Car leather just ain’t what it used to be but we HAVE to have it…. I wonder if one day, drivers will start to shy away from leather upholstery and opt for some plush, fabric materials instead? Car-buyers naturally assume that a luxury car interior HAS to be covered hide. Of course, nowadays you can spec up just about any budget runabout vehicle with leather if you so desire. This entry was posted in Kia. And tagged Kia Optima. The Range Rover H...
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Honda Civic – CAR COUTURE
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LIVE car tests – driven by Jessica and Jeremy. May 27, 2015. Would you rather have pointless cruise or sat nav in your Honda Civic? Well, there it is then – an object lesson in why you should always read the manual. Switching off the ECON button transformed the Civic Sport. Well, made it moderately better! I still don’t understand why any car with cruise control (pointless in the UK), alloy foot pedals (really? And privacy glass (bling) doesn’t have sat nav. May 26, 2015. No wonder I couldn’t get a...
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Kia – CAR COUTURE
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LIVE car tests – driven by Jessica and Jeremy. May 19, 2015. When the Kia Optima gets noisy just turn up the remarkable music system…. I’ve clocked up several hundred miles in the Optima already and have concluded that 1.7-litre diesel engine is quite capable enough of moving such a big car sufficiently well. Noise levels are acceptable but once the turbo has kicked in, the Optima starts to scream when you push it along. May 17, 2015. Now, perhaps if the owner could add his or her own piece of music that...
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Why does my Kia Optima want to welcome me into the cabin with a snatch of annoying Europop music? – CAR COUTURE
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LIVE car tests – driven by Jessica and Jeremy. May 17, 2015. Why does my Kia Optima want to welcome me into the cabin with a snatch of annoying Europop music? Remember that annoying little jingle that used to come with the Intel Pentium? Every time we had a computer advert on TV, it blurted out and became stuck in our minds. Now, perhaps if the owner could add his or her own piece of music that would be cool. I would go for Fanfare for the Common Man, by Emerson, Lake and Palmer. Enter your comment here.
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CAR COUTURE – Page 2 – LIVE car tests – driven by Jessica & Jeremy
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LIVE car tests – driven by Jessica and Jeremy. August 1, 2016. Goodbye Batmobile – hello BMW M6. Surely it’s the old chaps with beards who would love the Batmobile best? I was wrong. Parked up at the Silverstone Classic, it was the younger generations who went weak at the knees over the spoilers and decals. I thought I was going to have to drag one woman out of the passengers seat – she was slightly drunk but fell instantly in lust with maddest BMW every built. July 29, 2016. Oddly, the Batmobile has win...
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Kia – CAR COUTURE
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LIVE car tests – driven by Jessica and Jeremy. May 21, 2015. The Kia Optima has a lot of space, warranty and equipment but not much else. The Kia Optima has a lot of space, equipment and warranty but somehow it doesn’t live up to the promise. Ride and handling are only average and cabin quality is way off the mark – even the latest Ford Mondeo leaves it for dead. Optima is my least favourite car in an otherwise excellent Kia range. As my school report said: could do better…. May 20, 2015. All street cred...
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When the Kia Optima gets noisy just turn up the remarkable music system… – CAR COUTURE
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LIVE car tests – driven by Jessica and Jeremy. May 19, 2015. When the Kia Optima gets noisy just turn up the remarkable music system…. I’ve clocked up several hundred miles in the Optima already and have concluded that 1.7-litre diesel engine is quite capable enough of moving such a big car sufficiently well. Noise levels are acceptable but once the turbo has kicked in, the Optima starts to scream when you push it along. This entry was posted in Kia. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here.
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Aston Martin – CAR COUTURE
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LIVE car tests – driven by Jessica and Jeremy. March 7, 2016. When an Aston Martin Rapide meets a pheasant there is only one winner. Why was everybody staring at my Aston Rapide over the weekend? Was it because I left the headlights on full beam (again) – the blue warning light so well hidden behind the steering wheel? Or was it because I had exploded another unfortunate pheasant? There are so many ponderous and enormous birds around these parts it’s like Death Race 2000 out there at the present. So it w...
