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2019 Kia XCeed Review: An (SUV-)inspired business move

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The motor industry’s love affair with the Sport Utility Vehicle shows no sign of waning. These days, buyers can choose from a menu of offerings so extensive that it can be hard to know which way to turn. There are big SUVs and small SUVs, off-road SUVs and on-road SUVs, high performance SUVs, electric SUVs, SUVs that think they are coupes, and superminis that think they are SUVs. So where exactly in all of this does the new Kia XCeed slot in?

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Seat Tarraco Review: Driving Spain’s Seven-Seat SUV

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Anybody familiar with Seat’s product line-up might point out that the Spanish car-maker offers one of the best seven seaters currently on sale. It’s called the Alhambra and is a big, comfortable, practical and competitively priced people carrier. What it’s not, however, is an SUV. That’s where the new Tarraco comes in, offering an alternative seven-seat solution in a body style that is much more on-trend.

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Better Than Ever: 2019 Ford Focus Driven

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If you want to see exactly how far ‘ordinary’ cars have come in the past 20 years, look no further than the Ford Focus. For it was in 1998 that Ford’s ‘New Edge’ hatchback made its debut as one of the most advanced family cars there had ever been, complete with radically different styling, and ‘control blade’ independent rear suspension to provide class-leading ride and handling.

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New to the Used Market: Mercedes-Benz A-Class

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While revolutionary in many respects, the original Mercedes-Benz A-Class of 1997 was not a car that was about to draw younger buyers towards the German marque. Indeed, it wasn’t until the introduction of the third-generation A-Class in 2012 that sales figures really began to soar thanks to a combination of that car’s more conventional design appealing to a wider audience, and the increasing popularity of affordable finance deals.

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