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About Mr.CarCoach.

Your personal expert guide to buying your next car.I'll be offering buying tips/advice & thoughts on all aspects of the automotive world.

Ford Focus Estate 1.6 Duratec petrol manual Ti-VCT 125PS Titanium Road Test Review by Oliver Hammond

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The first two generations of Ford Focus were both generally accepted as class-leading in the dynamics stakes and for providing great all-round propositions. With this third generation model, has the Focus just got even better? Kinetic Design that blows your mind? In recent years, Ford has harped on about its Kinetic Design ethos and to be honest, who can blame them, as the new Mondeo which debuted in that James Bond film looked amazing to many, me included – and Ford carried their success on with Read The Rest...

25 Reasons why you should use MyCarCoach to buy your next car:

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1. MyCarCoach is a fresh approach to car-buying and, frankly, a breath of fresh air within the car industry. To find out why, read on:     2. Simply put, we will save you more money by using our expertise;  this and other important items like time, energy and stress!     3. All types of cars excite us, brand-new or second-hand, Ferrari or Fiat. We are not a luxury or exclusive service.     4. Never mind ‘Life-Coach’, we are your own ‘Car-Coach’ and will only recommend the Read The Rest...

Vauxhall Astra GTC 1.6 Turbo SRi 180PS 3dr petrol Road Test Review by Oliver Hammond

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Vauxhall Astra GTC 1-6 Turbo SRi 180PS 3dr Road Test Review by Oliver Hammond - front photo 2

Don’t go thinking that this is just a 5-door Astra with two of its doors lopped off and a few sporty decorations bolted on here and there. The GTC is markedly different from the hatch whose name it shares. How did this range-topping 1.6 turbo SRi version stack up? A Chip Off The Old Block? Not that it would be a bad thing to be associated with the 5-door Astra hatchback, as it is itself a cracking car in many ways – Read The Rest...

2012 Kia Sportage 2.0 CRDi KX-2 AWD Road Test Review by Oliver Hammond

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What have the original Audi TT and the new Kia Sportage got in common? Answer – they share the same designer, Peter Schreyer, whose modern and stylish work is considerably responsible for Kia’s current surge in popularity. We’ve recently given the Kia Optima a massive thumbs-up and quite liked the Kia Soul. This time it’s the Kia Sportage which gets a going-over. If you can picture what the original Kia Sportage looks like, saying that the new one is leaps and bounds Read The Rest...

2012 Kia Soul Hunter 1.6 GDi Road Test Review by Oliver Hammond

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Kia Soul Hunter 1-6 GDi petrol - Road Test Review by Oliver Hammond - side 06

Believe it or not, the funky little Kia Soul is now four years old, so Kia decided to give it a bit of a fettle and tweak for 2012. Living with a Kia Soul in ‘Hunter’ spec from their ‘Originals’ range for a week, was Oliver able to see why the Soul has become such a common sight on Britain’s roads? Looking somewhat like a cross between an alien, a robot and an insect from the front, with a boxy and utilitarian but Read The Rest...