1. Fiat gets a boost

Sitting dead centre of the dash in the Fiat Grande Punto Abarth is a button marked “Sport Boost”.

2. Sing a song of Ssangyong

Ssangyong has struggled to get into second gear in the United Kingdom – and so does the Kyron I’m given the opportunity to drive.

3. Swift by name and nature

Say the word Suzuki and most people will still imagine Manga-style thrills and spills on a motorcycle.

4. Knowl Hill Garage

Knowl Hill Garage was one of the first Chrysler Jeep suppliers in the UK back in 1993.

5. Return of the Clubman

6. Porsche comes top of 'dream' survey

Gene Hunt would doubtless mutter resignedly about “southern nancies,” but the Porsche 911 has beaten his beloved Audi Quattro in a new survey of dream eighties cars.

7. Motoring briefs

Hyundai has provided pictures of its new Genesis Coupe, a purpose-built rear-wheel drive sports coupe that promises to take the Korean manufacturer into supercar territory for the first time.

8. Fiat Bravo

The Fiat Bravo is one of the plainer members of the Italian car-making family.

9. Peugeot Expert Tepee

IF I took all the seats out of the Albert Hall and stuck a barbecue in the middle, would you be suckered into thinking that it was Bondi beach?

10. Kia Pro-Cee'd lives up to the hype

JUST occasionally, the adman’s hype lives up to the realities of the real world.