The day I'd take a motoring journalists review into account before purchasing a vehicle would be a cold day in hell.
EVO is a good read, other than that I'd agree completely.
The day I'd take a motoring journalists review into account before purchasing a vehicle would be a cold day in hell.
I have had a read of the website for reviews on the xc60 we are ordering. it seems OK for that and the target price they do is very helpful.
I hope you're not trying to say that What?!?!?!?!?! Car?!?!?!?!?! are influenced by who pays the most for adverts in their magazine!Reliability is one thing, but subjective matters such as space, comfort, refinement and performance are things that shouldn't be on a survey such as this.
I've got a small car, a Panda. Does it have a big boot? Er, well in comparison with a Fiesta, no, but an Up! yes it's ok. As for space, in an episode of Top Gear James May compared it to a Mini and reckoned it had at least as much cabin space as that, if not more. Personally I think there's as much leg room in the Panda as a 1 Series BMW, so how does that add up. A £20,000 BMW as opposed to a little Italian car half its price.
As for journalists, why do they try and tell us what kind of engine to have? I'll agree to being advised that a 1.2 might be more suitable for someone who drives 5,000 miles a year mainly commuting as opposed to one who travels 15,000. But who do they think they are telling us that if you buy a 500 you should specify a Twin Air and if you choose a Panda then stick with the 1.2?
Journalists put everybody else in a category and declare themselves the arbiters of all things motorised.
In Car magazine Anthony Ffrench-Constant was given a Panda Twin Air and couldn't find one good thing to write about it during his long term test. He was later given an Audi A4 Avant with a big engine and was over the moon. Say no more.
That is absolutely outrageous. How dare you accuse our fearless journalists of having any other interests other than our enlightenment and education in the quest for the ultimate car.I hope you're not trying to say that What?!?!?!?!?! Car?!?!?!?!?! are influenced by who pays the most for adverts in their magazine!
Objection withdrawnThat is absolutely outrageous. How dare you accuse our fearless journalists of having any other interests other than our enlightenment and education in the quest for the ultimate car.
If you go back a bit there was a magazine called Small Car and Mini Owner which later morphed into Car magazine. There were also two other publications that it spawned: Bike, and Truck magazines.
Bike once had all Honda's advertising withdrawn because they were less than complimentary about one of their products. Bike survived and prospered, growing from a marginal, specialist publication to the UK's premier motorcycle magazine. It seems Honda forgave them.
They also tested a Voskhod 175 which was two stroke twin from the USSR of which they commented that it couldn't brake in a straight line and the exhaust already had Gun Gum on the silencer as it came from the importer.
That's what objective journalism is all about, with emphasis on the "Objective" as opposed to the "Subjective".
I did use the example of Car, Bike and Truck magazines. I wasn't suggesting that What Car had quite the same high journalistic principles. Although, I always thought that What Car was perhaps the most anemic of Britain's motoring magazine, but over the last few years I feel there are almost none that really stand out, perhaps because they almost all seem to use the same editing and layout softwareObjection withdrawn
Have you read EVO?
For some reason I bought what car? Today. I got it home, sat down at the kitchen table, thumbed through to the index and immediately regretted my purchase, the index is 8 pages in behind 4 double page vw ads. Somehow objectivity might be a reach for them..