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1. 1. A Golf that grew!

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 11 November 2005 THE days of one-size-fits-all motoring are now thankfully behind us. No longer do tall people have to drive Volvos and short blokes like myself suffer the indignity of running around in a Mini because it means I can reach the pedals and climb onto the pavement without suffering a vertigo attack.

2. 2. Feline fine!

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 23 September 2005 OPTING to undergo a mid-life facelift must be fraught with worries and woes. What if nobody notices that your jowls have disappeared behind your ears? In freshening up the appearance of the popular Peugeot 307, the design team clearly decided that wasn't an option.

3. 3. Grow old disgracefully with a Seat Leon

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 24 October 2005 IF you're style-conscious, on a budget and intent on growing older disgracefully, then the New Seat Leon might be the family car for you.

4. 4. Honda go off the straight and narrow with the FR-V

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 12 July 2005 IF you like anoraks, then you've almost certainly got an interest in trainspotting. If you drink too much cheap lager, you're prone to loutish behaviour. If you yearn to move to Cleveleys, you're coming up to retirement.

5. 5. A new Boxster of tricks

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 14 October 2005 SWOOPING along the twisting coast road, top down, autumn sunshine, the latest Rolling Stones CD duelling with the aural sexiness of the Boxster's glorious flat-six exhaust note, an unfamiliar engine roar suddenly filled the air. God, I've broken something on Mr Porsche's gleaming red roadster.

6. 6. Ford Fiesta: Still a hooligan after all these years

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 12 April 2005 IN the list of cars I have owned, the Mk 2 Ford Fiesta XR2 was a dubious highlight.

7. 7. Plain-speaking Volvo V50

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 14 February 2005 HERE'S one for all you film buffs. Do you remember Crazy People, the 1990 Dudley Moore comedy movie with little Dud as an advertising executive for a US agency, suddenly afflicted with a prolonged bout of plain-speaking?

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