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  • Links We Like: Jaguar XF, Honda HR-V and more

    Jaguar XF Sportbrake

    Every week I like to let you know what I’m writing about normal cars (just so you know it’s not all beer and skittles) as well as articles from around the web.

    So let’s get cracking.

    Carsguide.com.au

    Jaguar’s XF Sportbrake was a lovely thing and I spent a week with it. Only drama was a flat tyre. I suspect a passing miscreant stabbed the tyre with something very small and very sharp.

    I recently drove a Subaru Liberty (aka Subaru Legacy elsewhere) for Carsguide. I liked the improvements to the drivetrain, although I’m not entirely certain the ride is super-successful.

    There’s also the second instalment of my long-term review of the Hyundai Kona Active.

    SUVAuthority

    Over at SUV Authority, West Australian taskmaster Karl Peskett has had a go at the Honda HR-V. Before the Kona and before the Forester, I had the HR-V for three months and I didn’t mind it too much.

    He’s also cast his eye over the Nissan Patrol. They like their big proper four-wheel drives over in WA.

    Drive Zero

    Drive Zero has an excellent piece on Honda’s EV strategy. Do yourself a favour if you like your motivation electrified.

    Jalopnik

    Speaking of electric cars, here’s an idiot who thought it would be funny to switch seats while underway on AutoPilot in a Tesla. What a moron. It’s people like this that get others killed. As good as AutoPilot can be, it’s still not a match for human intervention.

    Road and Track

    R&T has an amazing story about a bloke who wants to IndyCar to run turbine cars (again) and the renders are *amazing*

  • Redline Links We Like: Astra, WRX, Forester

    Links We Like is a new series we’ll do every week or so to highlight more of my writing outside of The Redline as well as from other sites that are worth a look. Most of these are normal cars that we actually buy, so there’s an added bonus of genuine consumer information.

    CarsGuide.com.au

    Holden Astra R+
    It’s a Holden but it’s also an Opel. And a Peugeot.

    So, from me, there’s my review of the Holden Astra R+ at CarsGuide.com.au, a nice little car that actually handles pretty well.

    If you want to see some lunatic commenters, there’s my review of the Subaru WRX STi from a little while back. The YouTube comments are dead-set gold and you should have a look. Just remember – I’ve owned a WRX, drove the standard WRX the week before and then drove the STi. All true and all verifiable.

    Also from me, I had a Subaru Forester 2.5i-S for six months and I think that’s worth a read and a watch.

    SUV Authority

    Mazda CX-3

    Over at SUV Authority you’ll find a couple of good ones.

    Karl has driven the Range Rover Velar and he has driven it before me, which is supremely irritating, but there you are.

    Before that he had the exact opposite of the Velar – okay, maybe not exact – but it’s a quite a different car, the Mazda CX-3.

    Drive Zero

    Jaguar I-Pace

    Back to me, because it’s all about me. I’ve recently started writing about electric cars for the Australian EV site Drive Zero.

    There’s a rundown of the Australian base model Tesla Model X five-seater vs the Jaguar I-Pace S.

    I also wrote a bit on the Porsche Mission E Cross Turismo with fewer jokes than here.

    There are some excellent guides there about Australian EV ownership, which compared to the US and much of Europe is a bit of a struggle.

    Boosted Autos

    And another partner site – well, we will be – is Boosted.

    The appropriately named Will Ford scored himself a set of fresh Toyo boots for his MX-5 and did a review. A good one.