handling

Hi, I have noticed that if I am stationary in a side road and then pull out quite sharply to get into a gap in the oncoming traffic, the back end of my Trophy seems to skip sidewards slightly, ie as if the rears wheels jumped sidewards slightly a few times.. At first I thought one of the rear...

Had a scare yesterday, coming down an onto a motorway ramp and accelerating up to merge at 70mph with a slight left turning motion. Before I could merge the right hand side of the car lost traction and started fish tailing. It was dry, just a slight turning motion on the wheel but it gave me a...

Like many others, I expect, who ordered the Xpower I gave some weight to the magazine reviews but more weight to my own test drive and desire to indulge the kid inside me. One theme in the UK motoring press is that while the car is a rocket on a straight road, classic hatches such as your...

So did my first proper longer trip in the car yesterday, round trip Bristol at about 130 miles there and back. Having had the car for a couple of weeks (although I don't drive it often) it was good to get it out and see how it behaves. Good stuff: Liked the handling, it really does go around...