The Scottish Farmer

Audi updates the stylish allroad

MORE POWER but cheaper to run are the big arguments that Audi is putting forward for prospective buyers of the latest incarnation of the resourceful ‘allroad’ version of its A6.

Land Cruiser V8 upgrades for 2012

MORE SPEC’ goodies and a revised engine to meet the latest emission standards as demanded by the Mandarins of Europe, are the main points of the latest Land Cruiser giant from Toyota.

Great wee car for juking about

THE AULD Scots word, to juke, as in juke aboot – otherwise dodge, evade or duck – I’m pretty certain did not come into the thinking of the Nissan bods when they launched their Juke on the UK market.

Keeping the Defender ‘essential’

IT’S NOT too far-fetched to say that the Land Rover Defender is an absolute essential for Scottish Agriculture plc.

Jim Clark – the iconic Scottish farmer

HE’S revered as one of the most famous farming Scots of all time.

Great wee car for juking about

THE AULD Scots word, to juke, as in juke aboot – otherwise dodge, evade or duck – I’m pretty certain did not come into the thinking of the Nissan bods when they launched their Juke on the UK market.

Ranger still has an eye on the wild side

THERE’S A big gap between the bottom model and the top one in the latest incarnation of the Ford Ranger pick-up – 10 grand to be precise.

Evoque is the Scottish Car of the year

TWO HARSH winters have really brought the 4 x 4 market alive again in Scotland and so it was little surprise that Range Rover’s imaginative soft-roader, the Evoque recently took the title of the Scottish Car of the Year, at an awards ceremony in Glasgow.

Will the new Defender keep the faith?

IT IS much loved, sometimes berated, but remains the iconic farmer’s vehicle.

There’s a wolf in the Amarok’s clothing!

THE UK’S pick-up market has been squeezed markedly in the past two years – but now a German manufacturer wants to stir things up further with an Argentinean-built vehicle which has been named using the North American innuit word for ‘wolf’.

First look a the exciting new baby Rangie

IT’S ONE of the most exciting cars in recent times for Land Rover and, going by pre-booked sales, it will be one of the most successful too, The SF has learnt during a sneak preview of the Range Rover Evoque before its international launch.

Infiniti’s got that ‘something’ different to offer

IT MIGHT have been deliberate, but the one thing that struck me right away about the Infiniti FX was that it looks like two members of the SUV brigade from very different ends of the price spectrum.

Arnold Clark £1 million giveaway weekend has arrived

With 145 branches taking part, more than 15,000 new and used vehicles available and an unbelievable £1 million worth of giveaways on offer, this is no ordinary weekend, this is the first ever Arnold Clark Giveaway Weekend and its happening from Friday 10th to Sunday 12th June, where 15,000 cars will come with two years’ FREE servicing worth up to £399.

Everybody wants a 4 x 4

GIVEN THE fact that it is almost a requirement these days to have a 4 x 4 car – not to traverse the muddy parts of Scotland, you understand – but just to even contemplate a simple journey around town, then the latest Ford ‘idea’ has lots of merit.

VW Touareg makes those pennies count

AS THOSE of us who do not have 1000 tonnes of wheat left to sell on the open market have found, making pennies count for more is the name of the game these days, writes Ken Fletcher.

There’s a Denver in the Highlands!

THERE IS a hill road on the way from Inverie to the Loch an Dubh-lochain on Knoydart, which has ruts so deep in it that the occasional salmon might be purloined!

Ford’s Ranger breaks cover

THE LONG-AWAITED new Ford Ranger was seen in Europe for the first time this week at the Geneva Motor Show and it looks a belter.

VW’s pick-up ready to Rok and roll

IT’S BEEN long-awaited and much debated in the farming websites but the new Volkswagen pick-up, the Amarok, is a step closer to hitting the roads in the UK – they’ve just announced the pricing schedule, which means deliveries are just around the corner

The MOST luxurious Rangie ever?

IS THIS the ‘ultimate’ Range Rover?

Vauxhall’s 4 x 4 at under £20,000

VAUXHALL HAVE pulled off something of a coup with their new 4 x 4 model, the Antara, which has just undergone a major day at the ‘hairdressers’.

Evoque-ing interest from new Rangey buyers

LOOK OUT next summer for the new baby Rangey – Land Rover’s Range Rover Evoque looks to be a winner already, going by the interest excited by the ‘news so far.’

Kia Sportage is Scotland’s winner

FOR THE second year in succession is has been an SUV that has won Scotland’s top motoring accolade at the 2010 Scottish Car of the Year Awards.

Re-vamp of Mitsubishi L200 is all for the better

AFTER A little spell of suffering from ‘bridesmaidishness’ at the hands of the Ford Ranger, the Mitsubishi L200 truck came back to the top of the UK pick-up leaderboard in 2009.

Volvo’s most frugal XC yet – but it’s only 2WD

VOLVO USES the XC designation across its ranges to denote ‘cross country’ and so you would think that if you bought an XC model, then that’s what you’d get.

Nissan Navara gets V6 power

TOP OF the range Navara pick-ups from Nissan can now be fitted with a new powerful and class-leading V6 diesel engine, while those further down the food chain get more performance, plus better emissions and economy from the more standard 2.5-litre dCi engines.

VW goes Amarok

NOT QUITE a new player in the pick-up market, but certainly one that has left this segment pretty much to others until now, VW reckons that its new Argentinean-built Amarok pick-up will set new standards in the one-tonne class when it hits the showrooms in September.

Yeti stalks the 4 x 4 market

THE TOP-SELLING ‘crossover’ Nissan Qashqai better watch out because a Yeti is stalking it!

Toyota adds power

A REVISION of Toyota’s Hilux pick-up range for 2010 will see a 20% power boost for the 2.5 D-4D engine and some added bits and pieces in the regular price.

Snow boosts 4 x 4 sales

DON’T HEAD for your local car auction in the next few weeks to think that you can grab a bargain.

Taxing questions from Mazda and Subaru?

IT WOULD appear that many people were so severely inconvenienced by what the daily newspapers referred to as a ‘cold snap’, they have given an emphatic two-fingered salute to the Government-led anti-4 x 4 brigade by turning up in droves to outlets selling four-wheel-drive vehicles.

Cars go on the skid

THE COLD snap has had more than an effect on water pipes and feeding troughs – one in 10 drivers crashed in the last month during the snowy and icy weather.

Land Rover bucks the sales trend

IT MIGHT not be solely down to the recent ‘big freeze’, but Land Rover bucked the trend of falling car sales with a whopping 93% rise in sales in the final quarter of 2009.

The juciest cars of 2009

THIS YEAR’S been an easy pick for the ‘best drives of the year’ title in my book.

Farmer’s favourite is the top Scottish car

THE FARMERS’ favourite SUV, the Land Rover Discovery is Scotland’s best car, according to Scotland’s motoring journalists.

Farmer’s favourite is the top Scottish car

THE FARMERS’ favourite SUV, the Land Rover Discovery is Scotland’s best car, according to Scotland’s motoring journalists.

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