Daniel Calbacho's Blog (473)

Of Corsa, Opel’s answer to the techno savvy city car

Follow me on either twitter or Instagram @DanielCalbacho

The first impression

I have to admit, I have a personal history…

Continue

Added by Daniel Calbacho on June 15, 2015 at 9:30 — No Comments

Audi’s dashing pocket square

Follow me on twitter or Instagram @DanielCalbacho

The first impression

To me Audis resemble tailored men’s fashion. Their designs are homogenous with one…

Continue

Added by Daniel Calbacho on June 8, 2015 at 9:30 — No Comments

KIA’s miniskirt of city cars – the revised Picanto

Follow me on either twitter or Instagram @DanielCalbacho

Four years on, and the second generation KIA Picanto has still got it: charm, cute looks, a frugal set of engines and a…

Continue

Added by Daniel Calbacho on June 1, 2015 at 9:30 — No Comments

Sales not a beauty queen make…

Follow me on twitter or Instagram @DanielCalbacho

Article written by guest blogger Curt Raubenheimer

My initial impression…

I recently got to test the facelifted Volkswagen Jetta. Personally, I struggled a bit differentiating…

Continue

Added by Daniel Calbacho on May 25, 2015 at 9:30 — No Comments

The KIA Soul, so unique it doesn’t fit into a box!

Follow me on twitter and Instagram @DanielCalbacho

The first impression

I was invited to attend the launch of the second generation KIA Soul in mid-November last year. To be honest, I didn’t like the design of the original car. I felt it awkward and different just for the sake of it. I hadn’t driven it and was judging it as I’d…

Continue

Added by Daniel Calbacho on May 18, 2015 at 9:30 — No Comments

Puff, the Magic Dragon

Follow me on twitter and Instagram @DanielCalbacho

The first impression

What happens when you combine the concept of a…

Continue

Added by Daniel Calbacho on May 11, 2015 at 9:30 — No Comments

The new Cactus on the block

Citroën Cactus

Follow me on either twitter or Instagram @DanielCalbacho

Interesting name for a car, isn’t it? More than a unique name, the Citroën C4 Cactus is…

Continue

Added by Daniel Calbacho on May 4, 2015 at 9:30 — No Comments

America’s answer to upper middleclass family transport

The Jeep Cherokee 2.4 Longitude

Follow me on twitter and Instagram @DanielCalbacho

The first…

Continue

Added by Daniel Calbacho on April 20, 2015 at 9:30 — No Comments

Turbo Diesel “Wower”!

Hyundai ix35 1.7 diesel

By guest blogger Curt Raubenheimer

My initial impression…

I like that sense of safety you feel when you sit just…

Continue

Added by Daniel Calbacho on April 13, 2015 at 9:30 — No Comments

Join the conversation and save a life by getting social with #DriveConscious

I don't know a about you, but in my option our roads and those using them are becoming increasingly lawless in their driving behavour. It is scary out there: people texting and driving, speeding or getting slammed and driving home drunk. To make matters worse we need to mind out for the potholes and navigate the inoperative robots, which are down due to load…

Continue

Added by Daniel Calbacho on April 8, 2015 at 9:30 — No Comments

Ford's revised and almost all new Focus

Follow me on twitter or Instagram @DanielCalbacho

There is something to be said about the wisdom that comes from experience. Ford’s 116 year history in making cars does…

Continue

Added by Daniel Calbacho on April 7, 2015 at 9:30 — No Comments

A lightweight Korean Wrest

Follow me on twitter or Instagram @DanielCalbacho

The first impression

Consumers hold the power. Now more than ever, with an avalanche of choice, it’s…

Continue

Added by Daniel Calbacho on March 30, 2015 at 9:30 — No Comments

A reason to focus on your feelings - the new 308

Follow me on twitter and Instagram @DanielCalbacho

The press release for the new Peugeot 308 say’s, ‘Focus on your feelings’- it’s an interesting concept, and one that left me pondering mine as I left the launch…

Continue

Added by Daniel Calbacho on March 25, 2015 at 9:30 — No Comments

Nissan’s Cash Cow – the QASHQAI

Follow me on twitter or Instagram @DanielCalbacho

The first impression

Time flies when you’re busy doing well - flashback to 1994 when Toyota…

Continue

Added by Daniel Calbacho on March 23, 2015 at 9:30 — No Comments

VW's Mother Ship - Touareg TDI V8

Follow me on twitter or Instagram on @DanielCalbacho

The first impression

I recall the launch of the first Touareg, it was midway through the 2000’s. …

Continue

Added by Daniel Calbacho on March 16, 2015 at 9:30 — No Comments

Swedish Statement - Volvo's S60 T5

Follow me on twitter or Instagram @DanielCalbacho

Turn yon our TV, find your favourite show and no doubt you’ll see one of the characters in the show driving a Volvo. Perhaps it is because Volvo’s represent something unintimidating and wholesome, whose knows?

But the Volvo brand carries a paradoxical…

Continue

Added by Daniel Calbacho on March 9, 2015 at 9:30 — No Comments