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  • 22 of 22 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    wilsam00

    5 Stars what car 25/11/2001
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages see opinion

    Disadvantages Disadvantages price

    Buying a car is one of the most expensive purchases most people are going to make so the publishers have made a magazine which makes buying a new car much easier that any other mag in the country. It contains the most popular cars in the UK e.g. Ford Fiesta, Peugeot 206,Toyota Yaris and one of my faviroutes, Fiats wonder car the Punto!! The contenders are nicely laid out beside one another, and then the test is started!. The cars are marked out of 5 for each rating. The cars are tested for the following. Performance . Ride and handling . Refinement . Behind the wheel . Equipment . Space ... more
  • 37 of 37 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Solex

    4 Stars Now WHAT CAR shall I buy 03/02/2002
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Great in-depth information on cars

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Maybe should have a sports section

    One of my first ops on this site was about my favourite magazine – a car magazine of course! -, Auto Express. It still is, but there is another magazine I tend to read and it’s called What Car? (For all you people who haven’t read the category) I never used to read What Car? or Auto Express but I used to read a magazine called Complete Car. I found some the other day and I still think they were good (I got my name in their once). But they merged with Autocar and so dropped in my estimation. I tried Carweek but that mysteriously went defunct. This then led me onto Auto Express ... more
  • 0 of 0 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    polydeuces

    4 Stars A Friend In The Trade 18/11/2000
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Good Round-Up of statistics, good reviews

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Writing can be a bit repetitive

    If you are in the market for a new or used car it is important to get advice from a number of sources. If you have a friend in the know then that’s good for you but many haven’t. In this case there is plenty of advice out there but whom do you trust? There are many opinion channels including those like Ciao who offer good hopefully unbiased advice but in the plethora of car magazines on the newsagents shelf who can you trust. For many years when it has got time to renew my company car I have bought a couple of consecutive copies of What Car and used its articles to point me in the right ... more
  • 1 of 1 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    StephenM8

    4 Stars What Car? Magazine review, silly 02/10/2000
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages A lot of onformation available

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Not always bang up to date.

    I was very surprised to find that no one else had reviewed this magazine. I was under the impression that it was at least one of Britain's best selling car magazines. Oh well. I hope mine is sufficient. I have visited this site a few times. It doesn't seem to be updated as often as Autoexpress.co.uk (please read my review of that as well) but still, it has plenty of encyclopediac information available, such as car prices and specification. Also, it offers the big special guides which WhatCar? is famous for - safety and security - which are worth reading if you are in the market for a new car ... more
  • 7 of 9 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Aj2001

    5 Stars The Definitive Car Magazine 31/01/2001
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages well laid out, full of stats, takes years to read it all!

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Puts you off buying that hot hatch when you see the MPG

    What Car? is an epic Bible of a car magazine, full of every possible stat you could think of on every single car for sale in the UK. It was the 1st motoring magazine to include the specs for each and every car and soon all the competition followed suit, but What Car? Also has many other strengths over the competition. Like most magazines What Car? starts of with short blips of news which would include items such as Safety breakthroughs and new cars currently that have previously been unseen. The magazine then gets its feet wet getting stuck into car reviews, and the magazine usually does this ... more
  • 7 of 7 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    winprizes2000

    3 Stars Solid as a Volvo 19/01/2001
    User doesn't recommend the product

    Advantages Advantages vast database of figures

    Disadvantages Disadvantages much unchanged from month to month

    To call What Car? a magazine seems a little unfair - it is in fact a giant tome of motoring statistics published monthly. As a car buyers guide it has reasonable coverage fo the months new entrants to the UK car market, and three or four road tests or group tests along with a couple of features on safety or car security etc. The strenght of this magazine is its impressivly in depth and well laid out facts and figures listing. Every new car is listed detailing price, equipment, performance and economy. The databse of information is vast and accurate. However much of the detail is unchanged ... more
  • 3 of 7 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Valleysboy76

    5 Stars Buying a car 09/12/2006
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Easy to read, unbiased

    Disadvantages Disadvantages none

    If you are thinking of buying a car, this is the mag to go for, i fould it excellent when looking for my new Volvo XC90, the descriptions of cars are easy to read and the reviews are in great detail. The pictures are clear, concise and obviously well taken. With loads of new cars tested each month, its always good to know what is going on in the manufacturing world! being quite cheaply priced as well (in comparsion to buying a car!) i would highly recomend this to anyone that is looking to buy a car, and avoid the car salesman's biased approch to whatever dealer he works for, (no offence) Go ... more
  • 3 of 14 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    KellyB1981

    4 Stars Great source of information 21/02/2004
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Great source of information

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Sometimes not accurate with info

    I use What Car? in my job dealing with company cars. It's a great source of information. The company car tax calculator is great - and I use it often! The magazine is packed full of ideas for new cars with great reviews and test drives so you get the full information. I do feel though, as with most car (or in fact most magazines) magazines there are too many advertisements! The section at the back with the specifics for each car and how much extra's may cost can sometimes be innacurate too but I suppose there are so many cars in there, no one can be perfect! The letters page can be a good read ... more
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