2009 Ford Focus SE 4dr Sedan (USA)
Every few years, it seems, Ford announces in a fanfare of publicity that its latest offering is truly a "World Car". We saw this when the first genera...
2010 Volkswagen Jetta 2.5S (USA)
In Europe, the Golf is King. Not just for Volkswagen, but as the best selling vehicle across a number of markets, a position it has occupied for many ...
2011 Chevrolet Traverse LT AWD (USA)
Badge engineering: the term applied to many cars in the 1950s and 1960s, when a round of mergers and acquisitions had seen once former rivals part of ...
2010 Honda Civic LX Sedan (USA)
Although the 1976 launch of the Accord is widely credited with transforming Honda's reputation, and sales success, and propelling the company hitherto...
Los Angeles Auto Show – November 2010
Although the North American International Auto Show held in January every year remains the Number One show in America, it has its challenges, not the ...
EFA-Museum für deutsche Automobilgeschichte – Amerang (D)
When I collected the latest rental car from Herr Sixt in Munich Airport, I asked for a map, and was told that the car had satellite navigation, which ...
2010 BMW 530d SE (USA)
Driving through the Bavarian countryside in my latest test car, with a friend from Munich on board as passenger, we spotted some "classic" Fords parke...
2010 Chevrolet Aveo 1.2 LS 5dr Hatch (F)
I've been renting cars for long enough now to know that there are two things you can reasonably expect: surprise and coincedence. Both applied to my l...
Showrooms of Champs-Élysées – October 2010
There are lots of things to do in Paris, and on a sunny autumn day, as was the case for my recent visit, you might think that spending an hour in some...
2010 Mercury Milan 3.0 V6 Premier (USA)
In a few weeks time, the very last Mercury ever will be built. Chances are that it will be a Milan, as this is one of only three models left...