2023 Vauxhall Mokka 1.2 THP 130 GS (GB)
When I got my first experience of the Mokka, a small crossover that Vauxhall-Opel launched in 2012 to capitalise on the current market enthu...
2023 Cupra Formentor 1.5 TSi V2 (GB)
Cupra was first used by Spanish brand SEAT in the early 2000s to denote the most sporting models in their range of stylish hatchbacks, being applied t...
2023 MINI Cooper S Convertible Classic (USA)
Sometimes when I walk into the Hertz LAX site, I spot a car between the gate and the area where my friends Annie and Sylvia operate the outdoor Gold a...
2021 Infiniti QX50 Luxe (USA)
It was in the very late 1980s when the four largest Japanese brands all concluded that the best way of trying to break into the still growing premium ...
2015 Subaru Impreza Hatch 2.0i PZEV (USA)
The last couple of years have seen more variety in the Hertz US rental fleet, with both models you don’t expect to see at all, such as Lexus and Acura...
2021 Alfa Romeo Stelvio 280 Sprint RWD (USA)
For more years than I can remember, successive CEOs of Alfa Romeo and indeed the parent company have promised a renaissance of the brand with investme...
2023 GMC Terrain SLT (USA)
Within the General Motors portfolio of brands, GMC is perhaps the hardest one to characterise. Whilst Cadillac is definitely the luxury ...
2023 Kia Rio Sedan S (USA)
Wind the clock back, say 5 years, and there was lots of choice in what is sometimes known as the sub-compact class for US buyers. Nissan had c...
2023 Ford Explorer XLT RWD (USA)
It’s more than thirty years since Ford launched the first Explorer model and in that time it has sold in large numbers in the US. Ar...
2020 Honda Accord 1.5T Sport (USA)
During the 1970s, an onslaught of new models from all the Japanese brands that we now know well served notice that the established players in the worl...