2020 Mercedes-Benz E300d AMG-Line Premium Plus (GB)
Mercedes offer a vast, complex and sometimes seemingly over-lapping range of cars these days. Wind the clock back a bit and things...
2020 Skoda Karoq 1.0 TSi SE (GB)
There are plenty of examples where the replacement for a much-loved car failed to hit the spot even if in purely objective terms, the new product was ...
2020 Ford Fiesta 1.0T 100 ST-Line X (B)
No question, Ford’s Fiesta has been a huge success. First seen in 1976, it was the Blue Oval’s first front wheel drive car and first supermini-sized h...
2019 Kia Optima Sports Wagon 1.6 CRDi 2 (GB)
The growth in sales of Kia cars in the UK and indeed the rest of Europe over the last 20 years or so has been quite spectacular. Even in the early day...
2020 Kia XCeed 1.6 CRDi 2 (GB)
When it comes to choosing your car. for many people, there would seem to be a deeply ingrained desire to stand out from the crowd a little and to have...
2020 Kia Ceed SportWagon 1.6 CRDi 2 (GB)
The first Kia model arrived in the UK in 1991. Called the Pride, it was essentially a rebadged version of the recently superceded Mazda 121 and was no...
2019 Volvo XC60 D4 Momentum (E)
Although Volvo still have a couple of large estate car models in their range, the V60 and V90, and for many these still epitomise this well-respected ...
2019 BMW X3 xDrive 20d M-Sport (GB)
The first generation of the BMW X3 arrived in 2004, following the now not uncommon approach of a “teaser” concept car that did the rounds of the Auto ...
2019 Seat Arona 1.6 TDi 115 FR (GB)
In recent years, the market has shifted relentlessly towards the crossover type vehicle, with this bodystyle claiming sales in favour of traditional s...
2016 Scion iM (USA)
I have been renting cars for a long time now, and over the years have amassed quite an understanding at least of the part of the business that the cus...