It is very rare these days for a car to be launched without a series of leaks, scoop photos and more than a few official previews, some more obviously...

I've been renting cars for long enough now to know that even when you see "Model Guaranteed" then it is just as likely that when you turn up, you will...

Although many years have passed since the launch of the first SUV-type vehicle from a brand whose entire back catalogue comprises sporting vehicles, t...

Car markets of the world are constantly changing, as buyers keep looking for a slightly different combination of attributes in what they buy, and manu...

There can be few marques which generate more debate than Alfa Romeo. We saw that not just during the Centenary celebrations in 2010 but whenever any s...

  Ten years ago I was driving around in an Alfa GTV. Resplendent in its Tropical Green paint, this was the first car I had owned that was not a ...

A few months ago I had my first 159 experience, with a 1.9 JTDm. While generally finding much to praise in this car, I was not "wowed" in the same way...

In the mid-1990s, Alfa Romeo showed their first new sports cars for 20 years, the GTV and Spider. When they were first shown, I was not entirely convi...

Ten years ago, Alfa Romeo launched the 156, and it caused little short of a sensation. Here was a car that was widely held to be the most elegant in i...

For my latest weekend rental from Zurich airport, I'd reserved an SUV, simply to make sure I got a different car type from the ones I'd already experi...