2016 Kia Optima 1.7 CRDi 3 (GB)
A decade ago, Kia sold 1,141,000 vehicles in the year. Not a bad figure, you might think, and indeed there are several brands who can only dream of sa...
2016 Fiat 124 Spider Lusso (I)
It is very rare indeed these days when a brand new car is unveiled for it to be a complete surprise. We have gone from the era when a small number of ...
2016 Kia Forte 1.8 LX (USA)
It was during the 1970s when the position of the traditional three-box saloon as the body-style that was deemed most appropriate for the family car ca...
2016 Ford Mustang Shelby GT-H (USA)
It was in 1966 that the first collaboration between rental car company, Hertz, and Carrol Shelby was manifest, with a program that was quickly known -...
2016 Fiat Doblo 1.6 JTD 105 SX (GB)
My earliest memories of the family car are of a series of what we would now call medium-sized saloons, which served us well, except when going on a fa...
2016 Ford Escape 1.6T SE AWD (USA)
Although, much to the chagrin of some, we now live in a globally interconnected world which has somewhat lessened the differences that you find in eve...
2016 Ford Fusion Hybrid SE (USA)
Until October 1973, fuel consumption was way down the list of priorities for both car buyers and manufacturers, but then the dramatic events that took...
2016 Hyundai Sonata 2.4 SE (USA)
All the reports suggest that buyers are clamouring these days for cars with premium badges, with plenty of tales o...
2016 Ford Fusion 2.5 SE (USA)
Quite who coined the phrase "Mondeo Man" is lost in the mists of time, but we do know that it started to be used in the mid-1990s at a time when New L...
2015 Jeep Renegade 2.0 D 138 Limited 4WD (I) and 1.4 Multi-Air II Latitude FWD (GB)
Automotive historians will doubtless continue for some time to debate just who came up with the first SUV. Although many, especially if viewing this ...