2013 Ford Edge 3.5 V6 AWD Limited (USA)
Although there had been vehicles that combined the attributes of a tough all-road vehicle with car like characteristics for some time (think Jeep Wago...
2012 Ford Focus Zetec 2.0 TDCi 140 Auto and 2013 Zetec 1.6 TDCI 115 5dr (GB)
At a global level, debate still rages as to whether it is the Toyota Corolla or the Ford Focus that is currently the world's best-selling car. Things ...
2012 Honda Civic LX Sedan (USA)
When a new model is launched, as a direct replacement for an existing car, the expectation is that it is "better". And in almost all cases, it is. Som...
2013 Kia Soul 2.0i+ (USA)
Probe insistently enough, and I would be pretty confident that you would get any car enthusiast to admit to at least one automotive "guilty pleasure"....
2013 Ford Hertz Penske Mustang GT (USA)
When John Hertz founded his eponymous car rental business in the 1920s, he built his own cars. He quickly realised that it would be much more cost eff...
2013 Kia Optima 2.4 GDi LX (USA)
Much has been written about the huge transformation of Kia from purveyor of budget and rather ordinary cars in the 1990s and early 2000s to a serious ...
2013 Ford Focus 1.0T 100 Ecoboost and 1.6i Zetec 5door (GB)
In the interests of trying to sample a few more test cars on British roads, and encouraged by the arriva...
2013 Kia Cee’d 2 1.6 CRDi SportWagon (GB)
During the 1960s and 1970s, the typical European family car underwent a transformation from conventional three-box saloon type desi...
2013 Kia Rio 2 1.25 5 door (GB)
Utter the model name "Kia Rio" to any car enthusiast, and I predict you would get one of two reactions: either their eyes would glaze over, a...
2013 Infiniti G37x Premium Sport (USA)
Those of you who have analysed the various rental vehicles that I source for test from Hertz will note that in t...