2011 Hyundai Elantra 1.8 GLS (USA)
By the time I got to sample the fourth generation Hyundai Elantra, the model had already been superceded. I concluded that although not exactly exciti...
2011 Nissan Cube 1.8S (USA)
For many years, the roads of Japan have been populated by an array of cars that have not been exported to western markets, so they are only known outs...
2010 Hyundai Accent GLS Sedan (USA)
After a fun week driving around in the latest Camaro and Challenger models, a watchful eye on the holiday budget suggested a need to return to somethi...
2011 Hyundai i30 1.4 GL FDU Classic (E)
Last weekend I was behind the wheel of an Alfa Giulietta and this weekend it was a Hyundai i30, both of which are medium sized hatchbacks, or C-segmen...
2011 Jeep Patriot 2.4 AWD Latitude (USA)
Jeep recently celebrated their 70th anniversary, and for most of that time has been known for producing an off-roader which is called Wrangler in its ...
2011 Fiat Panda 1.2 Mylife (I)
Since a group of motoring journalists from across Europe got together in 1964 to declare the first "Car of the Year" (it was the Austin 1800, by the w...
2011 Kia Rio 2 1.4i Hatch (GB)
sMuch has been written about the transformation achieved by the Korean motor manufacturers, who have gone from producing some distinctly unimpressive ...
2011 Ford Fiesta 1.4 TDCi Zetec 5 door (GB)
It will not have escaped your notice that I do manage to get to drive quite an array of different cars during the course of a year. Most of them are s...
2011 Kia Venga 3 1.4 CRDi (GB)
It was only a matter of time for the concept of the MPV, translated from "Large Size" of the Renault Espace, to "Medium Size" by the 1996 Renault Scen...
2010 Ford Escape 2.5 XLT AWD (USA)
With the honourable exception of the 2004 Mustang, Ford US had something of a new model famine for much of the late Nineties and early Noughties, and ...