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 ...
2010 Hyundai Elantra 2.0 GLS (USA)
For those who can recall the early Korean automotive exports to western markets, 1991 was the year of the big surprise. This was when Hyundai replaced...
2010 Infiniti QX56 4WD (USA)
When Infiniti launched in Europe just over a year ago, not all the cars that are featured in the range were included. The absence of the 5-series riva...
2009 Ford Focus SE 4dr Sedan (USA)
Every few years, it seems, Ford announces in a fanfare of publicity that its latest offering is truly a "World Car". We saw this when the first genera...
2010 Honda Civic LX Sedan (USA)
Although the 1976 launch of the Accord is widely credited with transforming Honda's reputation, and sales success, and propelling the company hitherto...
2010 Lancia Ypsilon 1.2 Ego (I)
Much ink has been spilled over the plight of Alfa Romeo, with the doubters far from convinced that each and every latest model under review is a "real...