2014 Porsche Cayman 2.7 PDK (USA)
You are not a true petrolhead, apparently, until you have owned an Alfa Romeo. As three of these Italian machines were with me over an 8 year period, ...
2013 Volkswagen Passat Estate 1.6 TDi 105 S (GB)
Over the past thirty years, the size of the overall market for new cars in Europe has grown very significantly, and yet as changing tastes of the cons...
2013 Seat Leon 1.6 TDi S (GB) and 1.6 TDi Style (E)
There has been lots of discussion in recent years about the financial challenges facing every manufacturer in the motor industry, even those whose pos...
2013 Toyota Corolla LE (USA)
There are so many different models and variants out there that even the full time professionals have trouble keeping up, and sampling everything that ...
2013 Subaru Forester 2.5X Premium (USA)
Tuesday evening: the nadir of rental car availability at most US airport locations. It certa...
2013 SEAT Ibiza 1.6 TDi 105 Style 5 door (E)
Arriving in Madrid for a weekend of summer sunshine (or so I hoped, and booked before I knew that the UK was actually going to have several weeks of s...
2013 Skoda Octavia 1.6 TDi S (GB)
I will make no secret of the fact that I am big fan of the Skoda Octavia. If you look at the sales fi...
2013 Toyota Verso 1.8i Luna (CH)
Credit must surely go to Renault with their 1996 Scenic for introducing a car which made life that much easier for families who needed s...
2013 Toyota Avalon XLE (USA)
In Europe, the largest Toyota saloon available these days is the D segment Avensis,...
2012 Volkswagen Passat 2.5 SE (USA)
In a matter of weeks, the Passat will celebrate its 40th birthday. In that time, the first ...