2021 Maserati Ghibli Hybrid GranLusso and GranSport (GB)
It used to be the case that the first we knew of a new car was when a grand unveiling was accompanied by an immediate appearance in the local showroom...
2018 Alfa Romeo Giulia 2.2 JTD 150 Super (I)
My love of Alfa Romeo is well documented. My own motoring history includes three examples of the marque, a 164, a 916 series GTV and a 156 and I loved...
2018 Volkswagen Passat Estate 1.6 TDi Business (I)
Recent years have seen a dramatic decline in sales of what are sometimes called D-Segment cars, the large family saloon exemplified in the UK by the F...
2019 Vauxhall Corsa 1.4 Sport (GB)
The Corsa is an important car for its maker, Vauxhall/Opel, as it constitutes their European best-seller. Perennially popular across mainland Europe, ...
2020 BMW 320d xDrive Touring M Sport (GB)
To help us when comparing different cars, the marketeers and analysts have come up with various labels. Often you will see reference to A-segment, B-s...
2020 Abarth 595 Turismo (GB)
I bought my first Abarth literally the day that I returned the car I had rented from Hertz for a long weekend birthday treat. That first car, and the ...
2020 Mercedes-Benz E300d AMG-Line Premium Plus (GB)
Mercedes offer a vast, complex and sometimes seemingly over-lapping range of cars these days. Wind the clock back a bit and things...
2020 Skoda Karoq 1.0 TSi SE (GB)
There are plenty of examples where the replacement for a much-loved car failed to hit the spot even if in purely objective terms, the new product was ...
2020 Ford Fiesta 1.0T 100 ST-Line X (B)
No question, Ford’s Fiesta has been a huge success. First seen in 1976, it was the Blue Oval’s first front wheel drive car and first supermini-sized h...
2019 Kia Optima Sports Wagon 1.6 CRDi 2 (GB)
The growth in sales of Kia cars in the UK and indeed the rest of Europe over the last 20 years or so has been quite spectacular. Even in the early day...