2020 Maserati Ghibli V6 350 (GB)
The first Maserati made its debut in 1926. It was an out and out race car and everything that was produced by the firm for the next 21 years was simil...
2020 BMW X2 sDrive20i M Sport (GB)
Whilst the debate as to who really invented and popularised the SUV and Crossover genre continues unresolved, there is less doubt as to it was with th...
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 ...