2019 Mazda CX-3 2.0i Sport (USA)
Like most of the major motor manufacturers, Mazda started with one crossover model, the rather attractive CX-7, which they launched in 2006, as a repl...
2019 BMW 740i (USA)
The three German automotive premium heavyweights, Mercedes-Benz, BMW and Audi started off in very different ways, with their products targetted in dif...
2019 Mercedes-Benz A180d Sport (GB)
Few people will forget the A Class Mercedes, the first truly small car from a brand with an enviable reputation for quality and durability. The decisi...
2019 Mercedes-Benz E450 Estate 4Matic AMG Line Premium Plus (CH)
This rental was for a weekend based out of Zurich, in advance of a visit to the 2019 Geneva Motor Show. Since I was working in Zurich on a regular bas...
2018 Audi Q5 3.0 TDi quattro Business (I)
With examples of Audi's Q-badged range of crossovers a common sight on our roads, it is hard to remember that this brand was relatively late to this s...
2018 Opel Zafira 1.6T Innovation (E)
Whilst debate remains unresolved as to whether in 1984 it was Renault, with the Espace, or the Chrysler Corporation, with the Plymouth Voyager who inv...
2018 Volvo S90 D3 Momentum (B)
With the ever-increasing popularity of the Crossover, many manufacturers have abandoned traditional market sectors that were the core of their sales p...
2018 Honda Civic Hatch 1.0T SR (GB)
The rental car sector in the larger markets of the world is an important one, for two reasons. Firstly it is large, and with cars typically staying on...
2018 Mercedes-Benz C300 Cabriolet (USA)
During the 1990s there was an explosion in the number of convertible versions of saloon and coupe models brought to market by just about every car man...
2018 Audi A3 Saloon 2.0 TFSi Premium (USA)
When collecting a rental car from Hertz's massive LAX facility, I customarily walk all around, having a good look at what is on site. It takes several...