2016 Renault Captur 1.5 DCi 90 Zen (I)
It's not that many years ago that French giant Renault seemed to be in trouble. Sales outside the fiercely patriotic domestic market were falling at a...
2016 Vauxhall Mokka 1.6 Exclusiv (GB)
Arriving back in the UK after my November 2016 week of Californian sun, it was clear that I was going to experience some very different weather, at le...
2017 Lincoln MKZ Hybrid Select (USA)
Ford bought the Lincoln Motor Company in 1922, five years after it had been founded by Henry Leland, and ever since, it has offered cars that were far...
2015 Mazda CX-5 2.5 Sport (USA)
In recent years, the products of Mazda have been well received on both sides of the Atlantic by the ever-critical and - to play back on...
2017 Chevrolet Malibu 1.5T LT (USA)
What's the production life of a car? The answer, of course, is that it depends. And it always has done. There's a balance...
2016 Mercedes-Benz CLA45 AMG OrangeArt Edition (USA)
Despite what car enthusiasts might like to think, the business of manufacturing and selling automobiles is all about making money, and that means that...
2016 Volvo S80 T5 (USA)
Whilst the car market has, in recent times, moved strongly in favour of Crossover type vehicles, there remain segments where the traditional saloon co...
2016 Kia Optima 1.7 CRDi 3 (GB)
A decade ago, Kia sold 1,141,000 vehicles in the year. Not a bad figure, you might think, and indeed there are several brands who can only dream of sa...
2016 Fiat 124 Spider Lusso (I)
It is very rare indeed these days when a brand new car is unveiled for it to be a complete surprise. We have gone from the era when a small number of ...
2016 Citroen C4 Grand Picasso 1.6 e-HDi Exclusive (F)
Having spent a Friday braving the crowds at the Salon de l'Automobile, the Paris Auto Show, I had a whole weekend to fill with other things in what yo...