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...
2016 and 2017 Maserati Ghibli 3.0D V6 (GB)
I should probably start this review with an immediate declaration. The car being reviewed is mine. I ordered it back in May 2016, hav...
2016 Skoda Yeti Outdoor 2.0 TDi 110 S (GB)
It is no secret that I am a big fan of the Skoda Yeti. Indeed, having finally managed to get behind the wheel of one in October 2012, I concluded my ...
2016 Volvo V40 D4 R-Design Pro (GB)
Much is being made in current UK advertising for the Volvo V40 of the fact that it is a Swedish car. There is a certain irony in this, of course,...
2016 Buick Regal 2.0t Sport Touring (USA)
Following the rationalisation of the number of brands that General Motors offer after the 2007/2008 credit crunch,...
2015 Mazda CX-9 AWD Sport (USA)
When Mazda unveiled the CX-9, their first full-size SUV, at the 2006 New York International Auto Show, many observed that it looked very similar to th...
2015 Volkswagen Passat 1.8 TSi S (USA)
If you believe the media frenzy that, precisely one year after the story of "Dieselgate" broke, portrays Volkswagen as the most evil of corporates, wh...
2015 Chevrolet Traverse 1LT AWD (USA)
With a vast array of different models included in the Hertz US fleet, I usually prefer to sample something that I've not driven b...