2013 Honda Fit 1.5 (USA)
Most of my test cars are rental vehicles, and almost all of them come from Hertz. Long gone are the days when they, or indeed any other of the multi-n...
2015 Abarth 595 Competizione 180 (GB)
The average production life of most car models on sale is around six or seven years. Slightly surprisingly, that has not really changed over the last ...
2015 Cadillac XTS4 3.6 Luxury AWD (USA)
By the 1950s, in common with many other car manufacturers, the vast General Motors empire had rationalised the number of brands that it was selling, a...
2015 BMW 650i Gran Coupe M-Sport (USA)
Whilst there remains some debate as to who was really responsible for inventing "mass production", there is no doubt that it was Henry Ford who applie...
2015 Mazda 5 2.5i Sport (USA)
Opinions vary as to whether it is French car maker Renault who should be credited with inventing what Europeans call the People Carrier, with their 19...
2015 Jeep Grand Cherokee 3.6 Laredo E (USA)
We've been on the fourth generation Jeep Grand Cherokee since mid-2010 and yet this is one of those cars which has continued to elude me for years, ju...
2015 Jeep Cherokee 2.4 Limited AWD (USA)
With the explosion in sales of SUV vehicles that has taken place in recent years, you would have thought that the company who arguably invented the ge...
2015 Abarth 695 Biposto (GB)
Students of the history of Abarth will need no reminder that this is a brand whose whole heritage and pedigree revolves around motorsport. When Carlo ...
2014 Kia Sportage KZ-2 2.0 CRDi AWD (GB)
The first Kia Sportage was launched in 1993, and made its debut in Europe in 1995. Accurately predicting the explosive growth in sales of Crossover ty...
2014 Hyundai Accent 1.6 GLS 4 door (USA)
To survive as a volume auto maker in the second decade of the twentyfirst century you need sales on a massive scale and not to be dependent on a singl...