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...
2013 Toyota Venza LE AWD (USA)
It used to be easy to categorise cars, and thus to produce a list of rivals. Core of most volume manufacturers' ranges were either Saloon or Hatchback...
2014 Subaru Outback 2.5i Limited PZEV (USA)
Subaru sold just 208 cars in the UK in November 2014, making it the 30th best-selling brand, and giving them a heady 0.1% of the market. In Europe, ev...
2014 Toyota Yaris LE 5 door (USA)
After offering the competent but generally unremarkable little Starlet as a competitor in the fiercely fought B-segment supermini class for more than ...