2013 Skoda Octavia 1.6 TDi S (GB)
I will make no secret of the fact that I am big fan of the Skoda Octavia. If you look at the sales fi...
2013 Ford Focus 1.0T 100 Ecoboost and 1.6i Zetec 5door (GB)
In the interests of trying to sample a few more test cars on British roads, and encouraged by the arriva...
2013 Toyota Verso 1.8i Luna (CH)
Credit must surely go to Renault with their 1996 Scenic for introducing a car which made life that much easier for families who needed s...
2013 Audi A1 1.4 TFSi 122 S-Line (GB)
The idea of the premium small car is not new. You only have to look at the surprisingly popular Vanden Plas version of the popular Austi...
2013 Kia Cee’d 2 1.6 CRDi SportWagon (GB)
During the 1960s and 1970s, the typical European family car underwent a transformation from conventional three-box saloon type desi...
2013 Kia Rio 2 1.25 5 door (GB)
Utter the model name "Kia Rio" to any car enthusiast, and I predict you would get one of two reactions: either their eyes would glaze over, a...
2013 Peugeot 208 1.2 VTi Active 5 door (GB)
Much has been written about the sad changes in Peugeot's range of cars, from a time when they produced some of the best looking and best to drive affo...
2013 Infiniti G37x Premium Sport (USA)
Those of you who have analysed the various rental vehicles that I source for test from Hertz will note that in t...
2013 Toyota Avalon XLE (USA)
In Europe, the largest Toyota saloon available these days is the D segment Avensis,...
2012 Volkswagen Passat 2.5 SE (USA)
In a matter of weeks, the Passat will celebrate its 40th birthday. In that time, the first ...