2011 Mercedes-Benz B180 CDi SE (IRL)
After a concept version of the car did the rounds of the Shows in 2004, the production version of the Mercedes B Class was launched in March 2005. A f...
2011 and 2010 VW Passat 1.6 TDi 105 BlueMotion S (GB)
Since its launch in 1973, Volkswagen has made well over 15 million Passats. Although this figure is well short of the sales total of the smaller Golf,...
2010 Toyota Corolla 1.8LE (USA)
The first Toyota Corolla appeared in 1966. Although it might not have been obvious at that time, this was a car that exemplified what the Japanese do ...
2011 Mitsubishi Endeavor 3.8LS (USA)
In 2010, Ford managed to sell just under 200,000 Escapes. Mitsubishi, by contrast, struggled to sell more than a few thousand of their Endeavor, a sli...
2010 Ford Escape 2.5 XLT AWD (USA)
With the honourable exception of the 2004 Mustang, Ford US had something of a new model famine for much of the late Nineties and early Noughties, and ...
2009 Mitsubishi Galant 2.4 ES (USA)
There have been 9 generations of car from Mitsubishi called Galant. The first was launched in late 1969, and was quite an advanced design for its day,...
2011Nissan Versa 1.8S 5dr Hatch (USA)
When the Nissan Almera reached the end of its intended production life, no direct replacement was offered in Europe. Nissan stated that they had strug...
2010 Hyundai Elantra 2.0 GLS (USA)
For those who can recall the early Korean automotive exports to western markets, 1991 was the year of the big surprise. This was when Hyundai replaced...
2011 Chevrolet Malibu 2.4LS (USA)
When a model has a short life between refreshes or complete replacement, you can tell one of a couple of things: either it simply was not very good, a...
2010 Cadillac STS 3.6 V6 AWD (USA)
In the near future, it would seem, Cadillac will replace not just the STS, a car I have been testing for a few days, but also the larger DTS models wi...