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...
2010 Chrysler Sebring 2.7 V6 Limited Sedan (USA)
Ignoring for the moment the fact that the best selling vehicles in North America remain pick-up trucks, the traditional sedan still outsells...
2011 Volvo S60 D3 Momentum (E)
Look back twenty or thirty years, and there was far less choice on the automotive market. There were fewer different models, and consequently a small ...
2009 Volkswagen Beetle 2.5S Blush (USA)
One of the reasons why the VW Beetle achieved such an enormous sales success during its many years in production was because the Americans took the ca...
2010 Infiniti QX56 4WD (USA)
When Infiniti launched in Europe just over a year ago, not all the cars that are featured in the range were included. The absence of the 5-series riva...