2005 Ford Focus Estate 1.6 TDCi Ambiente (CH)
My work diary currently has regular meetings in Switzerland on Monday mornings which necessitate travelling in the night before. A few weeks ago, it o...
2007 Fiat Croma 2.2 JTS Eleganza (CH)
Cast your mind back over some of the great Fiat cars produced over the last 108 years. The Topolino, of course, the car that literally put Italy on wh...
2006 Ford S-Max 2.0i (CH)
As customer tastes continue to move away from buying conventional saloon, hatch and estate models to those vehicles which offer more versatility, comm...
2005 Audi S4 (GB)
Some years ago, a change was introduced to the Company Car Policy that has governed the choice of cars I have had ever since I started working. Rather...
2007 Dodge Grand Caravan 3.3 LX (USA)
The Americans call this a "minivan". For any vehicle that is over 200" long, as this one is, the soubriquet "mini-...." seems less than appropriate. P...
2006 Fiat Grande Punto 1.2 Dynamic 5 door (GB)
The globalisation of the world's car markets and massive increases in the costs of developing any new model have challenged every car manufacturer, bi...
2007 Ford Mondeo 1.8 LX (GB)
Ford sold more than 2.8 million Cortina models in the UK during the car's 20 year life. With the exception of 1976, a model transition year, when it w...
2007 Cadillac DTS (USA)
The second leg of this April 2007 work trip to America was based out of the Chicago suburbs. The Hertz facility at O'Hare airport is generally well-st...
2007 Honda Accord LX (USA)
With increasing levels of affluence in Japan as the nation recovered from the effects of the second world war. by the early 1960s there was a growing ...
2007 Ford Focus 1.8 Sport 5 door (GB)
Ford has never said so in as many words, but they must surely know that the 1990 Escort was an embarrassingly low point in their history. Rarely does ...