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...
2009 Ford Focus SE 4dr Sedan (USA)
Every few years, it seems, Ford announces in a fanfare of publicity that its latest offering is truly a "World Car". We saw this when the first genera...
2010 Volkswagen Jetta 2.5S (USA)
In Europe, the Golf is King. Not just for Volkswagen, but as the best selling vehicle across a number of markets, a position it has occupied for many ...
2011 Chevrolet Traverse LT AWD (USA)
Badge engineering: the term applied to many cars in the 1950s and 1960s, when a round of mergers and acquisitions had seen once former rivals part of ...
2010 Honda Civic LX Sedan (USA)
Although the 1976 launch of the Accord is widely credited with transforming Honda's reputation, and sales success, and propelling the company hitherto...
2010 BMW 530d SE (USA)
Driving through the Bavarian countryside in my latest test car, with a friend from Munich on board as passenger, we spotted some "classic" Fords parke...
2010 Chevrolet Aveo 1.2 LS 5dr Hatch (F)
I've been renting cars for long enough now to know that there are two things you can reasonably expect: surprise and coincedence. Both applied to my l...
2010 Mercury Milan 3.0 V6 Premier (USA)
In a few weeks time, the very last Mercury ever will be built. Chances are that it will be a Milan, as this is one of only three models left...
2010 Chrysler Sebring 2.7 V6 Touring Convertible (USA)
When I returned the Suburban to the Hertz Phoenix airport facility, in the hope of getting a less gigantic machine to sample, it was with th...
2011 Chevrolet Suburban 4WD LT 1500 (USA)
As I approached the stall that was the location of the latest rental car, I could barely believe my eyes. All bookings on this trip were for a Hertz G...