2009 Saturn Vue 3.6 XR 2WD (USA)
With the memory of the Pontiac Torrent still fresh in my mind, I arrived at Chicago O'Hare airport, to find that one of its GM stablemates, and also a...
2009 Pontiac Torrent 3.4 AWD (USA)
The troubles of General Motors were barely out of the headlines, month after month, in the first part of 2009. It was clear tha...
2008 Vauxhall Corsa 1.2 16v SXi 3dr (GB)
It is a slightly surprising fifteen years since I last drove a Vauxhall Corsa. I remember the occasion well. At the time, I still had my Rover 414 Si ...
2009 Ford Kuga 2.0 TDCi Carving (CH)
The past twenty years have seen a deluge of new motoring market niches being discovered or even created, and then promptly filled by the car manufactu...
2009 Renault Grand Modus 1.6 VVT Dynamique Auto (CH)
Having introduced the first MPV vehicle to Europe, with the Espace in 1984, just months behind the Chrysler Corporation's first generation Voyager and...
2008 Peugeot 407 SW 2.0 HDi 136 (F)
Much has been written about how Peugeot managed a special transformation from a range of cars that were both good to look at and good to drive, to a r...
2009 Mazda CX-9 Touring (USA)
Although sales volumes in Europe have been disappointing, largely down to the absence of a diesel engine, the Mazda CX-7 is familiar to most car enthu...
2009 Volkswagen Golf 2.0 TDi 140 GT 5dr (GB)
Now on its sixth generation, the Golf has been a phenomenal success for Volkswagen for 35 years. For more years than most of us can remember...
2009 Subaru Impreza 2.5i Hatch (USA)
In the phenomenally competitive global car market of the twenty-first century, the risks of producing a product that deviates much from your competito...
2009 Volkswagen Polo 1.2 60 Match 5dr (GB)
For more years than most of us can remember now, VW's Golf has been the best-selling car in Europe, scoring notable sales success in just about every ...