David Motton

If you want a premium compact SUV with the handling of a sports saloon, you want the BMW X1. The second generation X1 is one ...

The second-generation BMW 6 Series is almost everything a grand tourer should be. To many eyes it's not good looking enough, ...

Mazda has a habit of building cars that appeal to keen drivers, and the CX-5 is a good example, because it steers and handles...

Fiat is better known for its small cars, like the 500 and Punto, rather than chunky pick-up trucks. Adding the Fiat Fullback ...

The first generation Volvo XC60 was one of the best five-seat SUVs when it was a new car, and the years have been kind to it.

If you don't want to follow the herd the Volvo S60 makes a very creditable alternative. Like most recent Volvos, it majors on...

The Toyota Yaris may not be the most inspiring car to look at or to drive, but it's a very sensible used car.

The Toyota RAV4 is the kind of car nobody should be talked out of buying. Granted, the styling is blandly inoffensive.

The Land Cruiser you'll find in showrooms today is closely related to the car you would have spotted in the same showroom a d...

The fifth-generation Subaru Forester is a practical, sensible car, well suited to country living. Indeed, around three-quarte...

Subaru did something brave with the fifth-generation Outback: it gave car buyers what they need rather than what they want.

The Subaru XV is no pretend 4x4. Unlike many rivals that look a lot tougher than they are, Subaru's compact SUV has proper of...

The SsangYong Rexton is no pretend off-roader: this is the real thing. Every version has four-wheel drive, and will keep plug...

To describe the Superb as a family car is to sell it short. Although sold as a rival for the likes of the Ford Mondeo, the Su...

When the Skoda Rapid arrived in 2013, it felt like a Skoda from an earlier era. Both the Rapid and Rapid Spaceback models con...

The Seat Ibiza is the Spanish brand's equivalent to the Skoda Fabia and Volkswagen Polo, and it's a similar car under the ski...

You know where you stand with the Volkswagen Passat. From generation to generation, it's not the most exciting family car to ...

Volkswagen's second-generation Sharan has been around for a decade, but continues to be one of the best seven-seat MPVs aroun...

The Volkswagen Polo is just about the most grown-up small car we can think of. This mk4 model doesn't have the cheeky charact...

The Vauxhall Antara faces stiff competition. There’s no shortage of talented compact SUVs of similar age, from the nimble For...

If used car buying was a purely rational process, more of us would own a Vauxhall Zafira Tourer, or at least something like i...

Tthe Volkswagen Amarok is a posh pick-up truck. In price, size, and performance, it's a cut above mainstream pick-ups like th...

The Ford Galaxy is a proper people carrier with no SUV stying cues to try and look like something it's not – it's about pract...

Alfa Romeo resurrected a famous name from its past when the Giulietta arrived in 2010 as a family hatchback to rival the Audi...