It’s not that often I can get into a seriously quick car and immediately feel at home in it.

Last January, as 360,000 have done since, I liked the FIAT 500 so much I bought one.

By Martin Gurdon.

When I first read the price of the Lexus IS250C, I have to confess my jaw dropped a bit.

I first saw this rather pretty Focus-sized car at the Paris Motor Show in October 2008.

Over the model life of the Audi A4 B6 and B7, what started out as an attractive, solidly built, yet sometimes unwieldy and hard riding car turned into quite a good one.

By Martin Gurdon.

This is really a four-car test.

By Martin Gurdon.

By Martin Gurdon.