2002 Buick Century Custom review from North America

To date absolutely nothing has gone wrong with this car. Nor do I expect anything to. This is as solid a car as I have ever driven and in spite of my previous penchant for small cars I have driven a fair few North American cars on business travels.

I have been and continue to be delighted with my purchase.

If you want a boy racer's car you are in the wrong market although the engine offers plenty of assurance that you can accelerate out of trouble.

I have never had any reason to test the top speed as the motorway speed limit always comes first.

Breaking is solid and assured.

Ride quality is comfortable if a little wallowy by European standards. But then no one buys a Buick to throw it into corners.

All the gadgets you need are here, cruise control, ABS, traction control, power windows, power driver's seat and so on.

My personal favourites are probably the automatic headlights and the additional side-mounted 'turning' lights that come on with the indicators to provide light into the turn.