What people tell us once they are home

Our flight from Cluj landed at six in the morning and the Forester was already waiting outside the terminal. We were parked at Gelati before the first tour bus arrived.

Ioana Mardare Cluj-Napoca, Romania

Twenty five euros a day for an automatic Cruze and nothing at all held on the card. We drove up to Bagrati most evenings and never once thought about the car.

Balazs Fenyvesi Debrecen, Hungary

The Renegade handled the gravel on the way to Okatse canyon without a complaint. It lost a star only because the tank came a quarter full and the nearest station is back in town.

Edgars Krastins Riga, Latvia

We asked whether the Compass would manage the climb to Mestia and got an honest answer about the weather up there rather than a sales pitch. It did the whole road in April without drama.

Mihkel Sepp Tallinn, Estonia

Our Bergamo flight lands late and the handover still took about twenty minutes. The Elantra ran out to Prometheus Cave fine, but the wipers were overdue and it rained the whole way back.

Matteo Brignoli Bergamo, Italy

Drove the Subaru to Bakuriani in February and the winter tyres were already fitted, which I did not expect at this price. A star off for the heater, which took most of the Rikoti pass to warm up.

Veronika Hrubesova Brno, Czechia

We kept the Cherokee for nine days and took it as far as Martvili canyon and Borjomi. Handing it back was a two minute conversation in the car park, with no invented scratches.

Silvia Venturi Bologna, Italy