British Museum of Road Transport – Coventry (GB)
The British Museum of Road Transport in Coventry was the venue for the final Forum meeting of 2007, and also my third motoring museum in three weeks. ...
2007 Mercedes-Benz Vito 111 CDi (CH)
In all the excitement of ever more powerful AMG versions, and ever more clever electronics in the luxury saloons, it is all too easy to forget that Me...
Musee Nationale de l’Automobile – Collection Schlumpf – Mulhouse (F)
As an antidote to the short days of western Europe at this time of year, I spent last Sunday at what is now called the "Cite de l'Automobile", also kn...
Display from Ford (UK) Historic Collection
I spotted an ad in the local rag that advised that Brunel Ford at Ashton Gate had a display of 10 historic Fords in their showroom for a week, so I we...
2005 Chrysler Crossfire Roadster Limited (USA)
For those of us used to a November in Britain, when the hours of daylight are short and falling external temperatures have us reaching for jumpers, co...
Los Angeles Auto Show – November 2007
Until recently, the Los Angeles Auto Show took place in early January, just days before the much more larger and more influential Detroit Show, and as...
NEC Classic Car Show and MPH07 – November 2007
Here's just a small subset of the things that I saw yesterday in an excellent day at the NEC, enjoying the combination of the Classic Car Show, and MP...
Japanese Classic Car Show – Long Beach, CA – September 2007
No, it's not an oxymoron. There really are some "classic" Japanese cars out there. As if to prove it, I went to the third Japanese Classic Car Show, t...
2007 Alfa Romeo 159 1.9 JTDm Lusso (GB)
Ten years ago, Alfa Romeo launched the 156, and it caused little short of a sensation. Here was a car that was widely held to be the most elegant in i...
2007 Volkswagen Golf GTi (GB)
My diary was such that I had back to back weeks out of the country, landing from America on a Saturday morning and needing to be bac...