2009 Toyota RAV4 2.0i (CH)
The first Toyota RAV4 appeared on the market in 1994, and was presented as a possible antidote to the collapsing hot hatch market, where huge in...
Goodwood Breakfast Club – April 2009
Encouraged by a very promising weather forecast, I made a last minute decision to leave the comfort of my bed early on Sunday morning, and head down t...
2009 Audi A6 2.0 TDi 170 SE (GB)
Almost exactly 12 months ago, I had my first experience of the Audi A6 TDi. Perhaps surprisingly, since the test was a few short weeks after I had fal...
Daf Museum – Eindhoven (NL)
Those of a certain age will remember the Daf. It was the car that generated all the jokes about being powered by two rubber bands. The cars were moder...
2008 Skoda Octavia 1.9 TDi (NL)
With the launch of the Skoda Octavia, back in 1996, any of the remaining jokes about Skoda's cars left over from the communist era products were final...
AutoWorld – Brussels (B)
The best known auto museum in Belgium (maybe the only current such museum?) is the Autoworld, which can be found in the parc du Cinquantenaire, which ...
den Hartogh Ford Museum (NL)
It came as something of a surprise to me to learn that the largest collection of Fords is not to be found in the United States, but in a museum in a s...
2008 Toyota Prius (CH)
Within weeks of going on sale, or so it seems, some cars acquire a reputation that, whether founded or not, proves hard to dislodge. Sometimes that re...
Retro Classics – Stuttgart – March 2009
I very much enjoyed my visit to the RetroClassics show at the Stuttgart Messe last year, so, as the diary conveniently required me to be in Zurich th...
Race Retro – March 2009
The RaceRetro event has now been running for several years and this is the third consecutive year that I've personally attended. To me, it is the sign...