Renault R4 50th Anniversary at Brooklands – September 2011
Just as 2010 was very much the year for Centenary events for Alfa-Romeo, so 2011 has proved to be the year of the Jaguar "E" Type. However, although i...
2011 BMW 325i SE Convertible (D)
A couple of months ago I finally managed to sample my first E90 based BMW 3 Series car, receiving a rental car spec 318d SE model in Spain. My conclus...
2011 Ford Fiesta 1.4 TDCi Zetec 5 door (GB)
It will not have escaped your notice that I do manage to get to drive quite an array of different cars during the course of a year. Most of them are s...
Auto Italia at Gaydon – September 2011
The Auto Italia event at Gaydon in September tends to indicate that the summer season of events is drawing to a close, and although there was quite a ...
Chelsea Autolegends – September 2011
The inaugural Chelsea AutoLegends event took place in 2010, and it was such a success, that even before the gates had closed, it was announced that it...
Midlands Italian Car (MITCAR) – August 2011
I confess that I'd never heard of MITCAR, so was quite surprised to discover that the event has been run every year since 2001, and that each event ca...
Bristol Summer Classics – August 2011
This is a new event for 2011, and as such it was hard to know what to expect. I first picked up a leaflet earlier in the year and noted that it was to...
2011 Audi A5 Coupe 2.0 TDi 170 Sport (GB)
Wednesday 8th March 1980. I remember it well. Wednesday was always my favourite day of the week, as it was the day that Autocar was published, and all...
Ace Cafe Italian Night – August 2011
With the apparent cessation of the civil unrest that hit the headlines earlier in the week, and the afternoon's torrential rain replaced by a gloriou...
VSCC at Prescott – August 2011
For the lover of vintage and veteran cars, there can be little more enticing than one of the many events organised by the VSCC. And of those events, t...