Bristol Italian Auto Moto Festival (BIAMF) – April 2012
This was the tenth anniversary for the Bristol Italian Auto Moto Festival, and the fifth that I have attended, and it followed the same format as in p...
Bristol Classic Car Show – April 2012
This was the 33rd Bristol Classic Car Show, one of the longest running such events in the country, so clearly the organisers must be doing quite a lot...
2012 Nissan Qashqai 1.6i n-tec+ 2WD (GB)
The best-selling car in March 2012 in the Irish market was Nissan's Qashqai, which captured an impressive 8.9% share, nearly double that of the next m...
National Motor Museum of Australia – Birdwood, SA (AUS)
Perhaps not surprisingly, given both the love of the Muscle Car and also a climate which has made preserving old and interesting cars easier than in s...
Australian MotorLife Museum – nr Wollongong, NSW (AUS)
A bit of research suggested that although there are still weblinks to a motor museum in Sydney, it closed in mysterious circumstances, so the automoti...
Pride of Longbridge – April 2012
The first "Pride of Longbridge" took place in April 2006, exactly one year after the collapse of the former MG-Rover Company, in Cofton Park, which is...
Ace Cafe Italian Night – April 2012
The legendary Ace Cafe's themed evenings continue right throughout the year, but for understandable reasons, attendance diminishes more than somewhat ...
2011 Ford Falcon G6E (AUS)
There have been Ford Falcons since 1960 and the car was success right from the outset as this large family saloon clearly met, and has continued to me...
2011 Holden SportWagon SV6 (AUS)
I concluded my recent test of the Australian Ford Falcon XR6, a car which I rather liked, by noting that it has a direct rival which complet...
Cars of Australia – March 2012
Although we hear of the increasing globalisation of all sorts of things including the car markets, it is clear that there are still considerable diffe...