2014 Kia Venga 3 1.6 CRDi (GB)
No matter what label is put on cars in the class to which this latest test car belongs - be that B-segment Monospace, or Crossover, Tall-Supermini or ...
Maserati Centenary at Casa Enzo Ferrari – Modena (I)
Earlier in the year, I paid a visit to the Casa Enzo Ferrari, a spectacular new museum opened in a striking new building adjoining the restored house ...
Mondial de l’Automobile – Paris Show – October 2014
There are three major Motor Shows that take place in Europe. One of them, in Geneva, is an annual occurrence, and always has been, whereas the French ...
2014 Audi A5 Sportback 2.0 TDi 143 S-Line (GB)
When you book and then collect a rental car, provided it is from at least a moderately sized location, you are likely to have a modicum of choice in w...
Japanese Classic Car Show (JCCS) – Long Beach, CA – September 2014
Back in 2007, when I was making several trips a year to Los Angeles for work, I stumbled across the fact that a Japanese Classic Car Show was taking p...
Cars and Coffee – Irvine, CA. 13th September 2014
When I was out in Southern California earlier in the year, I made a couple of visits to the very popular weekly "Cars and Coffee" event which takes pl...
2014 Mercedes CLS350 CDi Shooting Brake (D)
With everyone trying to offer a "premium" product, what do you do if that's what you have already been offering to your customer base for years? Answe...
Salon Privé – September 2014
Although I do manage to attend lots of car-related events during the course of a year, as evidenced by the panoply of reports that are available on th...
2014 Audi A6 2.0 TDi SE (GB)
In today's world where an ever greater number of buyers want a premium badged car, the real sales battleground is between the German trio of BMW, Merc...
Coventry Festival of Motoring – August 2014
I first "discovered" the Coventry Festival of Motoring a couple of years ago. It turned out that it been running for many years prior to that, but had...