Jaguar Breakfast Club at Gaydon – October 2020
By the start of October the events season in a typical year is drawing to a close. 2020, of course, has been anything but a typical year. When restric...
2017 Toyota C-HR 1.2T Dynamic (GB)
Plenty of manufacturers produce concept cars these days. They come in two broad categories: some are very thinly disguised versions of a production ca...
AutoMotoRetro, Torino (Turin) – February 2019
Although the largest classic car event in Italy takes place in Padova (Padua) in October, it is far from the only sizeable such event and indeed not t...
Bristol Classic Car Show – June 2019
The Bristol Classic Car Show is one of the longest established of all such events in the UK. having been held annually for more than 40 years. Much ha...
2016 Alfa Romeo Giulietta 1.6 JTDm Super (E)
I've been renting cars for long enough now to know that even when you see "Model Guaranteed" then it is just as likely that when you turn up, you will...
Abarth Owners Club MidSummer Event – June 2019
Having held a couple of Summer BBQ events for the Abarth Owners Club at the Sharnbrook Hotel, I thought it would be nice to go somewhere different for...
InterClassics Maastricht – January 2019
Celebrating its 26th anniversary in 2019 is the InterClassics event held at the Maastricht Exhibition and Conference Centre in a Dutch town that came ...
2017 Alfa Romeo Stelvio 2.2 JTD 210 Q4 Super (I)
Although many years have passed since the launch of the first SUV-type vehicle from a brand whose entire back catalogue comprises sporting vehicles, t...
Silverstone Classic – July 2016
This was the 26th Silverstone Classic event to be held and the 10th which I've attended. The very first was, I understand, a relatively small-scale ev...
Museo Casa Enzo Ferrari – Modena (I) – October 2018 Visit
The day following my visit to the 2018 edition of the Auto e Moto d'Epoca in Padova saw me heading west from my Bologna hotel, to Modena, a relatively...