Bedfordshire Italian Car Day – August 2020
Launched back in 2007 as the Bedfordshire Italian Car Day, the name has stuck even though the organiser and provider of the venue, the ebullient Ciro ...
NEC Classic Car Show – November 2019
Once the clocks have been moved back onto winter time, at the end of October, the outdoor events season is more or less over. Restricted amounts of da...
2017 Ford Fiesta Sedan SE (USA)
Does the Ford Fiesta need any introduction? First revealed in the summer of 1976, and going on sale in the UK in January 1977, from tentative beginnin...
Musée du Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps – Stavelot (B)
The race track known as the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps must rank as one of the best known, the world over. Dsigned in 1920 by Jules de Thier and Hen...
Antwerp Classic Salon – March 2020
Always keen to attend some different events, for the variety that they will offer up, my eye was caught by the publicity or the 2020 iteration of the ...
2018 Honda Jazz 1.3EX Nav (GB)
Honda started building cars in the early 1960s, and the company's motor-cycling roots were obvious. The cars were characterised by beautifully enginee...
Festival Italia at Brands Hatch – August 2020
The first Festival Italia was held at Brands Hatch in 2016 and it was an instant success, with the formula of bringing together a vast array of Italia...
Museo Casa Enzo Ferrari – Modena (I) – October 2019 visit
It's become something of a tradition for me now that the day after my annual visit to the Auto e Moto d'Epoca event in Padova (Padua), I head west fro...
2018 Opel Mokka X 1.4T Excellence (E)
My conclusions from a few day's experience of a Vauxhall Mokka were far from positive. The weedy performance from its 1.6 litre 108 bhp non-turbo petr...
Auto e Moto d’Epoca, Padova (Padua) – October 2019
There are so many car events that take place during a year, that it is quite impossible to attend all of them. And that's even if I just survey what i...