Abarths: Podium Place to Classic Motor Hub – February 2023
Following the success of an event in September 2022 which started out at the increasingly popular Podium Place in the centre of Newbury and which then...
2019 Kia Optima Sports Wagon 1.6 CRDi 2 (GB)
The growth in sales of Kia cars in the UK and indeed the rest of Europe over the last 20 years or so has been quite spectacular. Even in the early day...
Caffeine & Machine – 12th February 2023
During 2022, I made no fewer than 12 visits to Caffeine & Machine. I think that tells you that although this iconic location has been open for mor...
Museo Casa Enzo Ferrari – Modena (I) – March 2023
Although it has been open for more than ten years now, the Museo Casa Enzo Ferrari, located in the centre of Modena, still has to play second fiddle t...
2020 Kia XCeed 1.6 CRDi 2 (GB)
When it comes to choosing your car. for many people, there would seem to be a deeply ingrained desire to stand out from the crowd a little and to have...
Italian Day at Re:Fuel – January 2023
No doubt encouraged by the success of the now legendary Caffeine & Machine, the Re:Fuel business was launched with the aim of doing something fair...
Abarths at The Stalls – January 2023
There are now at least 25 different Abarth Groups in the UK, reflecting the huge popularity of the car and the enthusiasm of so many of its owners. So...
2020 Kia Ceed SportWagon 1.6 CRDi 2 (GB)
The first Kia model arrived in the UK in 1991. Called the Pride, it was essentially a rebadged version of the recently superceded Mazda 121 and was no...
Queen Square Breakfast Club – January 2023
Sometimes when you get up on the morning of a car event, and take a look out of the window to see that it is actually chucking it with rain, an furthe...
Bicester Heritage Sunday Scramble, Part 2 – January 2023
MASERATI
After producing BiTurbo based cars for 17 years, Maserati replaced their entire range with a new model in July 1998, the 3200 GT. This ver...