2019 Volkswagen Beetle 2.0 TSi S (USA)
Despite the fact that we live in an era crammed with ever more technology in just about every aspect of our lives, there is no doubt that retro also s...
Northern Italian Car Day, Raby Castle – July 2023
Wanting to organise an event for owners of Italian cars who find the massive Brooklands gathering just too far away, Phil and Michael Ward and their t...
Haynes Breakfast Club – July 2023
Such is the pressure on my diary, with a huge number of events that it has taken until July to get to my first Haynes Breakfast Club event. These take...
2019 Honda CR-V 2.4 LX AWD (USA)
First seen in late 1995, at the Tokyo Auto Show, Honda’s CR-V was one of the first of the family-sized crossover vehicles which started to move vast n...
Abarths Old and New at Middle Barton Garage – July 2023
To many enthusiasts around the world, Middle Barton Garage is synonymous with Abarth and Fiat. Founded in 1987 and run by marque enthusiast and guru T...
Wheels at Prescott – June 2023
“Wheels at Prescott” is now established in the diaries of many of the Prescott faithful who are only too delighted to come along on a monthly basis du...
2019 Hyundai Sonata 2.4 SE (USA)
Those in the UK with long memories may remember the Hyundai Sonata. After a short-lived car with this name was sold in its native Korea in 1985 and 19...
Abarth Festival – June 2023
Despite the fact that Abarth Festival 2021 and 2022 were hugely successful with several hundred attendees at each, the 2023 Festival very nearly did n...
Caffeine & Machine – 24th June 2023
Once again, I find myself at Caffeine & Machine, that ever popular location just outside Stratford-on-Avon that has become “the” meeting place for...
2020 GMC Yukon SLT AWD (USA)
As a result of their extreme financial difficulties in 2009, following the global credit crunch of a couple years earlier, GM undertook a major ration...