Dubai Motor Show – November 2015
Like many small boys of my generation, I suspect that my interest in cars started when I was given my first toy car, aged about 2, which I am informed...
La Vie en Bleu at Prescott Hill Climb – May 2015
It used to be the case that car events - of which there were not that many - were often little more than a gathering of a few like-minded enthusiasts ...
2013 Honda Fit 1.5 (USA)
Most of my test cars are rental vehicles, and almost all of them come from Hertz. Long gone are the days when they, or indeed any other of the multi-n...
Ace Cafe Italian Night – September 2015
Although I have a fair amount of control over my diary, and so I can try to ensure that I am in the right place at the right time for those activities...
Showrooms of the Champs-Élysées – September 2015
The business trip to some distant location. Maybe even a foreign country. Sounds great, doesn't it? The reality, as is well known by those of us for w...
Supercar Showdown at Beaulieu – August 2015
The car enthusiast is somewhat spoiled for choice in the UK, with a vast number of events that they can attend. Every weekend, almost year around, the...
Classics on the Common – Harpenden – July 2015
Harpenden is a small country town on the border of Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire. It is situated just a few miles down the road from Luton, and the L...
2015 Abarth 595 Competizione 180 (GB)
The average production life of most car models on sale is around six or seven years. Slightly surprisingly, that has not really changed over the last ...
“Made in Coventry” at the Coventry Transport Museum – August 2015
Like many other people, I was disappointed to receive the news earlier this year that the rather enjoyable Coventry Festival of Motoring, held annuall...
Ace Cafe Italian Night – August 2015
After two months of glorious sunshine on the second Thursday of the month, resulting in a bumper turnout at the Italian Car night at the Ace Cafe, I w...