Showrooms of Scottsdale, AZ – October 2013
Having spent an enjoyable couple of hours at the Scottsdale International Auto Museum, I decided to fill the remaining couple of hours in my day befor...
Haynes Motor Museum – Sparkford (GB)
For me, the Haynes Motor Museum has two particularly compelling advantages: not only does it house a fabulous collection of cars, in fact containing m...
2013 Subaru Forester 2.5X Premium (USA)
Tuesday evening: the nadir of rental car availability at most US airport locations. It certa...
Scottsdale International Auto Museum – Scottsdale, AZ (USA)
There are a lot of historic and classic cars right across America, but it may surprise you to learn that the State that has the largest number of them...
2013 Ford Hertz Penske Mustang GT (USA)
When John Hertz founded his eponymous car rental business in the 1920s, he built his own cars. He quickly realised that it would be much more cost eff...
2013 Kia Optima 2.4 GDi LX (USA)
Much has been written about the huge transformation of Kia from purveyor of budget and rather ordinary cars in the 1990s and early 2000s to a serious ...
Auto Retro Barcelona – December 2013
Although there are still quite notable differences in the sales success of the different cars offered to European buyers, the range of models actually...
2012 Chrysler 200LX (USA)
You can't, so the saying goes, make a silk purse out of a sow's ear. When Fiat Group looked at the Chrysler Sebring, one of a pair of the old Chrysler...
Los Angeles Auto Show – November 2013
Of all the major Auto Shows that are held around the world, the one in Los Angeles, which takes place around the US Thanksgiving Holiday is among my f...
Queen Square Bristol Breakfast Club – November 2013
Much as I enjoy the monthly gatherings of cars at Ace Cafe, for the variety and sheer unpredictability of what will turn up, as well as the cameraderi...