2012 Chevrolet Sonic 1.8 LT 5 door (USA)
2011 marks Chevrolet's Centenary, and along with a number of celebratory events which have taken place around the world, the occasion has been marked ...
Mullin Automotive Museum – Oxnard, CA (USA)
The Mullin Automotive Museum opened in April 2010, and generated more than a little publicity, as finally businessman Peter Mullin had a place where h...
2011 Fiat Panda 1.2 Mylife (I)
Since a group of motoring journalists from across Europe got together in 1964 to declare the first "Car of the Year" (it was the Austin 1800, by the w...
Auto e Moto d’Epoca , Padova (Padua) – October 2011
Asked to name major classic car shows in countries beyond the UK, and the better informed enthusiast would doubtless cite Retromobile in Paris and Tec...
Kraxenberger Fahrzeug Museum – near Dingolfing (D)
The long established car museums, such as Beaulieu or the Schlumpf Collection at Mulhouse, or for that matter the more recently opened ones owned by m...
2011 Volvo XC90 2.4 D5 Momentum (D)
In no way could my father be described as a car enthusiast. To him, the car is simply a convenient means of getting from A to B, and being the "down t...
Munich: BMW Welt and Mercedes Showrooms – October 2011
Until recently, many car showrooms in Europe were little more than enlarged shop style premises in the high streets of cities, towns and villages, and...
2011 Kia Rio 2 1.4i Hatch (GB)
sMuch has been written about the transformation achieved by the Korean motor manufacturers, who have gone from producing some distinctly unimpressive ...
2011 MINI Cooper Convertible (E)
Over 2 million "new" MINIs have been sold since the first models appeared in the autumn of 2001. By any standards, that is an impressive tally, and th...
Brooklands Autumn MotorSport – October 2011
Brooklands Autumn Motorsport is a new event for 2011. As always with things that are new to the calendar, it is hard to know what to expect, not least...