Auto Retro Barcelona – December 2010
With Britain gripped in the jaws of Siberian weather that shows no sign of abating, the temptation to escape for a weekend of relative warmth and suns...
Auto Retro Barcelona – December 2011
Last year I attended the Auto Retro event in Barcelona, the largest classic car show in Spain, and enjoyed not just the event itself, but a weekend in...
2011 Nissan Versa 1.8S Sedan (USA)
These days, we will live in a globalized world. In case there is any doubt about this, you only have to look at the impacts to the economies...
2011 Jeep Patriot 2.4 AWD Latitude (USA)
Jeep recently celebrated their 70th anniversary, and for most of that time has been known for producing an off-roader which is called Wrangler in its ...
Los Angeles Auto Show – November 2011
Of all the Auto Shows I have attended, I think Los Angeles is in many ways my favourite. For a start, it just never seems to get as crowded as Frankfu...
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...