2009 Mitsubishi Colt 1.3 CZ2 5door (GB)
One of the real surprises at the "Mondial de l'Automobile" in October 2008 was to be found on the Mitsubishi stand. Although billed as "all new", it w...
La Vie en Bleu at Prescott – May 2009
After the disappointment of the inclement weather in both 2007 and 2008, expectations were very high when the weather forecasters predicted a weekend ...
2009 Mercedes CLK280 Cabrio Grand Edition (CH)
The Gods must have been shining on me this weekend. When I looked at the Swiss weather forecast, it appeared that there would be some nice sunny ar...
2008 Vauxhall Astra 1.8 SRi XP 5 door (GB)
There never seems to be a "good time" to arrive at Hertz' Heathrow base and get any sort of choice of car, especially if they know it is on a one way ...
Ma deuxieme Aventure Peugeot – Sochaux (F)
With the forecast for a day of almost non-stop and heavy rain across a swathe of central Europe, including the whole of Switzerland this past Sunday, ...
2009 Volvo V70 D5 AWD Auto (CH)
Thirty years ago there were no people carriers and the only SUV really, was the Range-Rover. Mercedes had just introduced the rather expensive W123-ba...
Autosammlung Stein – Schramberg (D)
For the last 2 years, at the RetroClassics event in Stuttgart, I have picked up a brochure describing a little-known German auto museum, called the Au...
Oldtimermuseum – Meßkirch (D)
Looking through the leaflets that I had acquired, and then trying to find the museum locations on the map, I discovered that after my visit to the mus...
Bristol Classic Car Show – May 2009
For many years, the Bristol Classic Car show has represented the opener for the year, taking place in very early February. This year, the weather got ...
Auto Italia at Brooklands – May 2009
What could be better than a gloriously sunny day, the historic setting of Brooklands, an enormous range of Italian machinery and the pleasure of the c...