Salon Privé Classic and Supercar Day – September 2022
First held in 2005, the Salon Privé event was created to provide something different from the run-of-the-mill car show with a mix of owner and club di...
2018 Volkswagen Arteon 2.0 TDi 190 Elegance (I)
Although the rental car companies try to ensure that the Car Categories and sample models that they show on their websites reflect what is on fleet, t...
Vehoniemi Automuseo – Kangasala (FIN)
I last visited Finland before the turn of the century, in the days when effectively there was no internet, so my trip there had been booked through a ...
Silverstone Classic Part II – August 2022
RAREST CARS
Returning to the event after having been well received in 2021 was a feature called the UK's "Rarest Cars". Sponsored by the Daily Telegr...
Silverstone Classic Part Ib – Car Club Displays – August 2022
LANCIA
Named after the Via Flavia, the Roman road leading from Trieste (Tergeste) to Dalmatia, and launched at the 1960 Turin Motor Show, the Flavi...
Silverstone Classic Part Ia – Car Club Displays – August 2022
2021 saw the 30th iteration of the Silverstone Classic Festival. The 30th anniversary of what started out, as so many of these things do, on quite a s...
2019 Vauxhall Astra 1.0T 103 SRi (GB)
There is always an element of lottery associated with rental cars, so despite what you book you are never quite sure what will be available and alloca...
Queen Square Cotswolds Driving Day – August 2022
Although static cars shows are always interesting, with plenty of nice cars to look at and often their proud owners to chat with, there is at least as...
Wheels on Wednesday (on Sunday) – 21st August 2022
In the beginning there was "Wheels on Wednesday", an evening car show held, as the name suggests, on Wednesday evenings, on a monthly basis in the exp...
2019 BMW 530i Sportline (USA)
In all the years that I have been renting cars out of the Hertz USA fleet, I've been able to sample models from a very wide variety of manufacturers w...