Epoqu’Auto 2024 – Indoor Displays, Part I – November 2024
It was a conversation with my French friend Alexandre Genest which alerted me to this event. He said it is one of the biggest and best and the way he ...
2021 Hyundai Accent SE (USA)
Proof that even car enthusiasts can fail to identify cars correctly came on my late 2022 trip to the US when I spotted the Hyundai Accent that was on ...
Auto e Moto d’Epoca, Bologna – Part II – October 2024
This is a continuation from Part 1 of the report from the 2024 edition of the Auto e Moto d'Epoca show in Bologna.
FRANCIS LOMBARDI
The Carrozze...
Auto e Moto d’Epoca, Bologna – Part I – October 2024
The Auto e Moto d’Epoca is not just the largest classic car event in Italy, but also, apparently in Europe. Having attended several of them, in recent...
Cars of Italy – October 2024
Although the car markets of the world have globalised like never before, there are still plenty of cars which have been offered in countries even rela...
2019 Volvo S60 T5 Momentum (USA)
As Volvo sales took off in the 1960s, it was their estate cars that really became the objects of desire. There was not much true competition back in t...
Mondial de l’Automobile – Paris Show – October 2024
The decline of the Motor Show has been both well documented and much lamented by all those who used to get all excited by the prospect of being able t...
Brooklands Autumn Motor Sport – October 2024
The Brooklands Autumn Motor Sport event is organised by the Auto Italia team and was conceived back in 2011 to offer something which would have an ove...
2020 Volkswagen Golf GTi Autobahn (USA)
After many years of renting cars in the US, I’ve got a pretty good idea of what is actually on the fleet, generally because I wander around even the l...
Showrooms of Scottsdale, AZ – October 2024
Car showrooms tend be congregated together in US towns and cities, with a great long line of them often literally next door to each other. Most are la...