2016 Volvo V40 D4 R-Design Pro (GB)
Much is being made in current UK advertising for the Volvo V40 of the fact that it is a Swedish car. There is a certain irony in this, of course,...
Mazda Museum – Augsburg (D)
More often than not, the news about motor museums in recent times has been of yet another one deciding or being forced to shut its doors for the last ...
Auto e Moto d’Epoca, Padova (Padua) – October 2016
There are lots of events in the UK specifically for Italian cars, and plenty more where cars from that country constitute a significant percentage of ...
2016 Buick Regal 2.0t Sport Touring (USA)
Following the rationalisation of the number of brands that General Motors offer after the 2007/2008 credit crunch,...
London Classic and Sports Car Show, Alexandra Palace – October 2016
Go back to the previous decade, and there was an annual London Classic Car Show. held at the iconic Alexandra Palace, in those distinctive buildings p...
Classic Nostalgia at Shelsley Walsh – July 2016
Shelsley Walsh, the UK's oldest hill climb venue, with events at this picturesque site in the Teme Valley to the west of Worcester, dating all the way...
2015 Mazda CX-9 AWD Sport (USA)
When Mazda unveiled the CX-9, their first full-size SUV, at the 2006 New York International Auto Show, many observed that it looked very similar to th...
La Vie en Bleu with La Vita Rossa – Prescott – May 2016
Barring an interruption to activities during the second World War, there has been hill-climbing at Prescott, on the north-western slopes of the Cotswo...
Salon Privé – September 2016
The Salon Privé event has been held every year since 2006. It was conceived to be a motor show unlike any other, focusing quite deliberately on showca...
2015 Volkswagen Passat 1.8 TSi S (USA)
If you believe the media frenzy that, precisely one year after the story of "Dieselgate" broke, portrays Volkswagen as the most evil of corporates, wh...