Classics in the Walled Garden, Luton Hoo – July 2019
By the time the calendar says early July, the hours of daylight in the UK are at their maximum, and so it become viable to hold evening events, mid-we...
2017 Fiat Tipo SW 1.4 T-Jet 120 Easy Plus (GB)
Ever since the launch in 1936 of Dante Giacosa's iconic 500 Topolino, the car which quite literally put Italy on wheels, Fiat has excelled in small ca...
Ace Cafe Italian Night – July 2019
Especially for those events for which there is no pre-booking and no tickets are involved, then the weather plays a huge part in determining whether t...
Geneva Show – March 2019
The Geneva Show has been an important fixture in the automotive calendar for a long time. Of the major international shows that are held in Europe, it...
2016 Peugeot 5008 1.6 HDi Style (E)
By the 1960s and early 70s, French car maker Peugeot had established an excellent reputation with a range of cars that appealed to the Bourgeoisie, a ...
Festival Italia at Brands Hatch – August 2018
This is the third Festival Italia to take place at the iconic Brands Hatch circuit. Whilst many of the events that take place there in a packed season...
British GT Championship at Oulton Park – April 2019
Although Silverstone, Brands Hatch and Donington are the best known motor racing circuits and the ones that tend to get the lion's share of all the pu...
2016 Renault Captur 1.5 DCi 90 Zen (I)
It's not that many years ago that French giant Renault seemed to be in trouble. Sales outside the fiercely patriotic domestic market were falling at a...
Coventry Transport Museum Breakfast Club – June 2019
Diary logistics were such that I found myself in Coventry on the morning of the monthly Breakfast Club meeting which takes place on Millennium place, ...
Haynes Breakfast Club – June 2019
As if to prove the point made in my last Event posting, which was from a Breakfast Club gathering of Italian Cars just outside Alton, on the first Sat...