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...
Los Angeles Show – December 2018
There's been a lot of coverage lately of major manufacturers announcing that they will not be attending the world's largest Auto Shows. It started a c...
Museo Mille Miglia – Brescia (I)
The Mille Miglia. One of the most evocative motor races in history, it was established by the young Counts Aymo Maggi and Franco Mazzotti, sports mana...
2015 Chevrolet Traverse 1LT AWD (USA)
With a vast array of different models included in the Hertz US fleet, I usually prefer to sample something that I've not driven b...
Midlands Italian Car (MITCAR) – August 2018
Although it started out as a regional event, organised by a few enthusiasts in the East Midlands section of the Alfa Romeo Owners Club, word soon spre...
Bicester Heritage Sunday Scramble – April 2018
Since sampling the highly rated Sunday Scrambles that take place at the Bicester Heritage site for myself, for the first at the start of 2017, I've no...
2017 Chevrolet Cruze 1.4T LT (USA)
Most of Chevrolet's success has come from offering an array of large family cars and pickup trucks to meet the needs of a lot of Americans, with an ex...
Chateau Impney Hill Climb – July 2016
Like the vast majority, I confess that I'd never heard of Chateau Impney, let alone did I know that it had played a significant role in the motor raci...