It was not many days into the New Year when I made my first of what I am will be a considerable number of visits to the ever-popular Caffeine & Machine location. The chance presented itself after an Abarth event at The Piston Club, reported on separately, which is to be found to the western side...
When selecting a rental car at large US facilities like the Hertz LAX or Phoenix locations, I tend to do a quick tour around the entire site to see what is parked up, making mental note of particular cars that pique my interest, before then going to find out if they are available or not. Sometimes s...
The popular Sunday Scrambles at the Bicester Heritage site are now an established fixture in the event’s calendar. Taking place three times a year, in January, late April and early October, each follows the same formula, of being a bit like an enlarged and prolonged Breakfast Club meet. Over the yea...
As there was so much to see and report on, this event has had to be split into two separate reports. This is Part 2 and covers cars from M to Z.
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The Ghibli name was resurrected with the unveiling at the 62nd Turin Motor Show in April 1992. of the 1992 Ghibli (Tipo AM336). Like the V8 ...
The ever popular Queen Square Breakfast Club meets, the largest and longest established in Bristol and the South West, continue year around, switching venue for the winter months from East Wood Park to the Easter Compton farm shop site, which has the advantage of all parking being on hard standing a...
The Tiguan is a very important car for Volkswagen. On a global basis, it is now the marque’s best-selling car, having usurped the Golf from that status a few years ago, as the market moves ever more to a crossover world, and it is also the best-selling crossover of all in Europe. By the end of 2020,...
Most weeks of the year I drive from my home in Bristol up to the Warwick area, either to go to the office there (which is now physically the nearest office to home) or to visit friends in Coventry, usually managing to achieve both these objectives in every trip. The route I take cuts off from the M5...
In recent years, it has been pretty commonplace to read of yet another car museum having to close its doors as the combination of ever spiralling costs and dwindling numbers of visitors just make them no longer viable. Many of the collections that were scattered around the UK, and elsewhere, have be...
Despite increasing levels of globalisation across society it remains the case that there are still significant differences in market taste and consumer preferences around the world, so designing a product with appeal that will hit multiple major car markets is still quite difficult. You might have t...