2013 Chevrolet Spark 1.2 1LT (USA)
In today's brand obsessed world, marketing departments and PR agencies spend more and more time agonising on the positioning and presentation of their...
Cars and Coffee – Irvine, CA – 27th September 2014
Back in Southern California for the final few days of my September 2014 vacation, I decided to pay another visit to the Saturday morning "Cars and Cof...
Hampton Court Concours of Elegance – September 2014
The Concours d'Elegance is not a new concept, pre-dating the invention of the motor car by at least 200 years, when people would vie with each other o...
2014 Kia Venga 3 1.6 CRDi (GB)
No matter what label is put on cars in the class to which this latest test car belongs - be that B-segment Monospace, or Crossover, Tall-Supermini or ...
Maserati Centenary at Casa Enzo Ferrari – Modena (I)
Earlier in the year, I paid a visit to the Casa Enzo Ferrari, a spectacular new museum opened in a striking new building adjoining the restored house ...
Mondial de l’Automobile – Paris Show – October 2014
There are three major Motor Shows that take place in Europe. One of them, in Geneva, is an annual occurrence, and always has been, whereas the French ...
2014 Audi A5 Sportback 2.0 TDi 143 S-Line (GB)
When you book and then collect a rental car, provided it is from at least a moderately sized location, you are likely to have a modicum of choice in w...
Japanese Classic Car Show (JCCS) – Long Beach, CA – September 2014
Back in 2007, when I was making several trips a year to Los Angeles for work, I stumbled across the fact that a Japanese Classic Car Show was taking p...
Cars and Coffee – Irvine, CA. 13th September 2014
When I was out in Southern California earlier in the year, I made a couple of visits to the very popular weekly "Cars and Coffee" event which takes pl...
2014 Mercedes CLS350 CDi Shooting Brake (D)
With everyone trying to offer a "premium" product, what do you do if that's what you have already been offering to your customer base for years? Answe...