Historic Rally Car Day – January 2014
These days there's lots of publicity about an event before it takes place, in adverts and on the "official" organiser website, and magazine and on-lin...
2013 Nissan Xterra 4.0 V6 AWD S (USA)
Although it was not by any means the first of its genre, automotive historians will probably agree that it was Ford's Explorer that, Firestone tyre sa...
2013 Buick LaCrosse 3.6 V6 Leather Premium1 (USA)
When Buick decided to retire the long running Century nameplate and replace it with a new moniker, eye brows were raised, not least because what they ...
2012 Mazda 3 Sedan 2.0i Sport (USA)
Evidence of the difference in tastes between the US and European markets presents itself all the time, and some of it is perfectly understandable. Eur...
Showrooms of Scottsdale, AZ – October 2013
Having spent an enjoyable couple of hours at the Scottsdale International Auto Museum, I decided to fill the remaining couple of hours in my day befor...
Haynes Motor Museum – Sparkford (GB)
For me, the Haynes Motor Museum has two particularly compelling advantages: not only does it house a fabulous collection of cars, in fact containing m...
2013 Subaru Forester 2.5X Premium (USA)
Tuesday evening: the nadir of rental car availability at most US airport locations. It certa...
Scottsdale International Auto Museum – Scottsdale, AZ (USA)
There are a lot of historic and classic cars right across America, but it may surprise you to learn that the State that has the largest number of them...
2013 Ford Hertz Penske Mustang GT (USA)
When John Hertz founded his eponymous car rental business in the 1920s, he built his own cars. He quickly realised that it would be much more cost eff...
2013 Kia Optima 2.4 GDi LX (USA)
Much has been written about the huge transformation of Kia from purveyor of budget and rather ordinary cars in the 1990s and early 2000s to a serious ...