2009 Ford C-Max 1.6i Style+ (D)
A new C-Max will be the star of Ford's stand at the forthcoming Frankfurt IAA Motor Show, but as it does not go on sale for nearly a further 12 months...
2009 Volvo C70 2.4i (CH)
Back in 2003, I owned a Volvo C70 for about 5 months. That car was the coupe based on the old 850/S70 design, and was a big comfortable crui...
Auto Italia at Gaydon – September 2009
Billed as an "end of season finale", the annual Italian cars event that takes place at Gaydon is one of three large shows organised by the "Auto Itali...
Prescott Hill Climb – 5th September 2009
Here are a few pictures from Practice Day for the final round of the British Hillclimb Championship. It was in fact this event, three years ago, that ...
Rolls-Royce Museum – Dornbirn (A)
If you were asked to guess where in the world you would find the largest single collection of Rolls Royce cars, I am sure that...
2009 Mercedes-Benz C180K Estate Sport (CH)
One of the hottest battles in the car market these days is between the three German prestige brands with their m...
Cars of Croatia – August 2009
For the motoring enthusiast, one of the joys of travelling in a different country is to take in the motoring landscape and to see a mixture of cars wh...
2009 Opel Astra 1.4 16v Enjoy 5dr (HR)
When Marketing use names like "Merit", "Fun", "Style" and "Enjoy" to describe their cars, I always fear the wor...
2008 Toyota Avensis 2.0 D4D (HR)
Last year, I concluded my test of what is now the previous generation Avensis, which I sampled in Esta...
Morgan Centenary – August 2009
There are very few car manufacturers that are not just British owned, but still in the same family as when they were founded. One of the few is celebr...