Salon Privé – September 2015
The marketing material tells you that Salon Privé is a motor show unlike any other. It's been held every year since 2006, and having finally experienc...
Midlands Italian Car (MITCAR) – August 2015
There's one big difference between MITCAR and almost every other car event that I attend during the course of a year. Whilst the vehicles that you see...
Queen Square Bristol Breakfast Club – November 2015
It seems almost churlish to say so, given the excellence of the event, but I tend to include the local- to-me monthly Queen Square Breakfast Club in t...
Dubai Motor Show – November 2015
Like many small boys of my generation, I suspect that my interest in cars started when I was given my first toy car, aged about 2, which I am informed...
La Vie en Bleu at Prescott Hill Climb – May 2015
It used to be the case that car events - of which there were not that many - were often little more than a gathering of a few like-minded enthusiasts ...
Ace Cafe Italian Night – September 2015
Although I have a fair amount of control over my diary, and so I can try to ensure that I am in the right place at the right time for those activities...
Showrooms of the Champs-Élysées – September 2015
The business trip to some distant location. Maybe even a foreign country. Sounds great, doesn't it? The reality, as is well known by those of us for w...
Supercar Showdown at Beaulieu – August 2015
The car enthusiast is somewhat spoiled for choice in the UK, with a vast number of events that they can attend. Every weekend, almost year around, the...
Classics on the Common – Harpenden – July 2015
Harpenden is a small country town on the border of Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire. It is situated just a few miles down the road from Luton, and the L...
“Made in Coventry” at the Coventry Transport Museum – August 2015
Like many other people, I was disappointed to receive the news earlier this year that the rather enjoyable Coventry Festival of Motoring, held annuall...