Bristol Italian Auto Moto Festival (BIAMF) – April 2012
This was the tenth anniversary for the Bristol Italian Auto Moto Festival, and the fifth that I have attended, and it followed the same format as in p...
Bristol Classic Car Show – April 2012
This was the 33rd Bristol Classic Car Show, one of the longest running such events in the country, so clearly the organisers must be doing quite a lot...
Pride of Longbridge – April 2012
The first "Pride of Longbridge" took place in April 2006, exactly one year after the collapse of the former MG-Rover Company, in Cofton Park, which is...
Ace Cafe Italian Night – April 2012
The legendary Ace Cafe's themed evenings continue right throughout the year, but for understandable reasons, attendance diminishes more than somewhat ...
Cars of Australia – March 2012
Although we hear of the increasing globalisation of all sorts of things including the car markets, it is clear that there are still considerable diffe...
Race Retro – February 2012
2012 marked the 10th time that the Race Retro event has taken place. The format is simple - bring together an eclectic mix of cars and bikes w...
Great Western Ford Show – February 2012
When the snows arrived in February 2010 and made many roads of Britain treacherous or impassable, the organisers of the Bristol Classic Car Show were ...
SEAT – 60 years of history
When I left the main area of the Auto Retro Barcelona, and came out on to the road which bisects the Fira Barcelona site, I found a long line of SEAT ...
Auto Retro Barcelona – December 2010
With Britain gripped in the jaws of Siberian weather that shows no sign of abating, the temptation to escape for a weekend of relative warmth and suns...
Auto Retro Barcelona – December 2011
Last year I attended the Auto Retro event in Barcelona, the largest classic car show in Spain, and enjoyed not just the event itself, but a weekend in...