AC Owners Club Diamond Jubilee – Brooklands – July 2009
It was the publicity material which promised the largest ever gathering of cars from that very British manufacturer, AC, that attracted me to this eve...
Model T Ford of America meet – June 2009
Towards the end of my recent holiday, I was driving along country roads, heading towards Bryce Canyon, from my overnight stay in Cedar City, UT, when ...
Renault World Series at Silverstone – July 2009
This is the third year when Renault have mounted an excellent weekend of motor-sport activities in the UK, and paid for it all themselves....
Supercar Sunday at Gaydon – June 2009
2009 was the third consecutive year in which I have attended the Supercar Sunday event hosted at Gaydon, and it proved just as enjoyable as in 2007 an...
Bristol Classic Car Show – May 2009
For many years, the Bristol Classic Car show has represented the opener for the year, taking place in very early February. This year, the weather got ...
Auto Italia at Brooklands – May 2009
What could be better than a gloriously sunny day, the historic setting of Brooklands, an enormous range of Italian machinery and the pleasure of the c...
Bristol Italian Auto Moto Festival (BIAMF) – April 2009
Once again, a joint initiative between the Bristol Italian Auto Club and Bristol City Council saw the closure of some of the streets in the old commer...
Retro Classics – Stuttgart – March 2009
I very much enjoyed my visit to the RetroClassics show at the Stuttgart Messe last year, so, as the diary conveniently required me to be in Zurich th...
Race Retro – March 2009
The RaceRetro event has now been running for several years and this is the third consecutive year that I've personally attended. To me, it is the sign...
Geneva Show – March 2009
Unlike the first major Auto Show of the Credit Crunched era, Detroit, there was little evidence at Geneva 2009 of an industry in crisis: all of the si...