Living out in the country does have its advantages, as you don’t have to put up with traffic lights, congested roads and other suburban hassles. So what does one do on Easter Monday when the locals are gathering for a tractor run, well you go along and find out what it is all about. Firstly, you get to meet everyone in the village and secondly you might find out a little bit … [Read more...]
A living legend – Ercole Spada and his most brilliant car
It hardly seems possible, but it has been a year since the last Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d'Este, an annual event held in the grounds of the magnificent Grand Hotel Villa d’Este along the shores of Lake Como. Now in its eightieth year, just fifty examples of the most beautifully stylish automobiles built between the nineteen twenties and the nineteen seventies are invited to … [Read more...]
30 years of the motor show: 1981-2011
[slideshow_deploy id='2127'] Pim van der Veer, one of our photographers, looks at how the dynamics of international motor shows have changed over the last thirty years. The Frankfurt Motor Show – or as it is properly called, the IAA Internationale Automobil Ausstellung – is the biggest motor show held in Europe every other year (uneven years), the Paris Motor Show being … [Read more...]
Honda Party
February saw the UK launch of the Honda Jazz Hybrid, and a bunch of scribblers were invited to a swanky hotel in Wiltshire where this newcomer was put to the test. Having driven the Honda Insight some years ago, this new Jazz hybrid has come a long way. For starters, the Jazz looks normal, not like some deformed sardine tin, and the new model is sure to attract a lot more … [Read more...]
81st Geneva Motor Show
I have now done several Geneva shows and they just seem to get better and better. Or at least the cars do, but the presence of non-journalistic visitors including children on press days is still a huge nuisance. These two days are for just that, the press, who have to cover the show for the respective media outlets, editors, publishers or bosses, and when kids run in front of … [Read more...]