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2014 Donington Historic Festival

Our tour of UK and European classic car events big and small continues and before we sail south to France and the La Sarthe region [Read More]

2015 Classic Motor Show

Big is the only way to describe the Lancaster Insurance 2015 Classic Motor Show at the NEC where after six hours we only managed one lap. That’s [Read More]

Rolls Royce Silver Shadow Driven

Never has any car spanned the spectrum of the car buying public as much as the Rolls Royce Silver Shadow. From business mogul or even [Read More]

Renault Megane 250RS Driven

Renault has really lifted its game with the Renault Megane 250RS bringing with it Audi levels of build quality combined with a chassis tuned for [Read More]

Jaguar XKR Driven

Some cars propel you to sixty miles an hour like a scolded cat and then seem to run out of puff. The Jaguar XKR is [Read More]

BMW Mini Cooper Driven

The team who created the modern day BMW Mini Cooper certainly exploited every possibly styling cue from the original. But did they also capture the essence of Mini [Read More]

Porsche 911 2.0T Driven

Driving an early Porsche 911 provides an opportunity to experience Dr Ferdinand Porsche’s vision that ultimately evolved into what must be the longest model run of all time. Even a modern [Read More]

Flywheel Memories of the Open Road

Flywheel Memories of the Open Road By Tom Swallow and Arthur H Pill Webb & Bower ISBN 0-86350-151-6 This is an absolutely fascinating book featuring [Read More]

Silverstone Classic

The Silverstone Classic is an event on a massive scale where instead of the usual two or three examples of a particular marque provides whole [Read More]

Great Escape Classic Car Road Trip

It’s 180 miles back to Astwood, we’ve got a full tank of gas, five classic cars to drive, it’s overcast and we’re wearing sunglasses. Hit [Read More]