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Totally with you on this, Anders – it’s a cynical cashing in on, and exploitation of, a famous history. It’s also a devaluation of that history, has nothing to do with the classic car enthusiast, and everything to […]

@dave-leadbetter – good to see you on Sunday, Dave, and the Dolly Sprint was indeed a lovely thing – and even lovelier had it been blue or yellow :)
@paul-hill you’d love Bicester, quite a few old bikes about, […]

Nice interview, Dave. Really like the G34 (especially in my favourite colour!),that should have been a success – still looks great today.

I have to say that I’m fairly indifferent to the Spider – I don’t dislike it, just don’t like it very much, whereas I do like the Coupe and love the Montecarlo, one of my favourite Lancia’s and still available for […]

@claus-ebberfeld – interesting; I got my numbers from Parkers, which has the XK8 as 2015mm wide, the 3200 at 1822mm. On checking again, it still says that, so I looked elsewhere, and Wiki has them as you say, so […]

Very envious – I dropped in on BMW Group Classic earlier this year but was told guided tours can only be booked for Mondays (I got there on a Thursday), so many thanks for giving us all a glimpse of the treasures within!

Like @anders-bilidt I’ve owned neither a Jaguar or a Maserati. I’ve never even driven either of the two models under discussion. I have, however, seen many of each, and for me – based purely on their looks and […]

@anders-bilidt I had a feeling that little Datsun would press a button or two with you – and with the perfect number plate!

What a car park! So many great classics – and unlike last year, no mud! Nice to see a fellow Golf Yellow ’02, all the way from Lower Saxony, and the yellow Fiat Dino. Also love the blue Gordon Keeble, but those […]

Ah yes, the cars – obviously the yellow 911 makes my eyes light up, and I learned something too, as I had never heard of Melkus before, but the car that struck the biggest chord among those featured is the Auto […]

This sounds great! I love the idea of classics being enthusiastically driven around closed city streets, with lots of vantage points for spectators – super idea!

@claus-ebberfeld Claus, have been trawling through carandclassic.com and saw this AC3000ME for auction with Brightwells – maybe a chance for you to have another shot at AC3000ME ownership – provided you make some […]

@anders-bilidt – oh, don’t misunderstand me, Anders, I’m not concerned – on the contrary, I’m delighted – and amazed – that they are being used for their intended purpose, rather than just in a museum or […]

@anders-bilidt – “more like a full-scale film set” – a great description of this now massive (in danger of getting too massive?) event! Looks like you had a superb weekend and luckier with the weather than last […]

@claus-ebberfeld regarding the performance, Claus, the roads we were on gave very little opportunity to actually exploit it. I can say it was quite slow off the mark, though that may have been at least in part due […]

@ce first of all, Claus, I am deeply envious of the fact that you have room for ten cars – I think I’d have a field day (and much depleted bank account) if I had the room…as to a solution to your”problem”, if […]

@anders-bilidt , @yrhmblhst glad you liked the piece! @yrhmblhst to visit those villages is to almost travel back in time. They’re wonderful places to visit – especially in a classic car! – but I’m pretty sure I […]

What fantastic looking buses! While I wouldn’t want to be in a smoke-filled, overheated one in the 1950’s, with modern aircon and no smoking, they would be terrific tourist buses. Time for a revival?
As for the […]