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@thunderbird – Per, thank you for your kind words, I’m very glad you enjoyed the piece – the trip was indeed a lot of fun!

Hard to argue that there are some spectacularly unexceptional cars shown here, some of which I remember fondly, others, not so much…
However, I am going to be a bit picky, and suggest that there is no world in […]

@claus-ebberfeld agree with you about the use of Stowe House and grounds for this event – fabulous contrast with the mundane machinery on display ;). Last year it was used as the starting point for the […]

Super report, as always, Dave!
I sit so firmly on the fence with regard to the Unexceptional that it’s quite uncomfortable at times. I remember all of these cars from my teens and early twenties, and the glow of […]

What a car, and what provenance!
As an aside, it still irritates me that Surtees was never knighted, and of course it’s now too late.

That looks pretty bloody good – and has worn well, to my eyes, at least – love the (dare I say) boomerang rear light treatment, and years before Maserati did something similar with the 3200 GT.

Maybe one of these?

Have just spent an afternoon at the wondrous Cite de l’Automobile in Mulhouse, a temple to the glory of the French Motor Industry (and a few others, but mostly the French, and in particular, Bugatti) – there were […]

Looks and sounds like it was a great trip, Claus! I start the return leg of mine, via the Cite de l’Automobile, tomorrow – I hope it goes as well as yours!

@yrhmblhst – omg…reading that list made me feel better (sorry!). Missing that 330 GTC sounds particularly painful…

I think we all share your frustration and anger about the incident, and especially the SUV driver, Anders, it’s a total bummer. More importantly, you emerged unscathed – your Green Devil is (albeit with difficulty […]

In my case, it’s regrets about both – first, the one I regret selling, which was the 3.0CSi I had from 1994 to 98, which I sold when i was offered a job in The Netherlands that came with a company car (I chose an […]

@yrhmblhst I stand corrected (again :) ) – I’ve always associated the rear “wings” with Impalas, and assumed this was one; however, I found this photo and blowing it up shows it to be a Biscayne, indeed!

[oh, btw…the Mustang in Bullit wasnt a Shelby – just a 68 fastback with the GT package and a boat anchor 390…]

@YrHmblHst – I’ll take your word for it – I was just quoting what the information card said!

In the interests of continuing the debate about Dave’s beloved E-Type, I did several minutes of intense research that threw up this interesting (or not) fact, courtesy of howmanyleft.com.
In 1994, there were 2383 […]

I also like the 924 and Montecarlo a lot – the latter’s prices starting to rise, it seems.
Have we reached “peak E-Type”? I don’t go along with the whole “best-looking…etc” hype either, and there do seem to be […]

Nail hit firmly on head, Claus. While numbers make all the difference in a game of Top Trumps, on the road it’s surely always been about how power is delivered and the manner in which a car does what it does. […]

That’s a fine-looking super-saloon you have there, Claus, enjoy your time with it – but with so many cars, how do you decide which one to drive and when?? Nice problem to have, though!