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A few months ago I went to an event at Chateau Impney for the first time, for a Coffee and Chrome Collective event sponsored by insurance company Footman James, it was a cold, windy February morning for a classic […]

For this week’s Prime Find feature we’re taking a look at two cars that would make excellent candidates for the Festival of the Unexceptional. They’re both up for sale at the same auction with Manor Park Class […]

Some years ago, before I got involved with ViaRETRO, I managed to fit in a visit to the Porsche Museum and Mercedes-Benz Museums in Stuttgart – they’re about 20 minutes apart – on the same memorable day, and eve […]

As regular readers will know, our mantra here at ViaRETRO is that “Any classic is better than no classic”. Of course, the definition of a classic is fairly broad – at it’s simplest, it’s generally considere […]

Four years ago I embarked on a road trip to visit family in the south of Germany in my 1975 BMW 2002tiiLux (still available should you be interested). That trip included stops in Wiesbaden and Mulhouse, took in a […]

I thought we’d try a slightly different format for this week’s Prime Find column, since variety is the spice and all that, and it gives us a chance to look beyond our usual – admittedly self-imposed – budget […]

FIAT’s entry into the supermini hatchback market was quite different from any other entrant in what had become one of the most competitive market segments in the industry, in Europe, at least. Badged “Ritmo” in Eu […]

Last week we featured a car that has been hidden in the shadow cast by its more glamorous sibling, and this week, our Prime Find is a car with a similar tale to tell.

When the Reliant Scimitar comes up for […]

For my second visit to Prescott in a week, my better half and I made the short countryside drive for a very different type of event at this famous old venue. This time, it was to see the hill being tackled in […]

When people say “Alfetta”, the image that usually comes to mind is of the gorgeous Giugiaro-designed GT and GTV coupés, but both these very desirable cars were based on a fairly ordinary-looking and almost […]

Prescott Hill has become practically a local venue for me to visit since moving house last year, and this month sees me attending two events there in one week, with the first of these being their Italia Day on […]

OK, I am taking advantage of my being a contributor to ViaRETRO and our weekly Prime Find slot to shamelessly market my own car – and while I don’t feel guilty, there is certainly more than a touch of the […]

Since moving up to the Worcestershire/Warwickshire borders last year, a few classic venues have turned out to be conveniently closer to home than they used to be – Prescott Hill, Shelsley Walsh, Chateau Impney a […]

We haven’t featured many Prime Finds from the Land of the Rising Sun recently, so this week, we are going to redress that a little.

Because the Japanese motor industry didn’t really emerge until the mid […]