When I accepted an invitation to attend the International Amsterdam Motor Show (IAMS) last month, I didn’t really know what to expect. Although the event was held in 2018 and 2019, the 2023 show was its comeback post pandemic restrictions, and it would ...
Scandinavia’s Car Season Opener What’s your favourite way to spend the Easter holiday? Travelling to some place warm? Spending time with family? Or perhaps venturing into the mountains to go skiing, like many Swedes do? In my case, and for the last couple ...
The Art Of Machine Enjoying car culture means different things to different people. Some choose to focus on the bit that they actively participate in, while others embrace and rejoice every square inch of this rich tapestry of man and ...
I’ve always tried to make the best of every media pass I’ve received. Whether it’s my first one, or in the case of Toronto’s Motorama Custom Car & Motorsports Expo my fifth or sixth, my focus has always remained the same: make the event look the ...
If Mark’s recent story on three race replicas hitting the streets of Japan doesn’t prove that the BTCC Super Tourer era truly transcends language and distance barriers, nothing else will. The late-1990s Super Tourer race series was designed to push sales of everyman ...
There were a lot of familiar rally cars in action at Race Retro 2023 a couple of weekends back, but scattered amongst the usual suspects was one I’d never seen before in person. The vehicle in question was the diminutively-proportioned ex-JWRC Suzuki Ignis S1600, ...
Stoneleigh Park in the UK Midlands is usually known for its contributions to the agriculture and farming industry. Dozens of businesses invested in both current and future of farming are scattered throughout the estate. But for one weekend a year, ...
With big car shows and events, the sheer volume of shiny things on display can be a bit daunting. I for one need to make more of an effort to stop and smell the roses. Or at least stop drinking ...
Last week, I brought you a first look at The Elite Showcase 2023 through an extended gallery post. Today we’re back in Banten, Indonesia for more from this event. This time around though, we’re checking out some of my show standouts, ...
Indonesia’s most highly anticipated car show made a big return this year. The last time anyone attended The Elite Showcase was back in early 2020, in the pre-Covid-lockdown era. My coverage that time around centered on a group of entrants who ...
Welcome to Honda Fest Thailand (HFTH), the biggest Honda-centric custom car show in all of South East Asia. Given how many Honda fans there are in Thailand, this event could quite possibly be the most highly anticipated of all the modified car events ...
Bandung JDM Fest For me, 2023 has so far been an amazing time filled with modified cars. Last month, I travelled to Japan to attend Tokyo Auto Salon and hit up a couple of other events, including the famous RWB ...
When most people think of TAS, it’s the Japanese big-name tuner builds that usually come to mind. However, those cars actually only make up a small percentage of what Tokyo Auto Salon has to offer. The 2023 event was no different, so I thought ...
Three times a year, Bicester Heritage opens its doors to automotive enthusiasts for Sunday Scramble events. Now in its eighth year, the format has largely remain unchanged over that time: Bring an interesting car, park up and go for a ...
When Speedhunters started back in 2008, my mission was to cover as much European car culture as possible. One of the first events I covered that year was the Essen Motor Show, held at the Messe Essen exhibition center in ...
It had been over 600 days since my last indoor car event. Truthfully, it’d been that long since I’d attended any sort of indoor gathering. The feeling of doing something fairly regularly, then stopping cold turkey was odd, to say ...
There comes a point almost every time I’m travelling to an event where I question why I’m doing it. Sometimes it’s standing at a service station staring at rows of gross-looking sandwiches, wondering which is going to poison me the least, ...
Last weekend, Dino and I, along with thousands of other fans, braved torrential rain to give some love to one of our favourite wheels – those made by RAYS. Across the many parking areas and exhibition grounds of Fuji Speedway in ...
Early Start It’s that time of the year for Swedish car enthusiasts. After a two year hiatus, the Bilsport Performance & Custom Motor Show (aka Elmia) in Jönköping returned, bigger and better than ever. For those of you that don’t know, ...
It’s holding on with only two models right now, but Chrysler isn’t prepared to go out yet. Like a few other Stellantis brands, it’s planning a comeback with a host of brand-new cars. And we might see what these future ...
The Italian people’s car rounded up the podium after the voting was concluded. A Unimog arrived and dwarfed each sports car present. Analog perfection, the LHD interior of a Ferrari F40. The iconic 200 mph supercar; the Ferrari F40 ...
‘Tis the season to be motorcycle riding, fa-la-la…er, I mean, vroom-vroom-vroom. That means getting your bike out of winter storage, making sure your safety gear is clean and checking that all your paperwork is in order. But it also marks ...
When it has been over two years since your last major car show, it’s natural to be eager. While that last show was in a slightly warmer climate for me, I had no issue getting an early start and heading ...
The Beijing Auto Show has been indefinitely postponed amidst concerns over a coronavirus outbreak. China has been struggling to keep the coronavirus pandemic at bay once again which has prompted event organisers to indefinitely postpone pending shows in the ...
For automotive enthusiasts, there are multiple things to love about cars. Whether it’s the freedom that cars provide, the different designs of each model, or various capabilities, cars create a sense of passion for many people. A woman turned this ...
It was 2019 when I last visited Techno Classica in Essen. I’m not alone though; Covid cancelled the event in 2020 and ’21, so like everyone else I stayed at home. Now two years later, all the mandatory restrictions have been lifted here in ...
The devilish eyes of the Alfa Romeo Montreal which was produced between 1970 and 1977. The Italian people’s car, the Fiat 500 (Cinquecento). A quintessential piece of La Dolce Vita, the 1960 Alfa Romeo Spider. The Lancia Monte Carlo ...
It’s hard to imagine someone outright hating a Porsche 911. Being annoyed at how much a new 911 costs, that’s understandable, but outright distaste is rare. And yet, that was often the mood of the day for some Porsche fans ...
The lack of space on my photo hard drives right now is testament to the sheer volume of snap-worthy cars at the 2022 Tokyo Auto Salon. So far I’ve given you an event intro, not one but two looks at ...
The Bump-In The last few years have been a strange time to be a car enthusiast. No track days. Delays on parts. JDM prices into the stratosphere. An actual show with thousands of people inside a venue filled with cars? Forget ...
The Arrival I’ve never met my fellow Speedhunter Matthew Everingham, but after reading his bittersweet accounts of the 2018 Tokyo Auto Salon, I’m pretty sure we could quite easily be mates. I too share Matt’s sentiments about mega car shows – they ...
When we think of a Concours d’Elegance, we typically imagine ultra-rare classic automobiles that spend their lives locked away in climate-controlled garages to preserve originality and condition. They might emerge once or twice a year to sit in a line ...
When I was a wee lad, I remember being quizzed by my mother as to who I loved more, her or my father. Probable psychological scaring aside, this torment helped me become who I am today. But I still think it’s unfair ...
BMW has released some inner-city travel solutions with two concepts for a cargo bike and an e-scooter. The three-wheeled cargo bike has been designed to be used in all weathers, with BMW saying that cold or slippery conditions are often ...
Ssangyong has given an early look at its future SUV models with the X200 concept. Designed to preview the design of the firm’s next-generation off-roader, the X200 will follow on from the firm’s recently announced J100 electric car. The X200 ...
An electric taxi company has announced that it will continue to produce vehicles in the UK as part of its next expansion phase. Dynamo Motor Company has partnered with Nissan to produce conversions of its electric e-NV200 van, having delivered ...
Volvo has reported a record six months as it shows strong resilience following the coronavirus pandemic. The Swedish firm said revenue was up 26.3 per cent in the first half of 2021 compared with the pandemic-hit first half of 2020. ...
The favorite cars, trucks, and SUVs of the 2022 Chicago Auto Show as picked by MotorBiscuit highlights: MotorBiscuit staff voted the 2023 Nissan Z and 2021 Rolls-Royce Wraith as their favorite car and exotic car, respectively The 2022 Ford F-150 ...
Volkswagen killed off the Beetle back in 2019, but with Renault reimagining the classic 5 supermini as an electric car, now could be the perfect time for the Beetle to make a comeback as a retro-look, but thoroughly modern, EV. ...
When it comes to tuning shows, the Tokyo Auto Salon is a global institution. That’s not surprising given the fact it’s been around since 1983 and in recent (non-Covid) times has attracted more than 300,000 people through the gates of the ...