AutoNOVA Magazine

06/05/2015

Up for a little adventure? Why not join us this December for a week long rally across Morocco in the 2015 Maroc Challenge? You can fly in and drive a fully prepared Nissan Patrol and the entry fee is only something like US$2600 including the rental vehicle!

Come on. When's the next time you'll get to experience your own personal Dakar?

Chatting about the event with Rui is a detail-driven exercise, and one that leaves you with an impression of consummate competence. He is a steward who sweats everything, large and small, with a seemingly simple goal - to make the event the best of its kind anywhere. And that's particularly appeal…

04/16/2015

It is one of the most involving roads I have ever driven, crisscrossing streams and small bridges, plunging into old stone tunnels, diving downhill with series after series of sweeping S-bends, and then climbing back up alongside old railway tracks. The best of Asturias packed into one challenging…

03/23/2015

The Geländewagen, or “G-Wagen” as it is often called, was designed at a time when Mercedes-Benz quite frankly didn’t make many mistakes. It is from a time long before BMW and Audi were considered competitors, and long before the likes of Lexus and Infiniti came along to eat into market share. The…

03/01/2015

The drive from Caceres, a city on the far western edge of Spain, down to Cadiz on the southwestern coast, is a route steeped in history. It's part of the "Via de la Plata," an old Roman trade route that runs north/south along the western edge of the country, many cobbled sections of which, includin…

01/23/2015

Our friends at Valencia Classic Vehicles are offering a tasty morsel. BMW e30 325ix Touring. Be the first on your block...

That's the one word I would used to describe this 325ix Touring. "Alive." The famous e30 foible, the rear suspension that has a propensity for lift-throttle oversteer, is to me one if its greatest strengths. Much like an air-cooled Porsche 911, the reputation for flying off into the weeds ass-fir…

11/09/2014

The two latest Land Rovers from Valencia Classic Vehicle Consulting are in the USA and were at Katie's Cars & Coffee yesterday morning. If you're interested in a rust-free Series Land Rover, either 88 or 109, visit www.valenciaclassicvehicles.com

At Valencia Classic Vehicle Consulting, LLC, we specialize in the sourcing and importing of special interest vehicles to suit the perceptive collector. Brought to the United States from far away places, but always with an eye toward quality over profit, each vehicle we import has an uncommon story…

10/10/2014

Muscling a big Landy along the A-317 through the Sierra Cazorla National Park in Spain is a beautiful but exhausting business. If I keep this up, I'll have shoulders the size of cantaloupes...

10/01/2014

Bought a Citroen 2CV in Zamora, sight unseen, for 3500€. Took a bullet train there and drove it back across Spain with the roof rolled back and the sun beating down. Zamora, Salamanca, Avila, Toledo, Albacete, Alcoy, Benidorm, Javea...

300kph going out, 80kph coming back. The only way to travel.

08/12/2014

WILL THEY TAKE A CHECK?
This Thursday, at Quail Lodge, Bonhams will be offering a Ferrari 250GTO that has been owned by only one person for 49 years. Needless to say, it is likely to vaporize a record or two in the process. Any guesses as to what it will sell for?

07/26/2014

AutoNOVA IN SPAIN: Currently ensconsed on the Costa Blanca, we're falling in love with a lot of the beautifully styled new Citroens. And here's something interesting. The new Citroen C4 "Cactus." A version of the C4 with sightly raised ride height and tough polymer "armor" on the doors, bumpers and corners. The result is a small urban assault vehícle to take on the bumps and bruises of tight city streets. What do you think? Clever or hideous?

06/16/2014

From the "why didn't they think of this before?" file, it appears the Ducati Scrambler will be reprised for 2015. We can't wait for more details...

Born in Ducati, grown in the hearts of Motorcyclists. Back in 2015.