Cars

This is the car I affectionately refer to as The Croissant – a cheap reference to its French heritage, I know. We bought the car in October 2024. So what is it? Officially, this is a DS Automobiles DS5 2.0 HDI Sport Anniversary. Let’s decipher that. 2.0 HDI refers to its diesel engine. Yes, I bought my first diesel. The

So what was all the fuss about, again? The new Jaguar launched its new Type 00 Concept in Miami today. Thankfully, we still have an internet as there were zero androgynous models in sight. (To be fair, I think the models might have made an appearance if the kerfuffle of the last two weeks hadn’t turned out the way it

It’s early in the morning of December 2nd as I write this in Australia. Around 1pm in Miami on December 1st. Right now in Miami, there’s a bunch of very nervous Jaguar executives awaiting a new vehicle reveal on Monday December 2nd that will either crown, or cut the throat of, the ambitious Jaguar re-brand launched a few weeks ago.

Tim, from NYC, asks which Porsche 911 he should buy….. A brief question, if I may. If you were to choose your favourite 911 year models from an enjoyment of the vehicle perspective, and investment hopeful return perspective, and in an attempt to mitigate maintainence costs, would you have any suggestions? Tim wrote correctly in his email that I’m a

Back in January 2014, I wrote a post called Swade’s 7 Investment Cars for Less Than $30,000. It’s been said that classic cars were one of the better-performing investments over the last 10 years and I’ve noted in a previous post that Classic Car prices have gone completely maaaaaad. Consider this an extension study to substantiate that earlier work. I’ve

I must apologise for this post taking SOOOOOOOOOO long. It was way back in August 2022 that I appealed to the collective wisdom of this website’s occasional readers, to suggest vehicle options for our upcoming move to Sweden. We arrived here late-October 2022 and I’ve been driving this BMW 328i GT since Day 2. That was 8 months ago! Some

I’ve had a number of Alfas over the years. Two Sprints (plus caring for another for six months), two 16-valve 33s, a GTV6 from the mid-80s and….. the most recent one, which I’ve never written about: My Alfa Romeo Giulietta QV. Well, my former Giulietta QV. I’ve recently sold it because we’re moving to Sweden in the coming weeks. I

As you now know, we’re moving to Sweden. And as I sold my Alfa (quite literally) just five minutes before starting this post, my mind is now on what keys will be in my pocket when we’re living there. This is a genuine quandry, and one I wouldn’t mind your collective advice on. My default is to go with the

Question – Have the prices for classic cars gone as nuts in your country as they have here in Australia? It’s reminiscent of this old classic TV ad from Melbourne back in the early 1990’s (with thanks to Turbin!) I’ll let you decide for yourself whether or not Madonna had lost the plot back then. But there’s a reasonable argument

This is a bit cheap, isn’t it, Turning a Facebook challenge series into a blog post? I know. I’m sorry. But it’s been soooo long since I’ve written something here and this challenge was actually quite Swadeology-ish, so why not? The idea is in the title – list 10 cars that changed the way you think about cars.  They’re not