Last weekend Europe’s largest motorsport show returned to the Birmingham NEC arena and it did not disappoint. I wasn’t too sure what to expect at first, some motor shows can be quite basic with little interaction with the general public. But not Autosport International. The pre-season motor show made sure everyone went home feeling involved, exhilarated and wanting more!

The impressive open plan exhibition floor was packed full of motors from every genre of racing. Whether you prefer admiring the colourful range of kitted out stock cars, checking out the karts of national champions like Danny Keirle (CIK World Championship winner 2017) or fantasising about driving one of the incredible F1 monsters, Autosport International had it all covered.

Prior to the festive period, luxury car manufacturers like  BMW, Porsche, Lamborghini, Bentley, and Aston Martin teased the world with prototypes of their latest creations. Now that the New Year has been and gone, we only have a few more months to wait until we greet some true beauties and beasts on the road.

Be warned this article may give you ‘new car fever’ because the models included in this list are fast, technologically advanced and extremely attractive!

As the festive season draws to a close and the New Year looms ever closer the mood is beginning to change. We would be lying to ourselves if we didn’t admit that everyone’s lost the excitement we had all built up inside in the weeks running up to the big man in red’s arrival. But we should push those January blues to one side because there are far too many events in the New Year to look forward to and get excited about.

One particular event Time journal is eager to attend next month is the highly anticipated Autosport International and Performance Car Show at the NEC arena in Birmingham. In two weeks time petrol heads, professional race drivers, popular manufacturers, motor tuning specialists and influential speakers will all gather together under one roof to celebrate their love of motorsports. Whilst we wait eagerly for January 11^th to arrive, we’ve decided to put together a quick ‘what to expect’ summary to give you an idea on what and who will be there, and why this is an event that should not be missed!

Ever since the first self-propelled road vehicle was produced in 1769, the automobile market has been developing, increasing and innovating designs and engineering techniques. Within 100 years, intelligent minds have been able to transform and develop a very simple and basic steam engine open top automobile (35 mph top speed), into a super sleek 16.4 litre Super Sport vehicle (268 mph top speed).

On Tuesday evening, Time Journal attended the exciting launch of Grand Auto, the up and coming London motor show, which will make its highly anticipated debut at the Olympia London next July.

Let’s get the more important details out the way before enticing you with specifics of the show shall we? Grand Auto is one of the many brilliant and exciting motor shows organised by Brand Events, a company that has been putting the craving desire for live action first since 1999. Chris Hughes, the CEO of Brand Events has been successfully setting up and running a variety of shows for the public since the early noughties.

Some of the most popular include MPH Show (what later became known as Top Gear Live!), The London Classic Car Show and Car Fest, the second largest motor show in Britain. Brand Events’ successful past endeavors speak for themselves, and so without even knowing the details of Grand Auto, already we can tell the show is going to be something special.