Tag: car

  • National Automobile Museum (MAUTO), Turin

    National Automobile Museum (MAUTO), Turin

    Italy’s National Automobile Museum (MAUTO) is situated a few blocks from the historic FIAT car factory in Turin (Torino), see our previous post. To be near to this museum, we moved from our original hotel in Centro to the NH Collection Lingotto Congress which is housed within a converted section of the old FIAT car

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  • Lingotto FIAT Car Factory, Turin

    Lingotto FIAT Car Factory, Turin

    On this trip from Lausanne to Tuscany, we stayed in the city of Turin (Torino) in two hotels which was not our usual practice. The reason for changing was because the second hotel is housed in the iconic, historic Lingotto FIAT car factory. Built in the 1920s by FIAT, Lingotto was then the largest and most

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  • 86th International Motor Show, Geneva, 2016

    86th International Motor Show, Geneva, 2016

    The 86th International Motor Show was held in Geneva from March 9 to 19 this year. Since we recently changed our car, the dealer sent us a set of tickets to the show and invited us to the brand’s pavilion for a snack and drinks and check out the latest models. It was impossible to

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  • DRIVE, Volkswagon Group Forum, Berlin

    DRIVE, Volkswagon Group Forum, Berlin

    After the UEFA Champions League Final game on a Saturday in June (click here to see the post), we stayed an extra day in Berlin. As expected on a Sunday, most of the shops were closed. So we were pleased to discover Volkswagon Group’s “flagship” store, not far from Checkpoint Charlie on Friedrichstrasse 84/Unter den Linden.

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