For those of you who are unfamiliar, Auto Italia is a motoring magazine which specialises in, guess what, Italian cars. Brooklands is a motoring/aviation museum in Weybridge. When the two come together, as they do every year on the Saturday of the first May Bank Holiday weekend, the results are sensational.

The concept is simple: if you have an Italian car, you get in free and can peruse the rest of the Italian cars which made it to the event. If you don’t have an Italian car, you park just outside the museum and pay a well-worth-it sum of money to get in and peruse said Italian cars.

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It’s been a few weeks, for which I apologise but I return with an arsenal of YouTube clips for a little light entertainment on what is rather a dull week on this rain-ridden island we call home.

This week I propose to bring you a subject which is likely to divide opinions: replica supercars.

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‘Unanswered Questions From the Motoring World’ – the name of my blog, one year old this week.

As a ‘celebration’, it’s a bit of a mixed bag this week – I’ll see whether I’ve actually answered any questions this past year and then I thought I’d take you through some of my all-time favourite cars, so you can learn a bit more about me, a little more ‘personal’ than usual.

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Ranting is becoming a common theme of my blog but I’ll try and limit it to this one and come up with something a little more jolly next week.

Now, some of my ‘loyal’ followers will recall that way back in October, I gave you a rundown of the shortlist of candidates selected to go forward into the final to win European Car of the Year 2012 (CotY).

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So not strictly motoring this week but I think the link between Clarkson and the motoring world is strong enough to justify this one.

Another top 10 with a couple of YouTube clips to keep you entertained when you should be doing some work.

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Admittedly, you’re probably sick of this story by now and, I will confess that I’m a little late as it happened over a week ago. BUT, before you return to doing some actual work, I would encourage you to read on.

I intentionally waited for the dust to settle to get a clearer image of exactly what will happen in relation to the EXP 9 F and that is the image I propose to discuss here as well as why it’s a bad idea for the brand and other general complaints/moans.

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I know it’s only been a couple of days since my last post but I return with YouTube clips – I’ve done stunts and films in the past but this week, we return to something altogether more serious: dangerous driving.

To begin with, I’d like to say that I do not endorse any of the behaviour in this week’s YouTube clips.

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So, we come to the end of the three week series of the ‘Superior Germans’ and last but by no means least, we come to Audi. Thanks to all those who have read the last two posts and I hope you enjoy this final instalment.

Before we kick off, there are some distinctions to be made between the S and RS models. S models are manufactured alongside ‘normal’ Audis on the same production line, they are obviously more sporty, details to follow.

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As promised last week, here is your second helping of German superiority, this week in the form of Mercedes-Benz: the bonkers AMG Division.

Check out last week’s blog for BMW’s M Division and check back here next week for Audi’s S and RS monsters.

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BMW M, Mercedes AMG, Audi S? This is a decision many rich people face on a daily basis. Well fear not. As I did with supercars a while back, I intend to answer this question once and for all (or at least have a jolly good go at it).

For the next three weeks, I will be looking at the aforementioned legends in a light-hearted but informative way.

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