Sue Baker – 1947 to 2022
It is with great sadness that we announce that Sue Baker has lost her fight with Motor Neurone Disease, passing away aged just 75. She fought hard, was optimistic, and always had a glass half full attitude throughout, but the past few months have been tough for her. But despite losing the ability to use […]
Blast from past as magic memories meet modern motors
The annual SGMW Heritage Day proved another huge-hit trip down a motoring memory lane. Our fifth Heritage Day, again staged at the National Motor Museum at Beaulieu in Hampshire, was enjoyed by 25 SGMW members, a record number representing three-quarters of our total membership. They were joined at this popular blast from the past by […]
Kia driving day an electrifying experience
Driving to Oslo proved an electrifying experience when Kia UK hosted an exclusive driving day for members of the Southern Group of Motoring Writers. More than 20 SGMW members, an excellent two-thirds of the group’s total membership, attended the driving day based at Burley Manor hotel, near Ringwood in Hampshire’s New Forest, and a host […]
Members fired up for heritage event and driving day
An excellent turnout of SGMW members will mix business with pleasure with two days of driving past and present cars in the New Forest. More than 20 members are attending our SGMW Heritage Day at the National Motor Museum at Beaulieu in mid-August. It will be the fifth time the group has hosted the event […]
Teams lap up return of SGMW charity Karting GP
The long-awaited return of the Southern Group of Motoring Writers (SGMW) Karting Grand Prix was finally back on track. Twelve teams competed for glory – from BMW, Honda, Newspress, Nissan, Porsche, SGMW, Stellantis, Toyota, Lexus, Gazoo, Volvo and Women On the Move Against Cancer (WOMAC) – earlier this month at TeamSport in Crawley, near Gatwick […]
SGMW NEW YEAR HONOURS WINNING WAY TO START 2022
Our yearly list of car industry winners
Breakfast Meet
An enjoyable start to the day last Sunday with a Breakfast meet at Twig and Spoon restaurant in Kent. Hunter Abbott of Alcosense gave a short presentation and informative talk on the company products to assembled members of the Southern Group.
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The electric Fiat 500 could hardly be easier to drive.
Heritage Day makes welcome return with chance to mix business with pleasure
For more than a year SGMW members, along with the rest of the world, have been looking forward to a future that involves some sense of normality when Covid-19 is becoming a bad memory. But we are gearing up to wallow in nostalgia at our Heritage Day at the National Motor Museum at Beaulieu in […]
Happy memories, good company and back to the future at SGMW Heritage Day
The good old days were revived with the return of the SGMW Heritage Day at the National Motor Museum at Beaulieu. Fourteen members and a large contingent of 22 motoring PRs and friends from the industry enjoyed our fourth heritage day at the Hampshire venue, home to a huge part of our motoring history. The […]