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As a date for your 2019 diary, next year’s Festival of the Unexceptional Concours de l’Ordinaire – being staged by leading classic vehicle insurance specialists, Hagerty – will be held for the sixth year in succession on Saturday 20 July 2019. Originally staged by Hagerty in 2014 as the first event of its kind in Europe – […]
The 2018 Prestone MSA British Rally Championship is one of the most eagerly anticipated in the series’ 60-year history. Britain’s premier rallying series will burst into life for yet another thrilling campaign, getting underway in Carlisle, Cumbria with the Pirelli International Rally, 28 April staging the opening round. The action-packed BRC features six rounds across […]
To coincide with Britain’s withdrawal from the EU, UK-based Bespoke Road Rallies is organising a dash to independence – a unique 22-day car run that requires participants to visit all 27 remaining EU member states. It will be flagged off in Brussels on March 8, 2019 by a prominent Brexiteer and terminate in Parliament Square, […]
The Geneva Motor Show is pretty much up there as the highlight, standout event of the car calendar. There’s always loads of new cars on display, some new tech and plenty of stuff that eventually filters down to reasonably priced motors. Autocar have got the jump here on 14 of the most important cars you […]
It’s the final countdown to an even bigger and more glittering London Classic Car Show 2018 (15-18 February). Now gearing up for its fourth year, the capital’s biggest car celebration has expanded again to now fill the complete South Hall at ExCeL London, the city’s premier exhibition venue. Visitors will be treated to huge, eye-catching […]
Now established as the launch pad to the UK’s thriving retro racing and rallying season, next month’s Historic Motorsport International (15-18 February), staged at London’s ExCeL, is gearing up to start the year in spectacular and star-studded style. Among a host of famous faces already confirmed are Nigel Mansell CBE, the 1992 FIA Formula One […]
A brand-new event for Land Rover connoisseurs, collectors, preservationists, restorers and enthusiasts will pay tribute to the iconic marque at Bicester Heritage over the weekend of May 26 and 27, 2018. Land Rover Legends brings together the vehicles, the people and the stories behind the global name to celebrate everything special about Land Rover past […]
Cost-saving Super Early Bird tickets for the eagerly-anticipated 2018 Silverstone Classic are now on sale. Enthusiasts and aficionados, however, will only have to wait until early next month for a sneak preview into some of the amazing attractions in store for the world’s biggest historic motor racing festival. Whetting appetites for next summer’s nostalgia-fuelled extravaganza […]
Tickets for the eagerly anticipated 2018 London Motor Show officially go on general sale this weekend from 10am on Sunday 17 September. Next year’s event has been billed as the biggest and best ever, with the show taking up new residency at the ExCeL Exhibition Centre after outgrowing Battersea Evolution. The hugely successful 2017 event […]
Drivers seeking the opportunity to experience the latest Lotus sports cars at the famed manufacturer’s facility in Norfolk, will now have the chance, with the opening of the new Lotus Driving Academy in August 2017. From as little as £119 for the entry level experience, right through to the intensive ‘Gold’ course at £899, the […]