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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 – […]
Following its most successful edition ever at Blenheim Palace, the Bagley brothers of Salon Privé have great delight in announcing the 2019 dates as Thursday 5th to Saturday 7th September. “The treasured world of Concours events and classic car racing often go hand in hand and with so many events around the globe, it can be a […]
The Concours of Elegance will return to Hampton Court Palace this Friday 31 August – 2 September for its seventh running, and this year’s event is set to be the biggest and most diverse yet. At its heart, as ever, is the exquisite royal venue and the line-up of around 60 extraordinary cars in the […]
This weekend’s not-to-be-missed Silverstone Classic (20-22 July 2018) is all set to further enhance the massive three-day extravaganza’s unrivalled status as the world’s biggest classic motor racing festival. Featuring the full spectrum of glorious motor sport history from much-loved bygone eras, the colossal 21-race programme staged on the famous 3.7-mile Grand Prix circuit has once […]
Heveningham Hall Concours d’Elegance has confirmed the details of all entrants participating in this year’s event on 30th June & 1st July 2018 at the 5,000 acre Georgian estate in the heart of Suffolk. A total of 54 cars will grace the dramatic Kim Wilkie-designed grass terraces to the rear of the Grade I listed […]
The year was 1978, UK inflation hit a six-year low, the Bee Gees dominated the charts, while flared trousers and bouffant hair was the height of fashion. It was also the year that Mazda unveiled the RX-7, a car that played a vital role in establishing Mazda’s reputation for building celebrated driver’s cars. In the […]
The organisers of the Silverstone Classic are delighted to announce that AutoClassics.com has been appointed as the event’s Official Online Marketplace Partner – an exciting appointment which will add yet another valuable new dimension to the world’s biggest classic motor racing festival. AutoClassics.com is the new global marketplace and information base for collector cars of […]
A line-up of the fastest and most astonishing performance cars on sale today has been confirmed to appear as part of London Concours’ new evo Supercar Paddock (taking place on 7th to 8th June 2018). Curated by evo Magazine, a media partner of the London Concours, the Supercar Paddock is a who’s who of the […]
The search for Britain’s Best Classic Destination is over, with Lakeland Motor Museum being crowned the winner. After originally being nominated as part of a 30-strong long list by Practical Classics readers and Footman James clients at the start of the year, Lakeland Motor Museum made it to the top 10 shortlist after a public vote. From 6th May […]
As well as an outstanding programme of 19 races from 14 world-class grids of historic competition cars from the 1920s-2000s, the 2018 Donington Historic Festival (Donington Park, May 4, 5 and 6) features a host of off-track attractions to add to the excitement and entertainment. Clouds of tyre smoke will waft across the paddock from the Melbourne Loop as […]