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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 […]
Ferrari will be celebrating the company’s 70th Anniversary at Ferrari Racing Days at Silverstone from 23-24 September 2017, with a packed schedule of on-track activities from the F1 Clienti, FXX, 599XX, FXX K and the Ferrari Challenge Trofeo Pirelli. Apart from the end of season Finali Mondiali, the Ferrari Racing Days event at Silverstone is the […]
Research of over 1025 women and 55000 policies revealed that the driving factor for classic car ownership for 21% of women was nostalgia, followed by 19% who said they were encouraged by friends and family members and 17% who saw it as a good investment. During the research process, Footman James requested that female enthusiasts […]
In 2017, the Concours of Elegance returns to the exceptional grounds of Hampton Court Palace. Henry VIII’s legendary riverside retreat, this Historic Royal Palace in Greater London last hosted the Concours of Elegance in 2014. From Friday the 1st of September through to Sunday the 3rd of September, sixty of the rarest cars in the […]
One of the stars of Channel 4’s hit series, For The Love of Cars, is to be the special guest at the first ever The International Ford Show, which takes place on the weekend of April 30-May 1 2016. Ant Anstead, who stars alongside Philip Glenister in the popular programme, will attend the event at […]
It is official – the very last Land Rover Defender has been built. You can see the final vehicle in the image above along with the many skilled people behind this iconic car and brand. In what is an impressive set of statistics for the industry, Land Rover and the Defender has been built continuously in […]
On the weekend of Saturday 28 and Sunday 29 May 2016, the tenth annual pageant of French motoring excellence – La Vie en Bleu – takes place at Prescott Hill Climb, Gotherington in Gloucestershire – home of the Bugatti Owners’ Club. This spectacular two day event has always been a firm favourite in the motoring […]
As dawn breaks on Sunday (1 November 2015) more than 400 intrepid drivers and their hardy passengers will deal with whatever the weather has in store to drive 60 miles from London to Brighton. They will be at the wheel – or the tiller – of hundreds of horseless carriages, many of which were built […]
Jaguar will celebrate its glorious history in style at the Goodwood Revival this year, with the presentation of a selection of famous heritage sports cars, new products for heritage car owners and the opportunity for festival visitors to race heritage cars of the electric-powered kind on its stand within the Earls Court Motor Show enclosure. […]
Nominations for the 2015 International Historic Motoring Awards’ Car of the Year close on September 1st, so classic car enthusiasts have only a short period left to visit www.historicmotoringawards.com and suggest the cars they think should be considered for the award. Every year historic cars come into the public eye for all sorts of […]