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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 […]
Awards, beers, eBay, clones, drones plus a crash landing – the full story and secrets behind the jaw-dropping #Skydriver viral video have been revealed in a short follow-up film released yesterday. What started life as some bar-room bravado banter ended up, more than two years later, with a livered car flying down one of Zip […]
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 […]
At the invitation of Brands Hatch owner MSV, Equipe Classic Racing – which organises the hugely popular Equipe GTS and Pre ‘63 series for historic sports cars – is to run a 30 minute support race on the venue’s Grand Prix Circuit at the high-profile British GT Championship meeting on August 4th 2018. Holding modern […]
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 […]
The innovative FOS Future Lab returns to the Goodwood Festival of Speed presented by Mastercard for 2018, following its hugely successful premiere at the event last year. Promising to be bigger and better in its second year, the exciting feature is housed in a pavilion located on the Goodwood lawn and plays host to some […]
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 […]
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 […]