Classic and Collector Car News, Features and Interviews.
Historics Auctions first sale of 2022 takes place on Saturday 12th March at Ascot Racecourse, with an enticing selection of 172 classics crossing the auction block. Some of the stand out cars that caught Take to the Road’s eye include a very unique 1972 AC Aceca Cobra Coupe and a super rare 1993 Jaguar Lister XJ12. Take to the Road is no stranger to the venerable and often maligned Jaguar…
The ground breaking Maserati Boomerang, one of the finest wedge car designs ever created, is 50 years old this year. The futuristic concept car was the creation of Giorgetto Giugiaro and was produced by Italdesign. It made its debut on the 9th March at the 1972 Geneva Motor Show. A mockup of the concept car first made a fleeting appearance at the 1971 Turin Motor Show, with the final, fully working…
The Coppa delle Alpi 2022, the winter regularity race for historic cars organised by 1000 Miglia Srl, starts today in Brescia, Italy, and will run from the from 9th to 12th March. The winter historic rally will be the first race valid for the Italian Great Events Championship 2022, organised by ACI Sport. The cars will follow a route that crosses the unique Alpine arc of Italy, Switzerland and Austria,…
BRM will celebrate the 60th anniversary of its first World Championship victory at the Classic Nostalgia weekend, which is taking place at Shelsley Walsh on 16th – 17th July 2022. The famous hill climb has been selected as one of three flagship events at which BRM will celebrate the 60th anniversary of its 1962 World Championship victory. In a final-round showdown at that year’s South African Grand Prix, Graham Hill…
TV star Richard Hammond is set to make his debut at this years Practical Classics Classic Car & Restoration Show at the NEC. Best known car shows such as Top Gear and The Grand Tour, Hammond will be at the show on Friday 18 March. His 1972 MGB GT, the last car he drove on Top Gear, will be on the MG Car Club Young Members display in Hall 5….
Studio 434, which is owned by businessman and motoring connoisseur Rodger Dudding, is home to a remarkable collection of Aston Martin Lagonda “Wedge’s”. The rare British luxury saloons are an important part of what believed to be largest private car collection in Europe. Rodger’s motoring tastes are as broad and diverse as they come, such is the size and breath of his collection of vintage, classic and modern cars. However…
The countdown has begun to the start of Rally the Globes first ever Generations Rally, which takes place from 25th – 27th March. The new event has been designed specifically for existing entrants to introduce the sport of historic rallying to younger generations, ideally from the same family, either as driver or navigator. The full-capacity entry of 75 vintage and classic cars will take part in the three day rally,…
Beaulieu is gearing up for the Spring Autojumble, which is returning to Hampshire after a two-year absence on 14th and 15th May 2022. Following in the tyre tracks of last years highly successful International Autojumble, the Spring show will combine colourful car displays and hundreds of bargain-filled stands, for a busy motoring-themed weekend that everyone will enjoy. As part of the event’s triumphant return, impressive car club displays will be…
The Retro Rides Weekender returns to Goodwood Motor Circuit on the 21st and 22nd May 2022. Organised by Retro Rides, the spiritual home for the retro-vehicle community, the Weekender event brings together exceptional automobiles and champions the diversity of the UK retro car scene. With over 800 retro-styled pre-2000 vehicles in attendance, participants and spectators can expect to see everything from resto-mods to radical customs, drifters to retro daily’s, and…
Morgan Motor Company has launched the all new Morgan Super 3, the successor to the 3 Wheeler, which sees the firm continuing the 113-year legacy of its iconic three-wheeled Morgan vehicles. Early sketches of the new model were first unveiled in December last year, with an engineering prototype put through its paces last September. Super 3 is Morgan’s first clean-sheet design since the launch of the Aero 8 in 2000…