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The Brooklands-based Heritage Skills Academy has announced that a classic Mini project that is being restored by a group of its apprentices is set to air on Yesterday TV. The restoration project is being assisted by British Motor Heritage (BMH), with the company treating the trainees to a tour of its Witney factory and helped with the jigging of the new panels, which it also discounted for the cause. The…
Beaulieu is gearing up for a bumper season of car events in 2022, with the octane action kicking off on Sunday 3rd April with Simply Aston Martin. This will be followed by Simply Audi on Sunday 10th April and a new addition to the car show calendar, Simply Italian, which takes place on Sunday 24thApril. The first of 16 busy Simply Rallies events taking place this year at Beaulieu, Simply…
Heveningham Concours is set to return to Heveningham Hall in Suffolk and will take place on Saturday 2nd and Sunday 3rd July 2022. The motorsport and aviation event was launched in 2016 and 2022 will be the 5th running of the annual Concours. This year it will host up to 50 of the world’s most beautiful cars, while the aviation concours will feature around a dozen equally rare propeller planes….
Richard ‘Moggy’ Morgan and the team at Electric Classic Cars return in a brand new series of Vintage Voltage, which premiers this evening on Quest. In Series 2 Moggy lines up a fascinatingly diverse selection of classic cars, all destined to be converted into electric vehicles in his workshop in Wales. Fans of the show can look forward to seeing a Porsche 911, a DeLorean, a classic Mini, a Series…
The Donington Historic Festival has announced its 2022 Timetable, which returns with an exciting schedule of action packed racing at Donington Park on Saturday and Sunday 30 April and 1 May. Highlights include two thundering races for original factory Group C cars, a dedicated 80-minute spectacular into the twilight for Ford GT40s and the epic endurance battle that is the Royal Automobile Club Pall Mall Cup. The high octane weekend…
This years London Concours is taking place from the 28th to the 30th of June and the shows organisers have announced the first display class for the 2022 event; Italian Spiders. The special category will celebrate Italy’s rich tradition of producing some of the most glamorous convertibles of all time. The carefully curated selection will gather in June on the immaculate lawns of Honourable Artillery Company, in the heart of…
Goodwood has announced that the 79th Members’ Meeting is set to celebrate the glorious V10 era of Formula 1. Taking place from 9 – 10 April 2022, the F1 celebration is the the second demonstration taking place at this years Members’ Meeting. The exciting spectacle will feature approximately 20 Grand Prix cars from 1989 to 2005, the performance demonstration will showcase the V8, V10 and V12 engines which provided Formula…
David Brown Automotive has unveiled the Speedback Silverstone Edition, the latest commission in its limited run series of luxury grand tourers. One of just 10 to be built, this Silverstone Edition is being delivered to its new owner in Asia. The creation of this unique hand built Silverstone Edition took over 8,000 hours and it comes complete with a unique array of bespoke features. The Speedback Silverstone Edition is an evolution…
Motor Racing Legends has announced the launch of the ‘Snetterton Historic 200’, a new Historic Racing Festival that will celebrate the circuits rich motorsport heritage. Organised in collaboration with Motor Sport Vision, it will take place from 16th – 17th July 2022. Snetterton Historic 200 will pay homage to the often-overlooked historical races that have been the foundation stone of the circuit that opened just over seventy years ago. The…
The Morgan Motor Company has announced the launch of the Plus Four LM62 which marks the firms legendary class win in the 1962 24 Hours of Le Mans. Based on the standard Morgan Plus Four and limited to just 62 examples, it pays tribute to the Morgan Plus 4 SuperSports, “TOK 258”, which took victory in the 2.0-litre class of the gruelling endurance race six decades ago. The renowned TOK…