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Hagerty Festival of the Unexceptional wins at the Royal Automobile Club Historic Awards

on 2nd December 2021

Hagerty’s Festival of the Unexceptional has won Motoring Spectacle of the year at the 2021 Royal Automobile Club Historic Awards. Adam Sloman, Events Manager for Hagerty International, collected the award from Duncan Wiltshire at the RAC Club, London. Hagerty created the first Festival of the Unexceptional in 2014 as a celebration of long-forgotten everyday family cars from 1968-1989, now fondly known as the ‘Unexceptional Era’. The 2021 selection offered one…

Aston Martin Bulldog hits 162MPH at RNAS Yeovilton

on 1st December 2021

The mighty Aston Martin Bulldog, the ground breaking supercar has reached a major milestone, hitting 162MPH on the runway at RNAS Yeovilton. Restored by Classic Motor Cars Ltd, the British wedge supercar has also added two extra milestones in the past nine days. The accolades began with the car winning the Royal Automobile Club restoration of the year award, which was quickly followed by CMC winning specialist of the year…

Exterior Dressing – Why car detailing isn’t all about the paintwork

on 30th November 2021

When people talk about car detailing, a lot of the focus tends to go on the various methods you can employ to clean, restore and protect the paintwork. Clay barring, polishing, waxing, sealing – these are all techniques employed on the metal bodywork of a vehicle. Not that there’s anything wrong with this focus – restoring bodywork, whether it is polishing out defects or just making the paintwork shine like…

Tickets for Donington Historic Festival 2022 now on sale

on 30th November 2021

The organisers for the Donington Historic Festival 2022 have announced that tickets for its 2022 calendar of historic motorsport events are now on sale. Both events will take place on Saturday and Sunday 30 April and 1 May. With two races for the C1 by Duncan Hamilton ROFGO (for original factory Group C1 cars) grid, a dedicated race for Ford GT40s and a host of other spectacular races, including the epic…

Winter driving myths – Test your knowledge

on 30th November 2021

There are lots of driving myths out there, such as the colour of the car affects your car insurance and you can’t drive an electric car in a thunderstorm. Of course these aren’t true. But as winter draws ever nearer there are some driving myths that do raise some genuine questions. The ATS Euromaster Winter Driving Myth Challenge has been designed to test your knowledge of which cold weather driving…

The Classic Motor Show makes a triumphant return to the NEC

on 19th November 2021

The Classic Motor Show makes a triumphant returns to the NEC

The dust has settled on The Classic Motor Show 2021, which made a triumphant returns to the NEC last weekend. After the disappointment of missing out on last years show, thousands of motoring enthusiasts and their classic cars descended on the National Exhibition Centre outside Birmingham for an extra special three day celebration of the automobile. A total of 63,328 classic car fans made the pilgrimage to The Classic Motor…

Thornley Kelham unveils Lancia Aurelia Outlaw European CSL

on 18th November 2021

Specialist restoration firm Thornley Kelham has unveiled the ultimate evolution of its hand-crafted Lancia Aurelia ‘Outlaw’, the European CSL. Created as part of the nine car Outlaw programme, the final three enhanced models will be 75kg lighter and 100bhp more powerful than the first six Outlaws. The ‘European CSL’ preserves the modernised styling and low-slung stance of previous commissions, marked out most obviously by its lowered roofline, inspired by aerodynamic…

Tickets go on sale for The Classic at Silverstone 2022

on 17th November 2021

The Classic at Silverstone has announced that tickets for next years event will go on sale from Thursday 25 November 2021. A new date has also been confirmed for the world’s biggest historic motor racing festival, with The Classic set to take place over the August Bank Holiday weekend, from 26th – 28th August 2022. The shows organisers have also announced that all those booking their tickets before midnight on…

Lamborghini celebrates 40 years of the V8 Jalpa

on 17th November 2021

Lamborghini is celebrating 40 years of the Jalpa which was unveiled at the Geneva Motor Show in March 1981. In keeping with established Lamborghini tradition, the Jalpa was named after a breed of fighting bulls, the Jalpa Kandachia. The Jalpa was the Sant’Agata Bolognese based carmaker’s last evolution of the grand touring V8 powered mid-engine sedan concept and it was also the final development of the Urraco and Silhouette model…

Silverstone Auctions sale hits £9.2m at NEC Classic Motor Show

on 16th November 2021

Silverstone Auctions returned to NEC Classic Motor Show (12th – 14th November) for the tenth time and its sale over the weekend hit a staggering £9.2m, with an impressive sale rate of 83%. Saturday and Sunday’s car auctions garnered the interest of thousands, with people watching the sale in the room, via the Silverstone Auctions website and from other bidding channels. Significantly, over 1500 bidders registered for the event, with…