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Salon Privé has confirmed that two elegant and rare Talbot-Lago T26s are to star at the Concours d’Elégance at Blenheim Palace next month. Both have been entered in the Churchill Cup for ‘Most Exceptional Design’, which is being presented by new show partner Aviva. This year’s Churchill Cup for ‘Most Exceptional Design’ will take place on Thursday 2 September, with the coveted Best in Show award being unveiled on Friday…
Bicester Heritage has announced that tickets are now on sale for the October Scramble which takes place on Sunday 10th October. The historic former RAF Bicester site will welcome motoring enthusiasts to the second Scramble gathering of the year and 5000 tickets have been released. From 9am until 2pm, ticket holders will be able to live, breathe and experience historic motoring at its best, offering the chance for enthusiasts to bring…
The Concours of Elegance has announced it will be celebrating the iconic Gulf and Martini racing liveries at Hampton Court Palace next month. Some of the world’s finest racing Porsche’s of 1970s that wore the famous colours will form part of this year’s ‘Main Concours’ display. The Gulf livery came about thanks to Grady Davis, vice-president of Gulf Oil, who in 1966 bought himself a Ford GT40. He formed a…
Ford has announced the 2022 Ford GT Heritage Edition, which will pay homage to the legendary 1964 Ford GT prototypes and the great Le Mans victories that defined a whole era of motorsport. The new 2022 Ford GT ’64 Prototype Heritage Edition recently debuted at Monterey Car Week, alongside the sole surviving 1964 Ford GT prototype, chassis GT/105. Still wearing its original livery, the groundbreaking GT prototype was displayed over…
Over 15,000 show-goers and more than 600 supercars made the Beaulieu Supercar Weekend one of the best yet, with tickets selling out for both days of the packed show as it returned with a roar for 2021. All manner of awesome high-performance machines took their places in the grounds of the National Motor Museum for the two-day show on Saturday 7th and Sunday 8th, now in its 10th year. With…
UK turbocharger engineering company Turbo Technics will celebrate its 40th birthday in style with a special track event and a display of some of the performance road and competition vehicles it has created over the years. The event will be held in conjunction with the Time Attack round at Donington Park, which takes place on August 30, 2021. All owners of Turbo Technics enhanced vehicles are invited to apply to…
Formula 1 World Champion Jenson Button has driven the new Lotus Emira at the Laguna Seca Raceway, the very first appearance for the new sports car in the USA. Fresh from the Emira’s world debut last month and it’s first public demonstration at the Goodwood Festival of Speed, Button was on hand to put the very last petrol engine Lotus through its paces on the famous American race track. Like…
A superb 1968 AC 428 Spider by Frua, which was first owned by Formula 1 and motorsport team boss Rob Walker, is heading to auction with RM Sotheby’s at its Monterey sale this weekend (12-14 September). In the early days of Formula 1, numerous privateer teams went head to head with the big manufacturers for the chance of winning the World Championship. One such privateer team to achieve great success…
Ferrari has announced the Ferrari Testa Rossa J, a special project developed in collaboration with The Little Car Company. The new limited edition electric car is a 75% scale replica of a legendary 1950s Ferrari. Just 299 examples will be built and while the Ferrari Testa Rossa J is designed to be driven by anyone over 14 years of age, it is not intended for road use. The Testa Rossa…
The Goodwood Revival, which is taking place from 17 – 19 September, has announced that it will hold a special Victory Parade to celebrate local key workers and service personnel. The parade will take place on the Sunday and will echo the celebrations that took place in 1946 to mark the end of World War Two. The Victory Parade in 1946 commemorated the end of the Second World War and…