Classic and Collector Car News, Features and Interviews.
From the Porsche 959 to the Jaguar E-Type, classic cars are a thing of beauty. With iconic styling, unique character and mechanical engineering, classic vehicles give you the opportunity to enjoy a whole different era of motoring. However, there is one area where classic cars simply can’t compete with their modern counterparts: safety. Which is why enhancing the safety of classic cars is something all enthusiasts should consider. Vehicle safety…
Motor Racing Legends has revealed it has been appointed by Jaguar Classic to run the Jaguar Classic Challenge for the 2021 season. Open to Pre-‘66 E-types, C and D-types, XKs and Mk 1 and Mk 2 saloons – the highly regarded series, founded by Jaguar Classic in 2015, is looking towards its seventh season with renewed vigour as it joins the Motor Racing Legends stable of historic race series. The…
The London Classic Car Show returns in Spring 2021 at a new Covid-compliant venue providing both visitors and exhibitors with the welcome opportunity to fuel their passions and businesses in wonderful and safe surroundings. With uncertainties still affecting the immediate future of large-scale indoor gatherings, show organiser Brand Events has once again displayed its innovation by moving the capital city’s premier classic car celebration from Olympia to a more viable…
Twenty-five years ago on Sunday (22 November), Colin McRae climbed out of his iconic blue Subaru Impreza to wild adoration as he became the first British driver to be crowned World Rally Champion. Massive crowds celebrated at Chester Racecourse with McRae, co-driver Derek Ringer and their Prodrive team after a stirring victory in the 1995 Network Q RAC Rally secured the championship following one of the FIA World Rally Championship’s most…
Amazon Prime Video has confirmed that The Grand Tour presents: A Massive Hunt will launch globally on Friday 18th December. This new special feature will see Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May reunite for another intrepid adventure, filled of course with peril, automotive mayhem and lots of trademark Grand Tour banter. Following their perilous watery escapades in the Mekong, the intrepid trio find themselves back on four wheels for…
The Morgan Motor Company is marking the end of production of one of its most well-loved models, the 3 Wheeler, with the announcement of the P101 edition. The 3 Wheeler — which was introduced in its current form in 2011 — will cease production in 2021, once type approval on its S&S V-twin engine finishes. P101 stands for Project 101, the internal name given to the project to revive the…
The British Motor Museum has been selected as one of three finalists in the Collection category in this year’s Royal Automobile Club Historic Awards. The annual Awards recognise outstanding achievements within the British historic motoring and motorsport world. The judges had an impressive and diverse list of candidates across all 8 categories to scrutinise and will announce the results on 28 January 2021. The Museum was shortlisted for a number…
Winter is coming! And now is the time to start preparing your classic car. Winter weather can be a big problem for lots of vehicles, leading to all manner of malfunctions, damage and possible break downs. If you plan to use your classic during the winter months then you need to carry out some basic checks to make sure you can stay driving. Research conducted in 2018 found that most…
Motor Racing Legends, the name behind some of the prestigious historic racing series such as the Royal Automobile Club Woodcote Trophy and the Stirling Moss Trophy, has announced the launch of a brand-new Historic one-make race series for the Ford GT40. Two races have been planned for the ‘Amon Cup’ in 2021 and will bring together a wonderful selection of historic GT40 racers. The arrival of the Ford GT40 in the…
Jimmy de Ville, star of the series Goblin Works Garage, is back on our screens in the brand new show World’s Greatest Cars, which debuts on Quest this Thursday evening. Headed up by Mike Brewer, Quest has assembled the biggest names in motoring to vote on their favourite cars of all time. Jimmy joins his fellow motoring stars Ant Anstead, Helen Stanley, Rory Reid, Paul Cowland, Drew Pritchard, Marc ‘Elvis’…