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Salon Privé, one of the UK’s premier concours shows, opened its doors on Tuesday this week for a special Media Day. The prestigious event welcomed the UK’s automotive press to the wonderful grounds of Blenheim Palace, before the show formally opened to the public on Wednesday. This year has proven very challenging for public events of this type and scale, with concern in the days leading up to Salon Privé that…
Lego is one of the all time great toys. It spurs the imagination and unleashes a creativity that no other toy can. If you put you mind to to it you can build literally anything, from majestic castles to planes, galactic battleships and of course cars. Over the past few years we have seen the release of stunning builds such as the Bugatti Chiron and the Porsche 911 Lego cars….
The Classic Car Drive in Weekend got off to a flying start last weekend at Bicester Heritage. The inaugural event, organised by the team behind the London Classic Car, welcomed over 8,000 petrolheads to the wonderful backdrop that is the former WW2 RAF base on the edge of the ancient Roman town of Bicester. The four day weekends action kicked off on the Friday with 1,000 automobiles of all ages…
Allard Motor Company, a name created in the 1930s from a love of racing, coachbuilding and pre-war ‘hot-rodding’, is making its comeback for the first time in 60 years, and introducing the Allard Sports Cars JR continuation series. The JR continuation will be built by the original Allard family, using some original Allard parts and drawings and body bucks. The new continuation cars will be based on period specification, continuing…
The Shootout at Goodwood SpeedWeek presented by Mastercard, which is taking place from Friday 16th October, will pit a variety of the greatest cars and drivers in history against each other in a once-in-a-lifetime battle to set the fastest time around the Goodwood Motor Circuit. Running one at a time, from a standing start, the drivers will have nowhere to hide, and will be on maximum attack throughout the weekend,…
The history of the automobile is one that dates all the way back to 1886. Comparing them to our current modern-day cars, they certainly would have looked a lot different. Affordable Cars has put together an insightful infographic on the history of automobiles and just how far they’ve come in the past one hundred and thirty-four years. It’s incredible to think that only in 1967 were the first seatbelts introduced….
Go large with miniature mayhem at Beaulieu this October half-term, as fun family activities celebrate new exhibition Motoring in Miniature – the Toys of Your Childhood and Little Beaulieu, an enchanting new play area modelled on Lord Montagu’s ancestral home of Palace House. Begin your big family day out in the National Motor Museum with new fun-filled exhibition Motoring in Miniature – the Toys of Your Childhood. Visitors of all…
Classic car lovers start your engines – the wait is almost over. After so many spring and summer cancellations, this week’s innovative The Classic Car Drive In Weekend (starting tomorrow Friday until Sunday), welcomes buyers, collectors and petrol-heads to the ultimate Covid-compliant, socially-distanced outdoor Classic Car Show and Drive In Cinema. Hosted at Bicester Heritage, the UK’s only Centre for Historic Motoring Excellence, the exciting new event is celebrating classic…
More than 20 new models will make their debut at Blenheim Palace next week for Salon Privé 2020. World, European and UK premieres from Bentley, Touring Superleggera, Bugatti, plus a sensational new generation of hypercars will be unveiled. Italian coachbuilders will also turn on the style with their latest designs. As well as showcasing iconic machinery from decades past, this year’s Salon Privé will offer a glimpse of motoring’s future…
Bell Sport and Classic is offering for sale two outstanding Aston Martin DB4 models. Both car present one of the most desirable combinations of roadgoing and track-focused historic cars available anywhere in the world right now. The first is an extremely rare and desirable 1960 Aston Martin DB4 GT ‘Recreated’, upgraded to full GT specification, just like the original lightweight limited-edition machine which first appeared in 1959. Supplied to its…