Classic and Collector Car News, Features and Interviews.
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The 38th edition of the Automotoretrò and the 11th Automotoracing motor show will be held at Turin’s Lingotto Fiere exhibition halls from January 30 to February 2. FCA Heritage will take center stage at the show, with an evocative exhibition area boasting a renewed design, highlighting some rare and exceptional historic autos. To celebrate the 110th anniversary of Alfa Romeo, FCA will host some stunning models, such as the extremely…
That’s right Take to the Road is celebrating it’s 5th Birthday today! Hurrah! The site was launched on the 22nd of January 2015 and time sure has flown by since those very early days. In that time a lot of amazing classic cars have been featured and talked about, lot’s of interesting owners and TV celebrities interviewed and lot’s of classic car shows attended. Plus quite a few car’s have…
Salvage Hunters Classic Cars is back for a brand new 3rd Series on Quest and Take to the Road has scored another exclusive interview with the shows now veteran presenters Paul Cowland and Drew Pritchard. This time we bagged a whole 1 hour face to face chat with the lads during a special event at Studio 434. There was of course lots and lots of car banter with a little…
The 1960s was a golden age for the British automobile industry. The BMC Mini was king and its lively A Series engine found its way into a host of compact high performance cars. It also saw a peak in the use of the GRP, or fibreglass bodies, which allowed small time manufactures to get a foothold in the lucrative sports car market. The likes of Elva, Gilbern, Ginetta, Lotus, Marcos…
One of the most iconic models to grace both road and rally – the Audi quattro – will be celebrated at The London Classic Car Show to mark 40 years since its unveiling. A specially curated display of some of the finest Audi quattro examples will be showcased at the event, which takes place on 20-23 February 2020 at Olympia London. Launched at the 1980 Geneva Motor Show, the Audi…
Bonhams are offering a rare 1951 Ferrari 212 Inter Cabriolet at it’s Scottsdale Auction on 16th January. This wonderful early Ferrari Inter was styled by Vignale and is the 16th of 78th built. Once owned by Swiss collector and former Bugatti privateer racer Charles Gaston Renaud, it was restored in Spring 2014. Later that year it was awarded second in class at the 2014 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance. It is always…
Bill Richardson Transport World, the largest private automotive museum in the world, will be launching a new Volkswagen Kombi exhibition to add to it’s already extensive display of historic vehicles. The regional city of Invercargill, tucked right at the bottom of New Zealand, might seem like an unusual home for one of the largest automotive museums in the world, but those in the know are probably familiar with Bill Richardson…
The iconic 1968 Ford Mustang GT “Bullitt” that was driven by Steve McQueen in the cult hit movie Bullitt, has sold for $3.4m at Mecum Auctions. Confirmed by Warner Brother’s as being one of the two Mustang GTs driven by McQueen in the film and identified as being the Hero car driven the most on screen, it is one of the greatest and most sought after movie cars of all…
Restoring a classic car is a dream that many petrolheads aspire to. Some will freely admit owning and restoring a classic is akin to an incurable disease, bordering on obsession. “Too many projects” is a sentence one often hears, as the desire to “fix em all up” takes hold. While it is easy to judge a book by it’s cover (no pun intended), the rescue and restoration of any old…