Classic and Collector Car News, Features and Interviews.
Take to the Road is continuing it’s French themed Market Pick Monday with this stunning 1963 Renault Dauphine. Like the 1966 Renault 8 Gordini that we featured earlier, this Dauphine is also being offered for sale by Leclere Motorcars on the 24th March at the Avignon Motor Festival. The Renault Dauphine was unveiled in March 1956 and replaced the smaller rear engined 4 CV sedan. While the 4 CV proved…
Renault and Gordini are two names that evoke images of the glory days of French rallying. The innovative engine tuner helped produce some iconic examples of French road cars over many decades. And this 1966 Renault 8 Gordini, which is coming up for sale with Leclere Motorcars on the 24th March at the Avignon Motor Festival, is a very fine example indeed. Unveiled in June 1962, the Renault 8 succeeded…
Take to the Road is delighted to announce that it has made the Vuelio Top 10 Automotive Blogs for the third consecutive year! It is fantastic to get some recognition for all the hard work that goes on behind the scenes. A massive thank you to the team at Vuelio for picking Take to the Road for its 2019 list! Head on over to the Vuelio website to see Take…
When launched late last year, Rally the Globe promised to provide the growing number of likeminded and enthusiastic vintage and classic car owners with memorable motoring adventures right around the world – and the inaugural Southern Cross Safari (15 February to 5 March 2020) certainly lives up to its stellar billing. The epic route for the exhilarating East African expedition has just been announced and, from a luxurious hotel base…
RM Sotheby’s is delighted to announce the consignment of several legendary road-ready rally cars for its first-ever Essen, Germany sale, due to take place over two days (11-12 April) during the Techno-Classica Essen Show. Over 200 unique automobile lots will be offered in Essen, within which a collection of celebrated road-going Lancia models includes a Delta S4 Stradale, 037 Stradale, and Stratos HF Stradale, to represent a golden age of…
Tolman Motorsport proudly unveiled its latest restoration and re-creation projects at Race Retro – Europe’s number one historic motorsport show – which took place at Stoneleigh Park, Warwickshire on 22-24 February. Taking pride of place on the Tolman Motorsport stand was a bespoke Talbot Sunbeam Lotus – a car that tore up the world’s rally stages during the early Eighties – and a beautifully restored Ralt RT3 single-seater that utterly…
Hearing the words ‘scrap’ and ‘classic car’ in the same sentence is enough to give most of us sleepless nights – but, no matter how much we don’t want to think about it, it’s worth considering whether there’s ever a right time for a classic to arrive at the not-so-pearly gates outside a dismantler’s yard. Is scrapping a classic car giving up? Sometimes, there just aren’t the hours in the day…
The dust has settled on another London Classic Car Show at the ExCel. Take to the Road had the pleasure of spending two days at the show, courtesy of event sponsors ERS. And what a great show it was. As is always a case when you step into a car show of this caliber, the big question is “where to start?”. Such was the vastness of the displays, with automotive…
The first ever production Unipower GT – the best 1960s British production special – will appear as a moving exhibit on the Grand Avenue at the London Classic Car Show 14-17 February. Chic and quick, these beautifully engineered and styled mid-engined sports cars are super-rare. Of the 71 built 1966-70 there are only three on the road in the UK. Be sure take a good look. It may be while…
If you’ve got a classic car then chances are that you want to keep it as close to its original condition as possible, including the black and silver number plate. The iconic black and silver number plate we rarely see today was issued in the UK in 1903 following the Motor Car Act in order to legally recognise all vehicles if stolen or part of a road accident. The very…