Car Market
Go mad for Sci-Fi during half term at the HMC
Enjoy a number of exciting family themed Sci-Fi activities at the Heritage Motor Centre from Saturday 28 May – Sunday 5 June.
Brits take centre-stage at Historics Spring sale
Historics Spring saw an array of British classics feature strongly amidst an exotic spread of intriguing cars and automobilia at Brooklands, on Wednesday 18th May, generating total car sales in excess of £670,000 and an overall sale ratio of 55% for cars and an impressive 92% for automobilia.
Lindner Jaguar and other famous Jags to appear at Shelsley Walsh
On June 4th and 5th there is going to be a great gathering of Jaguars and their owners at Shelsley Walsh near Worcester, to celebrate 50 years of the E-type and 60 years of the C-type, Jaguar’s first Le Mans winner.
Supercar heaven at Salon Prive 2011
In just over a month, one of the UK’s most exclusive and prestigious automotive events takes place. At Salon Privé, automobile royalty will be gracing the delicately manicured lawns of Syon House, West London, in a traditional English garden party setting at the height of London’s summer social season.
Jo Wood to make racing debut - with help from David Coulthard
Jo Wood has achieved a childhood ambition and become a fully fledged racing driver … with a little help from 13 times Grand Prix winner David Coulthard.
Your chance to cut motoring red tape
Life is about to get easier for road users, businesses, and local authorities as Roads Minister Mike Penning today pledged to slash unnecessary red tape.
Star cars set to wow Cholmondeley’s Pageant crowds
Organisers of the Cholmondeley Pageant of Power, the UK’s biggest celebration of power and speed, have confirmed an eclectic mix of more than 150 high-octane race and road cars for the event’s timed on-track sessions and parade runs.
Gumball 3000 Rally kick-starts 2011 event in Covent Garden
The 2011 Gumball 3000 Rally, the world’s most rock ‘n’ roll motor rally, will set off from the Covent Garden Piazza for the first time on the 26th May, with the iconic Market Building as the centre piece, and the Piazza transformed with over 100 vintage and supercars on the cobbles.
Fiennes Restoration at Villa d’Este
Fiennes Restoration, the oldest pre-war Rolls-Royce and Bentley restoration specialist in the UK, is taking the result of its most majestic project, a unique 1932 Rolls-Royce 20/25 drophead coupé, to Villa d’Este for the event’s Concorso d’Eleganza this weekend.
New love or new car?
It’s enough to put the brakes on any relationship – five per cent of married men say they spent longer looking for a new motor than did searching for a wife, according to a new survey.
Monster Snowbine ploughs its way into World of Top Gear
Two exciting new exhibits have joined the World of Top Gear Exhibition at Beaulieu. The Snowbine, created by the show’s presenters, has ploughed its way into the exhibition, along with one of the Double Decker cars used in Top Gear’s version of an Australian Ashes tournament.
Swinging start for Chelsea AutoLegends
London’s largest motoring event was launched yesterday (18 May) in the grounds of the historic Royal Hospital, Chelsea, by one of Britain’s best loved racing drivers, Sir Stirling Moss OBE.
Reduce the risk of breakdown on your spring break
As millions of motorists take to the UK’s roads for a spring holiday break, Chevron Lubricants, one of the worlds the leading producers of vehicle lubricants, is advising motorists to undertake the necessary vehicle maintenance before setting out, in order to reduce the risk of breakdown or an accident.
Le Mans to see Stirling’s first race in his own Porsche RS 61
A highlight of this year’s Le Mans Legend, the historic support race at the Le Mans 24 Hours, will be Sir Stirling Moss’s very first race at the wheel of his own 1961 Porsche RS 61.
Beaulieu hosts two great family events for half-term
There are two great family events being staged this coming half- term in the grounds of the National Motor Museum at Beaulieu, in the heart of the New Forest National Park.