Car Shows & Events
Honda sponsors COP15 Climate Change Conference
Honda has become one of only four car sponsors of the COP15 Climate Conference, which takes place in Copenhagen from 7-18 December, 2009.
Project Runningblade unveiled at Beaulieu
The beautiful Beaulieu Estate, situated in the heart of the New Forest, is most widely known for being the home to the National Motor Museum. Housing over 250 historic vehicles, pride of place in the collection goes to the four Land Speed Record cars permanently on display there.
Volkswagen Up! Lite concept unveiled at LA Motor Show
Drawing inspiration from the L1 Concept which made its debut at the Frankfurt Motor Show in September, Volkswagen has today unveiled the pioneering new Up! Lite concept, a vehicle which sets new standards in economy and efficiency.
Bentley raises £70,000 for The Christie cancer hospital
An invitation-only gala auction of artworks by the men and women of Bentley’s design and styling team last night raised more than £70,000 for The Christie cancer hospital in Manchester.
New look 2010 race calendar helps to cut BARC series costs
Organisers of the Protyre Formula Renault BARC Championship have restructured the 2010 race meeting calendar in a bid to help reduce competitor costs.
Allard Chrysler show of support at Beaulieu
Almost fifty members of the media and supporters of the Allard Chrysler restoration project gathered at Beaulieu’s National Motor Museum for an update on the project to restore Europe’s first dragster and to celebrate various recent landmarks that have been reached.
Suzuki donate Kevin Schwantz GSX-R1000 to Ben charity
A completely unique Suzuki GSX-R1000 built especially for grand prix legend Kevin Schwantz, will be up for auction later this month, following the donation of the one-off machine from Suzuki GB PLC to BEN - Motor and Allied Trades Benevolent Fund.
Nissan celebrates design inspiration at ‘Cube Store’
It has inspired Tokyo for a decade and now the Nissan Cube is set to take London’s East End by storm.
Volkswagen celebrates Transporter milestones in style
Throughout November and December, Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles is celebrating two significant anniversaries at the AutoMuseum in Wolfsburg, Germany.
Goodwood announce 2010 Festival of Speed theme
The Earl of March has now confirmed the theme of the 2010 Goodwood Festival of Speed – provisionally to be held on 2-4 July 2010 – as ‘Viva Veloce! – The Passion for Speed’.
Chevron B19 tops list of treats in Barons Yuletide sale
Barons has some real crackers lined up for its traditional Yuletide sale at Sandown Park on December 8th.
Classic Motor Show breaks box office records
This year’s Classic Motor Show broke box office records over the weekend when it welcomed around 48,000 visitors into its classic motoring extravaganza, and increase of around 8,000 visitors on last year’s event.
‘Start Something Special’ at launch of Honda 2010 bike range
The much-anticipated launch of Honda’s 2010 superb motorcycle range will take place on the weekend of 13-14 February at Honda Motorcycle dealers across the country, with guests having the chance to win one of six romantic weekends for two in Paris with Honda’s ‘Start Something Special’ launch free prize draw.
Group C Cars to race again at Le Mans in 2010
The support race at next year’s Le Mans 24 Hours (12-13 June 2010) will be for cars from the Group C era – hence the crowds will see such icons as the Silk Cut Jaguars, Sauber Mercedes and Porsche 962s in flat-out competition on the fabulous, 8.5-mile Le Mans circuit, shortly before the start of the 24 Hours.
Honda Personal-Neo Urban Transport to debut in LA
The Honda Personal-Neo Urban Transport (P-NUT) design study model will make its world debut at the Los Angeles Auto Show on December 2, and will demonstrate a futuristic concept for an ultra-compact, aggressively designed coupe, American Honda Motor Co., Inc., announced today.