There’s a reason the Lancaster Insurance Classic Motor Show, with Discovery, is heralded as the ‘season finale’ as enthusiasts from all over the UK and beyond gathered at Birmingham’s NEC to celebrate another fantastic year for the classic motoring community in style. Show Director Lee Masters said: “Our thanks go to all of the classic […]
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A showroom fresh 1980 Mk2 Ford Escort RS2000 drew gasps of shock and awe from a huge crowd of classic car fans when it sold for a record £97,875 in the Silverstone Auctions sale at the Lancaster Insurance NEC Classic Motor Show on November 11th – 12th. This sporting version of the humble Ford Escort has […]
A luxury sports car worth £100,000 has been recovered using a covert device after being stolen from a repair centre in Birmingham, amid increasing car thefts across the UK. Despite the Porsche having its conventional telematics device removed and being fitted with a cloned licence plate to make it nearly untraceable, a covert device fitted […]
TyreSafe, the UK’s tyre safety charity, has announced substantial support for the national roads policing initiative to increase awareness of tyre safety to motorists on Britain’s roads. This will begin with the charity’s handover of 2,000 digital tread depth gauges for use by traffic officers across the country when they conduct stop checks ...
A local vintage and classic vehicle tour of Ascot and Windsor Great Park has driven to success after raising over £6,000 for a local charity, Ben. Over 100 vintage cars took part in the Ben Windsor Great Park Vintage & Classic Vehicle Tour 2017 as well as four classic motorcycles, all pre-65 registrations. This popular rally event […]
Kennards Hire Rally Australia (16-19 November) marks the climax to the thrilling 2017 FIA World Rally Championship season and, while the main WRC titles were provisionally wrapped up on Dayinsure Wales Rally GB, the battle for second position between Thierry Neuville and Ott Tänak is sure to be intense. Sébastien Ogier may have captured ...
IAM RoadSmart’s mature driver ambassador Paddy Hopkirk MBE has been elected to one of the highest profile roles in motorsport this month – President of the British Racing Drivers’ Club (BRDC). Paddy has been a member of the BRDC since 1965, and for the past 10 years has been the organisation’s Vice-President. He is perhaps […]
An extremely rare, classic Hillman Avenger Tiger has been consigned by Classic Car Auctions to its December Sale taking place on 2nd December at the Warwickshire Exhibition Centre. One of just 25 surviving examples worldwide from a limited production run of only 200 cars by Chrysler Competitions Centre, the right-hand drive, manual Mk 1 is […]
The Reserve Collection at The Citroën Conservatoire, an integral part of L`Aventure Peugeot Citroën DS based at Aulnay-sous-Bois, North of Paris, is moving. In preparation of this move, Citroën Heritage has consigned 65 vehicles and 90 items of automobilia from its museum reserve to Leclere-mdv, the auction house under owner Damien Leclere, to ...
FAMILY CARS AND SOMETHING A LITTLE MORE UNUSUAL CAN ALL BE FOUND IN HALL 4 AT BIRMINGHAM’S NEC, AND IT REALLY IS A DISPLAY OF THE VERY BEST OF BRITISH AT THE LANCASTER INSURANCE CLASSIC MOTOR SHOW, WITH DISCOVERY The Triumph Dolomite Club is fully embracing this year’s theme by bringing along an example ...