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 at the […]
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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 ...
ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE 2016 LANCASTER INSURANCE CLASSIC MOTOR SHOW WAS THE REUNION OF ‘PUFF THE MAGIC WAGON’, THE FIRST IN HER CLASS OF AUSTIN MAXIS, WITH HER TRAILBLAZING FEMALE CREW, WHICH COMPETED IN THE 1970 DAILY MIRROR LONDON-MEXICO WORLD CUP RALLY. Now 47 years later, Puff and two of her original crew […]
SHOWCASING A COMPLETE LINE-UP OF THE EARLY ‘WEDGE’, INCLUDING THE NOW NEARLY EXTINCT ENTRY-LEVEL VERSION, WWW.LEYLANDPRINCESS.CO.UK IS PAYING HOMAGE TO THE ORIGINAL VERSION WHICH CEASED PRODUCTION 35 YEARS AGO. The 1975 Flamenco red Princess 1800HL has recently been restored by Karen Gray. It was her late father’s car which was first registered on 10...
AN ALMOST PERFECTLY ORIGINAL 1988 FORD SIERRA COSWORTH RS500 WITH JUST 6,000 MILES ON THE CLOCK IS WIDELY TIPPED TO BREAK AUCTION RECORDS WHEN IT COMES UP FOR SALE AT SILVERSTONE AUCTIONS’ SALE AT THE LANCASTER INSURANCE CLASSIC MOTOR SHOW, WITH DISCOVERY, ON 11TH – 12TH NOVEMBER, 2017. Developed specifically to help Ford win the […]