Exceptional Ford Escort RS1800 could fetch £250k at Iconic Auctioneers’ NEC Classic Motor Show sale Iconic Auctioneers is set to offer what is widely acknowledged as the finest Ford Escort Mk2 RS1800 in existence in its Iconic Sale at the NEC Classic Motor Show on 8-9 November 2025. Confirmed as the very first production example […]
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Major accolade for Volkswagen’s ever-popular supermini The Volkswagen Polo has been voted Best Car of the Half Century as part of the Best Cars of the Year – The New Car World Championships. The award was announced ahead of this year’s British Motor Show in recognition of the Polo’s 50th anniversary – echoing ...
RADwood UK takes place at Bicester Motion on Saturday 23rd August RADwood is the ultimate celebration of the cars and culture of the 1980s and 1990s – a time to celebrate the excess of the 80s and the day-glo of the 90s in one place. RADwood has the music, the fashion, the clichés and, ...
Great Scott! 40 years on, Collecting Cars takes you Back to the Future with a 1981 DeLorean DMC-12 Four decades after Back to the Future first hit cinema screens, one of the most instantly recognisable cars of the 1980s is now available to buy on Collecting Cars. A 1981 DeLorean DMC-12 – complete with the brushed stainless [&...
Sale price at Historics auction on 19th July was nigh on 100 times the value of the car when new An example of the Ford Escort, one of Britain’s most popular small family cars, has sold at auction for close to £279,000. £2,990 plus tax would have bought a new Ford Escort RS1800 as it […]
British Motor Museum brings rare treasures to 2025 Hagerty Festival of the Unexceptional Hagerty’s world renowned Festival of the Unexceptional returns to Grimsthorpe Castle, Lincolnshire on Saturday 26th July, with thousands of mundane motors from around the world on display, and a Concours de l’Ordinaire selection of 50 of the world’...
Four of the rarest Aston Martins go live on Collecting Cars in ‘Silver Bullets: Part II’ Following the success of its first Silver Bullets offering, Collecting Cars returns with Part II – a curated collection of four of the world’s rarest Aston Martins, open for bidding from Sunday 22 June for a seven-day auction. From […]
On Friday 13th June, 8-year-old Alyssa from London broke the 3.8km Goodwood pedal car lap record. Pedaling in her cherished J40 which had been prepared by Austin Pedal Cars, she set an incredible time of just 31 minutes and 51 seconds, beating the previous pedal car lap record by 10 minutes. Raising money for Mission Motorsport, [&...
Four highly desirable British classics from a private collection, including a rare Bentley, are going under the hammer with H&H Classics at its first Millbrook Sale. The auction takes place at the UTAC Millbrook Proving Ground in Bedfordshire on Wednesday 25th June, which sees three more collectable home grown ...
More than 130 lots worth a combined estimated value of more than £3 million will go under the hammer at the H&H Classics ‘Peaks Sale’ on Wednesday 21st May. One of the most valuable lots being auctioned at The Pavilion Gardens in Buxton is a comprehensively restored 1960 Maserati 3500 GT, estimated to fetch £140,000- £160,000. ...