The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) has just published its latest annual statistics for vehicles registered in the UK, aka the UK 2024 motorparc* data. There are some interesting, if not entirely surprising, trends. In 2024 there were a record 42 million vehicles on UK...
The Alvis Car Company has delivered its latest continuation car, a beautiful art deco Lancefield, to Japan, where it’ll be unveiled at Automobile Council 2025 in Chiba City, today. What is a continuation car? A “continuation car” is a new vehicle built to the exact specifications of...
Is the Rolls-Royce brand moving into the perfume market? No, but it is introducing Rolls-Royce Scent, an “immersive fragrance concept” for its cars. We know how Rolls-Royce Motor Cars are obsessed with detail and perfection, but tell me if you think this is taking the customer experience...
The Renault Filante Record 2025 is an electric demo car developed to maximise energy efficiency and set a new record for power consumption and range with an 87 kWh battery, i.e. the same capacity as on a standard Renault Scenic E-Tech car. You might think that’s a...
Classic and vintage car fans will be getting ready for next year’s Rétromobile in Paris in February. The annual Salon Rétromobile started in 1976 and is now one of the best-known collector car exhibitions in Europe, drawing around 130,000+ visitors, 450+ exhibitors and 500+ automobiles. It is...
You have to love this amazing car, the Citroën P17 Autochenille (‘caterpillar’ or in this case ‘half-track’). It is exactly the sort of thing I would fully expect to see Tintin driving across the Sahara in, wearing an arab headress and with Capt. Haddock floundering around in...
Engineers at the National Motor Museum at Beaulieu are working hard to bring one of the classic cars in their collection back to life – the extraordinary record-breaking Sunbeam 1000hp. See: The car and the story so far – Back in January the museum began fund-raising for...
The search is on for a priceless piece of British luxury car brand Aston Martin’s earliest history. A1 was the very first car to be built by Bamford & Martin Ltd, the company that would quickly become Aston Martin. Nicknamed ‘Coal Scuttle’ because of its simple styling...
Motorsports fans can start filling in their 2025 event diary now that Goodwood has announced (yesterday) the dates for its 2025 headline motorsport events. The 82nd Members’ Meeting presented by Audrain Motorsport will be held on Saturday 12 and Sunday 14 April 2025 The Festival of Speed...
Lightweight sports car manufacturer, Caterham, has opened its new factory. Still located in Dartford, Kent, the new state-of-the-art building will be home to Caterham’s production, engineering, motorsport and commercial teams. A multi-million-pound investment from owners VT Holdings – one of Japan’s largest retailer groups – will see...
World of Volvo, the Swedish vehicle manufacturer’s new cultural experience centre, opens in Gothenburg on Sunday (14th April). The centrepiece of World of Volvo is 4,500 square metres of exhibition space, carefully designed to showcase Volvo’s innovations and commitment to “omtanke” – consideration – emphasising safety and...
Hagerty’s Festival of the Unexceptional (FOTU) celebrates its 10-year anniversary at Grimsthorpe Castle, Lincolnshire on Saturday 27th July. I didn’t know there was such a thing, but I love the way it gently sends itself up! Festival of the Unexceptional, a show dedicated to great everyday classic...
This is a bit of fun. What if the world’s most famous fashion houses muscled their way into the automobile industry? How would their distinctive house styles emerge on four wheels? Of course, in real life many of the world’s top fashion designers have been invited to...
The National Motor Museum at Beaulieu says that fundraising for its Sunbeam 1000hp restoration, began last March and has now reached £50,000, putting it well on the path to raising the £300k needed to take the car to Daytona in the USA for the centenary of its...
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