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The annual 1000 Miglia classic car rally is both a motorsport and tourism event

Alastair — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 13:40:13 +0000

This year’s ‘1000 Miglia Experience Italy’ classic car rally is almost upon us*. For the first time, the 1000 Miglia will take place entirely in Puglia. From 9 to 12 April, the crews will embark on a journey that combines a passion for driving with the exploration of iconic landscapes and villages steeped in history, […]

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National Motor Museum Exhibition Now Open

Alastair — Fri, 27 Mar 2026 17:46:11 +0000

The National Motor Museum has opened its new exhibition gallery, Driven: Britain’s Motoring Story. The exhibition focuses on how Britain has changed over the decades, delving into the social and cultural impact of motoring. It features stories, artefacts and images to surprise, engage and inspire visitors, plus of course, vehicles from five eras of UK […]

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Škoda Museum opens Concept Car Gallery

Alastair — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 13:45:44 +0000

The Škoda Museum in Mladá Boleslav, Czechia, has opened a new gallery in the former car plant buildings, featuring 31 ‘concept cars’, design studies and prototypes from the late 1950s to the present day. The museum, which opened in 1995 in the original factory building and underwent a complete refurbishment in 2012, is now expanding […]

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Goodwood Events will reunite the legendary 1966 Le Mans 1-2-3 Ford GT MkIIs

Alastair — Thu, 15 Jan 2026 16:35:43 +0000

This summer, the three Ford GT Mk IIs that crossed the Le Mans 24hr finishing line (virtually) together in that landmark 1966 race, will appear together once more at the Goodwood Festival of Speed in July and the Goodwood Revival in September. Hands up, who loves the 2019 movie Le Mans ’66 starring Christian Bale […]

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Latest Alvis Lancefield Continuation Car is unveiled today in Japan

Alastair — Fri, 11 Apr 2025 15:07:01 +0000

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 a historic model, using original blueprints and parts […]

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Young mechanics presented award certificates for classic car restoration

Alastair — Fri, 07 Feb 2025 15:46:44 +0000

Lord Montagu of Beaulieu has presented award certificates at the National Motor Museum (NMM) to students who successfully participated in the Mechanix course and restored a classic Hillman Super Minx personally donated by National Motor Museum’s Chief Executive, Jon Murden. Jon Murden says, “About a year ago I donated a Hillman Super Minx mk3 I […]

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Rétromobile – The Vintage Car Show with Parisian Style

Alastair — Wed, 11 Dec 2024 16:59:30 +0000

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 held at the Paris Expo Porte de Versailles […]

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Citroën P17 Half-Track

Alastair — Tue, 29 Oct 2024 11:52:37 +0000

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 the back! The signage at the 24 Hour […]

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Update on the Sunbeam 1000hp engine rebuild at the National Motor Museum

Alastair — Sat, 24 Aug 2024 08:04:28 +0000

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 project. Everything on Sunbeam 1,000hp was bespoke, […]

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Where is Coal Scuttle? Aka the first Aston Martin

Alastair — Fri, 23 Aug 2024 07:32:56 +0000

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 that was, to many, redolent of the ubiquitous […]

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