With over five weeks to go until the 2008 Festival of Speed (11-13 July), Goodwood can already confirm that over 80 of the world’s greatest motor racing drivers and riders will be present at the world’s largest celebration of motoring culture, with more big names still expected to follow over the coming weeks. Continue Reading »
2008 Goodwood Festival of Speed confirms 80 drivers and riders!

BCA’s annual Brooklands Tradition sale takes place at the Brooklands Motor Museum, Surrey on Thursday 5th June. The historic setting will provide a fantastic backdrop for a wide range of vehicles, spanning almost a century of motoring. With estimates ranging from around £1,200 for a 1937 Austin Ruby to just under £40,000 for a 1971 Porsche Carrera RS Replica, the sale will have something for everyone. Continue Reading »
BCA announces ‘Brooklands Traditional’ sale!

On Saturday 17th May, Aston Martin Works Service hosted its ninth and most successful Bonhams’ Auction of Aston Martin motor cars and related automobilia. This year’s sale generated a record £4.7 million with bids taken from enthusiasts from around the world including Latvia, Japan, Australia and the United States. Continue Reading »
2008 Bonhams Aston Martin auction generates £4.7 million!

The world’s biggest private collection of classic Vauxhalls is to throw its doors open to the public for one day only, and for 2008 we’ll also be celebrating 10 million Astra sales since the model first appeared in 1980. Continue Reading »
Vauxhall Heritage Centre announces Astra themed event!

Hundreds of people lined the streets of Bradford on Thursday April 24th to see motor racing legend Sir Stirling Moss drive a long-nose Jaguar D-Type to Speedmaster in Greengates, where he opened Europe’s first motoring themed conference centre. Continue Reading »
Sir Stirling Moss OBE drove famous Jaguar D-Type through Bradford to celebrate opening of Speedmaster’s new £2.5 million conference centre

Famous racing and film cars from Jaguar’s Heritage collection will drive through Bradford next Thursday (April 24th) to mark the opening of the UK’s first purpose built motoring theme conference centre.

Tony O’Keefe Curator of the Jaguar Daimler Heritage Trust Museum said:” It is not often that people get the chance to see famous cars like this actually driving together. The fact that Sir Stirling will head the convoy in the famous long nose D type that won the 12 hour race at Reims in 1956 will make history in its own right.” Continue Reading »
Sir Sterling Moss OBE to drive famous Jaguar DType through Bradford

To the earth-shaking accompaniment of over 50 competition racing cars and motorcycles firing into life, The Earl of March announced the key attractions due to appear at this year’s Festival of Speed, being held between 11-13 July. Continue Reading »
Goodwood launches the 2008 Festival of Speed to great fanfare

Over 100 Formula Juniors are expected to take to the track at Brands Hatch for the 2008 Autoglym HSCC Historic Festival (June 28th and 29th), celebrating the 50th anniversary of Formula Junior. This unrivalled gathering promises to be one of the most memorable elements of what is shaping up to be a spectacular weekend of historic racing. Continue Reading »
Formula Junior racers heading to Brands Hatch in June!

Brands Hatch will reverberate to the sounds of historic Formula One cars at the Autoglym HSCC Historic Festival on June 28th and 29th. Headlining the event, and bringing the memories flooding back to this great circuit, is the FIA Historic Formula One Championship, which will see F1 cars from 1966 to 1985 take to the track, these unique pieces of motor racing history battling as closely as they did in their heyday. Continue Reading »
Historic F1 cars set for Autoglym HSCC Historic Festival!

The first of this year’s seven Goodwood Breakfast Club meetings got off to a classic start on Sunday 2 March. An impressive selection of historic, tax-exempt pre-1973 vehicles gathered to celebrate Goodwood’s ‘Tax Free Sunday’ theme. Continue Reading »
Goodwood announces 2008 breakfast club season