14th Annual Highlands Motoring Festival 2021 - North Carolina

Highlands Motoring Festival 2021 – North Carolina

The 14th Annual Highlands Motoring Festival returns this June 2021. This is a friendly event that appeals to everyone. Check out the full schedule of events. The focus, of course, is the field of over 75+ high-quality invited classic cars. Owners of their collector pieces have gone to considerable effort and expense to put these cars on the show field for all to enjoy. An eclectic field of entries will ensure that there is something for everyone. This is a local non-profit festival. Over the years, the net proceeds have gone to many different charities. This year REACH of Macon County, Literacy Council of Highlands, and the Community Care Clinic have been selected as charity partners. Spectator entry to the show field is free, but a contribution to our charities is appreciated. Highlands Motoring Festival Committee and The Bascom Center […]
New Bentley Bentayga S Brings Sporting Agility
Bentley

New Bentley Bentayga S Brings Sporting Agility

Bentley has today announced details of the new Bentayga S, bringing extra sporting agility to the Bentayga family. With striking design cues and unique detailing, the Bentayga S is the latest version of Bentley’s benchmark, go-anywhere luxury SUV, designed and engineered in the UK and manufactured in Bentley’s carbon-neutral factory in Crewe.

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Inside The New World Of Luxury - Rolls-Royce Presents First Film Of New Showroom Visual Identity
Corporate Business

Rolls-Royce Presents Film Showcasing New Visual Identity

Rolls-Royce has debuted a film showcasing its new and highly contemporary visual identity. This bespoke showroom aesthetic was launched at the marque’s flagship, Rolls-Royce Motor Cars London, then Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Shanghai Puxi before a global rollout across the brand’s network of 131 showrooms in 40 countries worldwide.

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The Impact of Covid-19 on Classic Car Sales from Car and Classic Records post lockdown market shift infographic
Auctions & Sales

Covid-19 Impact on Classic Car Sales

Data from one of Europe’s leading websites for classic car sales, Car & Classic, highlights a significant shift in the volume and type of cars enthusiasts are searching for after a year of Covid-19 restrictions and lockdowns.

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Bentley

Bentley Celebrates 75 Years Manufacturing in Crewe

Bentley Motors today marks 75 years of car production from the luxury marque’s iconic factory in Crewe, England. The revered Mk V, the very last car to be built in Derby before the dawn of the Crewe era in May 1946, today stood proudly on display along Pyms Lane as the current generation Bentley models rolled off the production line at record levels.

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Period advertising material and stories connected to some of the cars are reproduced onto giant banners hanging above the cars. With all the cars finally revealed, The Great British Car Journey launches in a refurbished warehouse in the old wireworks, Ambergate Derbyshire, ahead of next weekís official opening.
Classic Cars

Great British Car Journey – New Destination in England

The UK’s newest visitor attraction Great British Car Journey has opened its doors. Making the once ordinary extraordinary, the Great British Car Journey is packed with British marques and models that dominated the roads for nearly a century.

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Morgan Motor Company opens interactive new museum, The Archive Room, at the redeveloped Morgan Experience Centre
Classic Cars

Morgan Opens Archive Room – A New Interactive Museum

Morgan Motor Company is completing the redevelopment of its visitor attraction, the Morgan Experience Centre, with the opening of its all-new interactive museum experience, The Archive Room, which is home to the full company archives.

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British Car Week 2021
Classic Cars

Celebrate British Car Week 2021!

British Car Week, to be celebrated this year from May 23 through May 30, is an annual British car awareness week intended for promoting British cars everywhere. Participants don’t need to travel very far for this event because it takes place in their own community.

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Lotus Evija at Goodwood
Events

Goodwood Festival of Speed to Celebrate Lotus

Goodwood is proud to announce that the Central Feature at the 2021 Festival of Speed presented by Mastercard will celebrate Lotus. The iconic Norfolk brand is best known for its pioneering road and race cars, including the spectacular all-electric Evija hypercar. From the first sculpture in 1997 to the present day, the Goodwood Festival of Speed has become known for its creative and daring Central Features, which celebrate the greatest achievements of a different manufacturer or milestone each year through art.
Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix 2021

Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix 2021 – Pennsylvania

The Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix is ready to get “Back on Track” this year. The Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix, presented by the Greater Pittsburgh Automobile Dealers Foundation, is the nation’s only vintage street race and the largest vintage race event, spanning 10 days with two race weekends, car shows, parties, parades, and motorsport events. The Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix Association raises funds for autistic and IDD charities, donating $5.9 million since our founding in 1983. In addition to racing, the event has so many different car shows that they created an overview section on their website just to help everyone keep them straight! Check that out, but also check out the 40th Annual British Car day directly, here.  
40th Annual Pittsburgh PA British Car Day

40th Annual British Car Day – Pittsburgh, PA

The Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix is a GO! Executive Director Dan DelBianco told us recently that it is definitely happening. The whole 10-day festival and the Historics at Pitt Race the weekend before. So British Car Day is also a definite go on July 24. You can now mark your calendar in ink. More will be forthcoming from BCD chairman Dexter. The 40th British Car Day, produced & sponsored by the Western Pennsylvania Triumph Association, will be held again this year in conjunction with the Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix. In excess of 400 outstanding British cars and motorcycles are expected, and your participation will help Allegheny Valley School and the Pittsburgh Chapter of the National Autistic Society, the two local charities that benefit from the Vintage Grand Prix activities. To date, WPTA has contributed in excess of $169,000 to the […]
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Bentley

Bentley EXP2 Celebrates Centenary of First Win

100 years to the day since the first race win for a Bentley, the winning car itself – known as EXP2 – returned to the famous Brooklands Racetrack in Surrey yesterday to lead a cavalcade of 3-Litre Bentleys to celebrate the centenary of its victory.

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2021 Atlanta British Car Fayre

20th Annual Atlanta British Car Fayre 2021 – Georgia

2021 Featured Marque – Austin Healey WATCH FOR 2021 PRE-REGISTRATION! • The arrival and registration desk opens at 8:30 am. The event tries to keep the same marques together in one designated area, so your pre-registration and early arrival help. However, they can only set aside a specific area, not an assigned space. The organizers work very hard at this on the show day! • Discounted advance online registration cost is $20 per car, $15 per additional car, and $15 per motorcycle. • Day of event registration cost is $25 per car, $20 per additional car, and $20 per motorcycle. CAR BOOT SALE Our introduction of this event was so successful we’re bringing it back again! It’s the British version of a yard sale, with everyone selling stuff from the back of their car or truck. Your vehicle doesn’t have […]
Atlanta British Motorcar Day 2021

Atlanta British Motorcar Day 2021 – Georgia

Start your Labor Day weekend with other British car fans at the Tellus Science Museum on Saturday, September 4th. The Tellus will be hosting the event this year offering their spacious lawn for show cars and an outdoor café where attendees can purchase lunch. Atlanta British Motorcar Day is sponsored by sixteen Atlanta area British car and motorcycle clubs. This charity event has been held continuously from its inception in 1984 and has grown from its first small show in Grant Park to now attracting over two hundred British cars at the annual gathering. If you have a prized British automobile or motorcycle, this is your chance to show off and socialize with other British car enthusiasts! If you just love beautiful cars, this is a great opportunity to get an eyeful of some of the best autos in the […]