Classic Cars

British Motor Heritage (BMH), the company best known for the manufacture of replacement bodyshells and individual panels for such classic British cars as the Mini and MGB, has now added replacement carpet sets to its already extensive portfolio of parts and accessories. […]

History literally repeated itself recently, as Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost 1701 re-enacted its astonishing run in the 1911 London-Edinburgh Trial. […]

Bentley Motors is celebrating the 70th anniversary of the founding of its own Design department at Crewe. The first Crewe-designed Bentley was the R-Type Continental in 1951, and was the responsibility of John Blatchley, the Head of Styling. […]

The Goodwood Revival has made a glorious return to the Goodwood Motor Circuit in West Sussex today so for our video this week, I would like to link to the live stream of the Revival. No worries if you don’t catch it in real-time, the same stream will rebroadcast the recorded events. […]

At its Autumn sale, Historics is offering, without reserve, one of just 14 right-hand drive examples of the 3.5 liter Rover V8-powered derivative of the Triumph TR7. This one with less than 100 miles on the clock and unregistered. […]

Our video this week features a marque you just don’t see much in the States, Daimler. As rare as they are, you are much more likely to find a Daimler SP250 sports car at your local British car meet than almost any other vehicle in the company’s history. […]

Sportscar Vintage Racing Association (SVRA) today announced a 17-race schedule for 2022. SVRA’s SpeedTour weekends include vintage racing, contemporary sports cars, and other features. […]

With just over a week to go until the Goodwood Revival returns, the hosts are excited to announce that they have assembled one of our most illustrious ever grids for the John Whitmore Trophy to take place on the Saturday morning. […]

Motoring Classics, BMH’s original online marketplace for accessories, car care items etc, has been axed and in its place the iconic Tex name has been brought to the fore. This significant makeover is reflected in two brand new websites. […]

The International Autojumble returned to Beaulieu on September 4 & 4 for a busy weekend of non-stop buying and selling, attracting over 25,000 showgoers who turned out in force despite the impact of Brexit and Covid restrictions on international visitors. […]

The three original Jaguar E-Type launch cars which revolutionized the automotive industry when they debuted in Switzerland in 1961, have been reunited for the first time at the home of their maker, Sir William Lyons, in a celebration of the car’s 60th anniversary. […]

Our video this time around is a documentary from the BBC released earlier this year titled Classic British Cars: Made in Coventry. It tells the history of the classic cars made in Coventry, including Daimler, Triumph, Riley, and Jaguar. […]

Jaguar Classic is bringing a strictly limited run of new C-type Continuations to life in celebration of the iconic model’s motorsport heritage, 70 years after it first raced to victory at the Le Mans 24 Hours. […]

Some of the most iconic vehicles in history could be lost to the future unless new blood is introduced to the restoration industry. That is the main conclusion reached at a FIVA supported international symposium in Bucharest on July 24, 2021, titled ‘Restoration – Art or Science?’ […]

With not long to go before one of the automotive world’s most keenly anticipated events, the full entry for the Salon Privé Concours d’Elégance presented by Aviva has been revealed. The carefully assembled line-up of 68 motor cars and 15 motorcycles spans more than a century and features some of the most coveted models ever made. […]

With only a month until the release of the 25th Bond movie, Aston Martin launched its No Time To Die campaign today with an exclusive screening of its No Time To Die TV spot, against the backdrop of London’s Battersea Power Station. […]

In this archive demo video from Morris Motors and presented here by the fine folks of British Pathé, we see the process of constructing an engine for a car in the 1930s and the different forms of power that allow it to happen. Much different than the micrometer robotic technology used today. By the way, if you have never toured an automotive manufacturing plant, you really should. It is amazing. It is extremely cool to see how engines were built in a completely analog manner and about five decades before computers were a normal thing. It is also interesting to hear terms explained such as forging, casting, broaching, lapping, hogging… many of which are becoming lost arts.

Vauxhall’s famous heritage collection to be displayed at the British Motor Museum at Gaydon, Warwickshire in August. It will tell the incredible story of Vauxhall Motors’ rise as one of the UK’s oldest and best-known automotive brands. […]