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  Foreign entries rev up for Croft Nostalgia Weekend 1 Aug 2011 (News)
  , the Historic Sports Car Club, has also confirmed entries for its Formula Junior single-seater category and Guards Trophy race for GT and sport-racing cars are at maximum capacity with 30-plus grids guaranteed for both. Furthermore, the event’s charm – a heady mix of motoring, motor racing
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  Unimog: Behind The Wheel 13 May 2013 (News)
  It's not every day you get the chance to drive a Unimog. The big beast of a truck from Mercedes-Benz has an almost cult following so the opportunity to get behind the wheel is one not to be passed up. It may be a rare sight on UK roads but on the continent
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  Why are Aston Martins so hard to sell? 17 Dec 2019 (News)
  and styling, and with a change of number plate can be passed off a relatively new and highly desirable modern day Aston Martin. Not surprisingly, these newer models sell, but not at values they would have once achieved. The modern era of Aston Martins is also now competing in the same field as higher
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  Date in your diary - Santa Pod Retro Show next weekend! 29 Jun 2013 (News)
  will be running demo passes too, so bring your earplugs! You may also want to leave them in for FireForce, the 10,000bhp Jet-Powered Funny Car, which will shock and amaze in equal measure, as it hits 270 mph... in a shade over 6 seconds! The new FWD Drag series will be battling it out on the strip
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  Castle Combe 2010 Action Days Announced 27 Nov 2009 (News)
  for the last three years, with well over 100 clubs representing almost every type of performance car applying for stand space and track passes. Enthusiasts took advantage of some of the most cost-effective track time to explore the performance limits of their cars. Back for 2010 with more cars
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  GT2 Sells For £68,100 at Auction Today 10 Oct 2005 (News)
  In what looked like a fair bidding battle, this repossessed 462PS RHD 1,639 mile 2003/53 Porsche GT2 sold to a private buyer for £68,100, plus a hefty £1,455 buyers premium. Standard Turbos have fallen back a bit in the book lately. But a GT2 isn’t a standard turbo
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  Audis Make Mad Money at Auction Today 6 Jul 2005 (News)
  . The big event on Monday 11th July is a sale of 125 convertibles from Lloyds TSB autolease, plus a section of Black Horse Finance repossessions and the usual Top Car sale. As always the best way to look for a specific car coming up at auction or to pre-check a day’s sale is to visit
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  Cayenne Turbo at Top Car Today 26 Jul 2004 (News)
  to buy someone else’s, normally at a premium. The UK supplied 53 reg in the photo had done 12,000 miles, so was far from new. But the spec included everything the Turbo gets, plus an extra £13k’s worth. The wheels alone were £1,000 each. The CY53NN3 reg
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  New Focus 1.6 Zetec £9,350 at Auction Today 30 Apr 2004 (News)
  includes General Fleet and Finance, Lex Vehicle Leasing and Bank of Scotland. Plus par exchanges from Inchcape, West London Nissan, Reg Vardy, Harwell, Pendragon, and New Way. As always the best way to look for a specific car coming up at auction or to pre-check a day’s sale is to visit
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  Shortage of Stock Keeps Auction prices High 22 Jan 2003 (News)
  Activity is amongst the most frenetic auctioneers can remember for a January and more buyers than cars are keeping prices up. But the 12 year old Soarer Coupe in the photo was a luxury most of us could still afford. Its cloth seats went against it, as well as 137k plus a speedo change
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  RoadRunner Charity Rally for £500 Bangers 4 Apr 2012 (News)
  The Road Runner Rally is the ultimate banger rally experience covering the Ferrari Museum, Champagne and the Gotthard Pass on its way from Calais to the French Riviera. Ian Barnes from Shrewsbury, a charity banger rally veteren, developed ‘Road Runner Rallies
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  E-Type Jaguar Voted Britain's Favourite Sports Car 8 Jul 2011 (News)
  100 examples covering six decades of the sport – plus events for Touring Cars from the 1950s, ‘60s and ‘70s, Le Mans racers, GTs and the fearsome Group C sports cars of the 1980s. There’s also a celebrity challenge with stars such as Heston Blumenthal, Jo Wood and Brendan Cole taking
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  ’57 Caddy Makes £20,600 at Auction Today 20 Feb 2006 (News)
  This stunning 1957 Cadillac Eldorado caused the main bidding battle at BCA’s classic auction today, eventually selling for £20,600 plus 8.813% buyer’s commission. Other notable sellers or top provisional bids were:- 1937 Buick Series 90 8 passenger limo
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  Sir Winston Churchill's Series 1 Land Rover 'UKE 80' Under The Hammer This Weekend 18 Oct 2012 (News)
  , on also seeing the logbook and sharing Normans surprise at the previous owner recorded, decided to make Norman an offer of doubling his money on the spot, the offer was taken and UKE 80 passed into just its third official ownership. Frank and the Land Rover were soon put to work towing his
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  Cheapest Alloy XJ Yet At Auction Today 19 Oct 2005 (News)
  as the usual Thursday LCV sale at BCA Blackbushe. Next Top Car Auction, plus sections from Black Horse Finance and Porsche Retail at BCA Blackbushe will be on Monday 24th October, with early 10.00am start. As always the best way to look for a specific car coming up at a BCA auction
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  E60 525iSE at Auction Today 19 Apr 2004 (News)
  it because the price of steel and consequently the value of scrap has gone up. Big Renault sale on Wednesday, including an Avantime, plus a 180 car Leaseplan sale. As always the best way to look for a specific car or pre-check a day’s sale is to visit
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  New Shape Vectra down to £5,300 at Auction 3 Mar 2004 (News)
  on Friday with a special Citroen sale at 10.30am and also sections for PHH, Hitachi, Black Horse Motor Finance, Motability and Vauxhall Leasing as well as part-exchanges from Inchcape, Lancaster and smaller franchised dealers. Monday 8th March is Top Car day plus sections for Black Horse Motor Finance
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  Status Stuff dear, but P/Xs Cheap at Auction Today 15 Jan 2003 (News)
  were being ripped off by a low trade-in offer for your old motor, here’s what some of the part-exchanges were making:- 96P Skoda Felicia 1.3LXi Plus, 33k: £750; 95M Rover 416Sli, 80k: £725; 85C Merc 230CE, 131k: £475; 93K Peugeot 205 MI16, 90k: £350; 88E Micra Colette
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  Local Driver Battles, plus Ferrari and Porsche races make for Exciting Bank Holiday at Castle Combe. 17 Aug 2011 (News)
  Prebble (Southampton) had already won the first race in his Rover Turbo and was deposed in race two by Bridgwater's Tony Dolley in his 206 as they entered Bobbies, the pair differing in their view of the fairness of the pass. Although Dolley's overall title battle is not directly with Prebble or any
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  What makes Drive it Day so good? 27 Apr 2015 (News)
  and spread the word about the automobile. The car wasn't something to be feared, no - it was a great invention. Something that would change all our lives forever. Put simply: the Thousand Mile Trial put motoring on the map. Our intreped early adoptors left London and passed through Bristol, Birmingham