Top Marques Monaco 2012

As motor shows go Top Marques Monaco doesn’t quite fit the norm. For starters it is a cosy affair set up in a modern building called the Grimaldi Forum which is perched right on the edge Monaco’s short stretch of coastline and looks like it is about to be washed away with the Mediterranean tide. Of [...]

New Range Rover Sport HSE ‘Red’ and ‘Luxury’ Editions

Land Rover issued the following Press Release today announcing two new Special Editions of the Range Rover Sport:- “Land Rover today reveals the new Range Rover Sport HSE ‘Red’ at the New York Motor Show – Range Rover Sport’s biggest metropolitan market. In addition the Range Rover Sport HSE ‘Luxury’ is also announced. Powerful, elegant [...]

The name is Bond….Bond In Motion

The National Motor Museum, Beaulieu and EON Productions have announced that Bond in Motion, the exciting new exhibition of 50 James Bond vehicles, will be unveiled to the public on 18thJanuary 2012. The exhibition, the largest of its kind staged anywhere in the world, will showcase 50 of the best loved and most iconic James Bond [...]

Steve McQueen and ‘Le Mans’ remembered at Top Gear Live

To mark the launch of the all new event at London ExCeL Top Gear Live is celebrating 40 years of the legendary racing film Le Mans at the exclusive Top Gear Live London Gala on 24 November 2011. In celebration of the film’s 40th anniversary, which starred Hollywood legend Steve McQueen, guests will gain an [...]

‘Fords don’t get old they just get faster’………

It’s Ford’s 100th birthday and fans will find plenty to peruse, at this year’s Footman James Classic Motor Show when it returns to Birmingham’s NEC from 11-13 November. There’s plenty of variety on the Mk1 Cortina Owners Club stand, with a 2-door Super, ‘woody’ Estate, Zetec-engined saloon, Lotus Cortina, and the club’s Supreme Champion, a [...]

The Footman James Classic Motor Show 11-13th November

There’s power-a-plenty on tap, and different ways of producing it too, at this year’s Footman James Classic Motor Show when it returns to Birmingham’s NEC from 11-13 November. The Rover P4 Drivers Guild is showcasing a superbly-executed and exceptionally-accurate replica of JET 1, the first gas turbine-powered car launched in 1950. Rover, who led the [...]

Dates announced for Goodwood Events in 2012

At the opening of this year’s Goodwood Revival, The Earl of March, patron of the UK’s most celebrated motor sport meetings – the Goodwood Festival of Speed and Goodwood Revival – announced the provisional 2012 dates for these hugely popular annual events, as well as the ever-growing Moving Motor Show. The 2012 Goodwood Festival of [...]

Another successful Goodwood Revival comes to an end

Retro fashion, beautiful vintage aircraft and some of the rarest and most sought after motor cars in the world mixed with closely fought and highly competitive racing today at Goodwood as the 14th Revival meeting drew to a close. Among the estimated 140,000 people visiting the Goodwood Revival and entering into the vintage spirit of [...]

Full 911 (991) details from Porsche at Frankfurt

New Porsche 911 Carrera to debut at Frankfurt Show World premiere of new 911 at 2011 IAA Frankfurt Motor Show, September 13 -25 New generation of benchmark sports car Innovative chassis technology raises dynamics Lighter, more powerful, less fuel consumption, class-leading emissions Carrera costs from £71,449, Carrera S from £81,242 Porsche is proud to present [...]

Frankfurt Show updates from Audi

The 2011 Frankfurt Motor Show will play host to four new high-performance Audi S models sharing one remarkable new eight-cylinder engine which enables them to counterbalance outputs of up to 520PS with the potential for up to 29mpg*. The new bi-turbo V8, incorporating cylinder on demand technology and a host of other advances, replaces the [...]