Month: September 2025

Bicester announces plans to restore The Station Offices

Bicester Motion has revealed plans to restore The Station Offices at the former RAF Bicester site. The rejuvenated offices will provide a state-of-the-art working environment specifically for automotive and aviation businesses. The work will coincide with The Station Offices 100th anniversary and it’s proposed the building will include an additional second story to the rear…

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RM Sotheby’s launches new Financial Services offer

Auction firm RM Sotheby’s has partnered with Sotheby’s Auction firm RM Sotheby’s has partnered with Sotheby’s Financial Services to offer a bespoke financing solution to its customers. The new offer is called RM Sotheby’s Financial Services (RMSFS). The RMSFS allows auction buyers to incorporate the financing directly into the auction settlement, so the buyers only…

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Mazda highlights heritage fleet at Royal Tunbridge Wells Festival of Motoring

Royal Tunbridge Wells hosted the UK’s first motor show and this will be celebrated with Mazda showing off its UK heritage fleet at the Kent’s town’s Festival of Motoring. Over the weekend of 2-3 August, more than 20 classic cars will be arranged along the town’s Georgian walkways in The Pantiles. Mazda’s history in the…

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AC Cars sponsors Pebble Beach Concours

AC Cars America has announced it is the official sponsor of the 2025 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance. The company will use the event to show off its AC GT Roadster on the Concept Lawn at The Lodge at Pebble Beach on the final day of the event on Sunday 17 August. The GT Roadster has…

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Porsche 906 set for Munich sale

A Porsche 906 Carrera 6 is set to be one of the stars of RM Sotheby’s Munich sale on Saturday 18 October. One of only 52 customers cars, the 1966 Porsche 906 was delivered new to Porsche’s Dutch importer for its first owner Racing Team Holland. It was finished in the team’s orange colour. With…

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Modern classics reduce sector’s emissions

The number of classic cars on the UK’s roads has doubled in the last 10 years but the average emissions of classics has fallen by 16% since 2013. Research by loop shows the average carbon dioxide emissions of a classic car has dropped from 899kg in 2013 to 757kg in 2024. This fall is despite…

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Broad Arrow’s Zoute Concours Auction entries revealed

Broad Arrow’s first Zoute Concours Auction on Friday 10 October will include an eclectic range of cars, many offered without reserve. A 1963 OSCA 1600 GT2 Cabriolet is one of the headline lots in the sale and this car is one of only three built. The bodywork is by Carrozerria Fissore and it was the…

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Bernie Ecclestone’s Lagonda for sale

A 1934 Lagonda formerly owned by Bernie Ecclestone is coming up for sale through auction website Catawiki. The blue tourer-bodied Lagonda 16/80 was originally built with four-door pillarless saloon coachwork, but was converted to the open style in 1991 with a T2 Tourer body by Kevin Roskruge. Currently in the Netherlands, the six-cylinder car is…

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Bicester Hangar 79 to be demolished

Bicester Motion has confirmed that Hangar 79 will be sensitively demolished following the tragic fire on 15 May. The hangar sustained significant damage and following discussion with Historic England, Cherwell District Council, and teams of experts in health and safety as well as structural professionals, it has been agreed to take down the remaining structure….

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Unique Saoutchik Bentley Speed Six heading to Pebble Beach

The sole Bentley Speed Six bodied by Saoutchik is going to auction at Pebble Beach and will be sold by Gooding Christie’s. Out of 182 Speed Six models made, this sole Saoutchik car is a two-time Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance winner and was previously restored by RC Moss. It is a short chassis model and…

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