The Vintage Sports-Car Club will hold its 70th running of The Pomeroy Trophy on Saturday 14 February. Open to any car regardless of age, The Pomeroy Trophy will be held at Silverstone circuit, including a 40-minute session on the Grand Prix track. First held in 1952, The Pomeroy Trophy aims to find the best touring…
Four Alfa Romeo 6Cs are heading to auction with Gooding Christie’s at its Paris Rétromobile sale in January 2026. All four of the cars come from The Cherrett Collection, which has been put together by the late Alfa Romeo historian Angela Cherrett and her husband Alan. The quartet of 6Cs is headed by a 1928…
One in six modern cars sold has been found to have potentially dangerous tyres an investigation by Cardiff University’s Automotive Department and Halfords reports. The investigation was carried out by Dr Peter Wells, Director of the Centre for Automotive Research at Cardiff University, and looked at 500 cars on sale from 100 locations across the…
Auction firm Bonhams has been acquired by Pemberton Asset Management in a deal that sees a new senior leadership team installed as part of the deal. The change of ownership follows Bonhams being owned by Epiris for seven years. Hans-Kristian Hoejsgaard, Chairman of the Board, said: ‘We welcome a new senior leadership team with a…
The only Aston Martin DB4 Series IV Vantage to be finished in Roman Purple is coming to auction at H&H’s Millbrook sale on Wednesday 3 December. Built in 1962, the car was first owned by H Lotery & Co under the name of Wilburton Investment Trust Ltd and was delivered by Brooklands of Bond Street….
RM Sotheby’s enjoyed its best ever Munich sale results, which included the sale of the 22-car The Best of M Collection. Top selling car on the day was a 1996 Ferrari F50 that fetched €4,843,500 (£4.2 million), while the highest price from the M Collection was for a 1990 BMW M3 Sport Evolution at €325,625…
The classic car sector contributes £7.3 billion per year to the UK economy according to the 2025 National Historic Vehicle Survey just published by the Federation of British Historic Vehicle Clubs. This figure is up by £100 million from when it was last calculated at £7.2 billion in 2020, and the average classic car owner…
A 1982 Mercedes-Benz 500SL in as-new condition with only 42 miles on the clock has been found. The immaculate R107 roadster has never been registered or on the road since it was delivered new to Mr Hough of Gosnall, Staffordshire. Unearthed by the SLSHOP, the Mercedes comes with every factory option fitted, which meant it…
A 1968 Triumph TR5 restoration project topped H&H’s Buxton sale when it was sold for £21,375 – £15,000 above its pre-sale estimate. The TR5 was among 118 lots sold at H&H’s largest ever Buxton sale, which had a 75% sale rate and totalled sales of more than £1.9 million. Proving that classics from the 1960s…
The Federation of British Historic Vehicle Clubs has issued a warning about a new type of fraud that could lead to classic car owners losing their vehicles to criminals. It follows an attempt by a criminal to buy a car by claiming to work offshore and be unable to view the car but desperate to…
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