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Classic car events in October 2026: the last month before the covers go on
Two hills, a Formula Ford Festival with a hundred years of Brands Hatch behind it, ten auctions and a London Motor Week finish. October is shorter on fixtures than September and better for it.
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Goodwood Revival auction results 2026: three cars in four sold, and most of them sold cheap
Bonhams sold 72 of the 94 cars it offered at the Revival, a far better rate than last year. Look at the prices, though, and two thirds of them went for less than the low estimate. Here is how my four predictions fared.
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Goodwood Revival auction 2026: the one sale that will tell us where the market is
Bonhams has folded its Festival of Speed sale into the Revival, so Saturday 19 September is its only Goodwood auction of 2026. Last year's Revival sale was the weakest since 2014. Here is what is in the catalogue and what I will be watching.
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The cheapest way to go racing in the UK, and the club that invented it
A race licence, a club membership and a secondhand car will put you on a grid at Silverstone next month. Here is what the 750 Motor Club actually charges in 2026, and why it has been the answer to this question since 1939.
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The classic car events that make September 2026 the busiest month of the year
Nineteen UK fixtures, two concours running in the same week, and a Revival weekend that now carries the whole of Bonhams' Goodwood year on its own. September is the month the calendar stops being polite.
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The most valuable British car ever sold went under the hammer in California
Monterey turned over three quarters of a billion dollars in three days and set a British record inside it. Read the small print, though, and California was picking cars exactly the way Silverstone did in July. Our own test comes on 19 September.
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The Cars We Didn't Save: a new book about the classics we scrapped by the million
In 1994 there were 1,231,963 Vauxhall Cavaliers licensed in Great Britain. By early 2026 there were 871 left on the road. Lee Brickley's new book asks where they all went, and it might be the most quietly upsetting classic car read of the year.
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The recreations took the hit: what late July actually paid
I said the Hamilton collection's recreations would sit in a more resilient pool of the market than the seven-figure originals. The room disagreed. Here is what late July paid, and why the real E-types were the ones that held.
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Six classic car events to put in your August 2026 diary
A centenary at Brooklands, sixty years of the HSCC at Castle Combe, Italy taking over Brands Hatch, and a bank holiday weekend with more clashes than any sane person can solve. Here is the August shortlist.
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How to attract classic car clubs to your venue
Classic car clubs book on quiet days, spend properly at the bar and come back every year if you look after them. A practical guide for hoteliers, publicans and event spaces on what clubs actually want from a venue.
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How to reach classic car bidders and entrants
Entries follow bidders, bidders follow the calendar, and the calendar is not in a glossy magazine any more. A guide for auction houses and event organisers on where Britain's classic car buyers actually plan their year.
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A hundred years since the Grand Prix came to Brooklands
On 7 August 1926 nine cars started Britain's first Grand Prix at Brooklands and only three of them finished. The centenary falls on Saturday 8 August, the museum has already sold out, and there is still one way in.
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