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The Cars We Didn't Save: a new book about the classics we scrapped by the million

12 August 2026 4 min read

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

11 August 2026 8 min read

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

03 August 2026 8 min read

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

31 July 2026 8 min read

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.

How to reach classic car bidders and entrants

31 July 2026 6 min read

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.

A hundred years since the Grand Prix came to Brooklands

27 July 2026 8 min read

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.

The Hamilton collection, and the late-July auction test at Silverstone

13 July 2026 7 min read

Anthony Hamilton is selling 26 cars at the inaugural BRDC Classic, most of them Jaguars, in the very half-year Jaguar has been the softest marque in Britain. That, plus a lakeside sale near Windsor and a busy fortnight of volume rooms, makes late July the real test of the 2026 market.