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  • Built from 1903, Vauxhall’s first year of car production, and known as the ‘Light Car’, the model featured a slow-revving, single-cylinder engine producing just five horsepower. Perhaps showing Vauxha ...
  • For most, a successful Run from London to Brighton means crossing the finish line on Madeira Drive in Brighton before it closes; it’s the ultimate goal. While there will inevitably be events outside o ...
  • In an exciting new partnership with the Royal Automobile Club, RM Sotheby’s has become the title partner to the annual London to Brighton Veteran Car Run for the next decade.    Staged on the first Su ...
  • On behalf of the organisers of the Run and all the participants and volunteer staff, we would like to express our deepest sympathy to the family and friends of Ron Carey, who sadly died in a tragic ac ...
  • As an unseasonably mild London was still shrouded by darkness, nearly 400 pioneering veteran cars, their drivers and passengers gathered in Hyde Park this morning (Sunday 3rd November) waiting for day ...
  • The clocks went back by one hour last Sunday… but this coming weekend they will be going back more than 125 years as hundreds of veteran cars set off from London on their annual pilgrimage to Brighton ...
  • Leon Bollee, Warwick, Germain, Deckert, James & Browne, Gladiator, Haynes-Apperson, Daley, L’Elegante, Flint, Stephens, Peerless, Rambler… the long list of bygone fledgling car companies represented o ...
  • As the Official Charity Partner to the world’s longest-running motoring event, Movember is providing three people – through an online auction – with the once-in-a-lifetime chance to be a passenger abo ...
  • Each and every one of the 400+ remarkable vehicles that enter the annual Bonhams London to Brighton Veteran Car Run has its own extraordinary tale to tell.    Some of these venerable machines dating b ...
  • TV presenter and motoring guru Fuzz Townshend will be behind the wheel of the National Motor Museum’s 1904 De Dion for the prestigious Bonhams London to Brighton Veteran Car Run. Known to millions of ...
  • As an extraordinary and magical event, the annual Bonhams London to Brighton Veteran Car Run has always been a magnet for people from all walks of life.   Taking part each year are families who have p ...
  • Fiat, one of the world’s oldest and most distinguished car companies, has been appointed as an official Manufacturer Patron to the 2019 Bonhams London to Brighton Veteran Car Run (Sunday 3 November), ...
  • Early chauffeurs resided in social purgatory. They were not popular with below stairs staff, because they were not required to perform general menial duties around the house, but they were also too lo ...
  • The iconic, annual Bonhams London to Brighton Veteran Car Run is delighted to announce a significant new partnership with CARS (Classic Automotive Relocation Services).    The renowned vehicle transpo ...
  • The Bonhams London to Brighton Veteran Car Run is delighted to announce a new partnership with A. Lange & Söhne. The renowned German luxury watchmaker will support the historic event’s increasingly po ...
  • The Locomotive on Highways Acts were Parliament’s answer to quell public fear surrounding self-propelled vehicles, however between January 1903 and July 1904 there was much debate in the press juxtapo ...
  • The Concours of Elegance, Britain's finest concours show, is a mecca for vintage automobiles. Held in the stunning gardens of Hampton Court Palace, the Concours of Elegance has welcomed vehicles spann ...
  • Legendary Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar is world famous for his record breaking number of test match runs, but now he has added another historic Run to his impressive list of achievements… last we ...
  • “In the early days of any industry there is a difficulty which always arises, namely how toinduce the private capitalist or the British public to support schemes to manufacture articles of which they ...
  • March 1896 was memorable for the residents of Longhurst near Belfast, as they witnessed John Brown firing up his coke driven Serpollet, which included a `fire-box’ behind the rear axle, the proximity ...

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