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Regent Street Motor Show 2018 (5)
As ever, though, it was the remarkable turn-out of pre-1905 horseless carriages taking part in the annual Veteran Car Concours d’Elegance that proved to be one of the memorable day’s main attractions. More than 100 of the extraordinary pioneering vehicles dating back to the dawn of motoring were vying for a number of coveted awards on the eve of the following day’s famous Bonhams London to Brighton Veteran Car Run, supported by Hiscox. >>
Regent Street Motor Show 2018 (4)
Saturday 3rd November’s Illinois Route 66 Regent Street Motor Show has been confirmed as a record breaker – its magical and magnetising mix of motoring past and present drawing a huge crowd totalling more than half a million people for the third year in succession. >>
Veteran Car Run 2018 (4)
As always it was an extraordinary sight without parallel anywhere on Earth: a living, moving testament to a bygone age when motoring technology was in its infancy. Blessed with such eccentric charm and incredible history, the renaissant Run enjoys worldwide participation and attracts huge crowds along the entire route. Among this year’s entries were cars from Argentina, Australia, Hong Kong, and South Africa as well as 21 from the United States >>
Veteran Car Run 2018 (3)
It’s now more than 120 years since the original Emancipation Run, which was held in 1896 to celebrate the recently passed Locomotives on Highways Act. This raised the speed limit for ‘light locomotives’ from 4 to 14 mph and abolished the need for a man to walk ahead waving a red flag. >>
London to Brighton Veteran Car Run 2018 (2)
It’s now more than 120 years since the original Emancipation Run, which was held in 1896 to celebrate the recently passed Locomotives on Highways Act. This raised the speed limit for ‘light locomotives’ from 4 to 14 mph and abolished the need for a man to walk ahead waving a red flag. >>
London to Brighton Veteran Car Run 2018 (1)
Veterans wowed huge crowds on historic route to Brighton Pioneering vehicles made their annual pilgrimage from capital to coast on the world’s longest running motoring event >>
Regent Street Motor Show 2018 (3)
Also sharing the spotlight were more than 100 pioneering vehicles all built before 1905 and dating back to the dawn of motoring. They and their passengers – many in period costume – were taking part in the annual Veteran Car Concours d’Elegance prior to setting off at dawn on Sunday morning for the time honoured pilgrimage from London to Brighton in the famous Bonhams London to Brighton Veteran Car Run, supported by Hiscox. >>
Regent Street Motor Show 2018 (2)
Motoring enthusiasts, shoppers and Londoners savoured a sunny Saturday to remember on Regent Street (3 November) as the capital’s premier shopping destination was transformed into the country’s biggest free-to-view motor show attracting an estimated crowd of more than half a million enthralled visitors. >>