The Motoring Archive

The Motoring Archive The home of the project to digitalise Autocar, published weekly since 1895. Now temporarily on hold but expected back in 2023

13/09/2022

We are sorry, but The Motoring Archive is no longer available.

Archive customers should contact [email protected] or [email protected]

Any queries regarding Autocar or Classic & Sports Car should be sent to [email protected]

We are seeking an alternative supplier of the archive.

Some say that James May was fired from Autocar for a particularly clever bit of drop capital editing... The Motoring Arc...
14/11/2021

Some say that James May was fired from Autocar for a particularly clever bit of drop capital editing... The Motoring Archive proves it!

Subscriptions now open at www.themotoringarchive.com

Some of readers had a great Christmas back in 1987!Just one of the 960,000 pages scanned so far.
17/08/2021

Some of readers had a great Christmas back in 1987!

Just one of the 960,000 pages scanned so far.

Some say that the post-Covid world will enjoy a post-war style economic boom... which looks a good thing to us from this...
20/06/2021

Some say that the post-Covid world will enjoy a post-war style economic boom... which looks a good thing to us from this angle!

Link in our bio for anyone wanting to register an interest in our digital archive project, beta launching now in less than 10 weeks.

Delighted to reveal that on launch of our digital archive later this year we’ll also be selling cover prints as wall art...
08/06/2021

Delighted to reveal that on launch of our digital archive later this year we’ll also be selling cover prints as wall art.

Got a favourite era? Let us know in the comments below.

The original smart motorway?‘Utility is not necessarily opposed to beauty’ - how Autocar reported plans for six-track hi...
04/06/2021

The original smart motorway?

‘Utility is not necessarily opposed to beauty’ - how Autocar reported plans for six-track highways (plus lay-bys) back in 1929.

The digitisation project continues at pace - expect updates next week.

Far be it for us to judge, but some people might benefit from this three page article on how to reverse a car from Decem...
31/05/2021

Far be it for us to judge, but some people might benefit from this three page article on how to reverse a car from December 7, 1928 today!

When you’re scanning 125 years of weekly history you soon get a sense of how attitudes change.The miracle of Dagenham is...
25/05/2021

When you’re scanning 125 years of weekly history you soon get a sense of how attitudes change.

The miracle of Dagenham is well worth a zoom and read.

If you’re interested in more details as we close in on launching the archive for beta testing, please register at www.themotoringarchive.com

Amazing what you find in the archive... possibly the first (and last) badger to feature on the cover. We’re more about a...
22/05/2021

Amazing what you find in the archive... possibly the first (and last) badger to feature on the cover.

We’re more about all-paw than forepaw these days too!

Look out for more updates as we prepare to delve pre-war as this project gathers pace towards a launch this summer.

May 31, 1940, and excitement is rising at the launch of the Cleco Electric Car, offering 50-60 miles of range from £375....
17/05/2021

May 31, 1940, and excitement is rising at the launch of the Cleco Electric Car, offering 50-60 miles of range from £375.

‘Simplicity of control is apparent,’ noted our tester after a run in the van model.

Our archive scanning is almost halfway to 1895 now. Register your interest by visiting www.themotoringarchive.com

Just scanned, and a happy reminder that even in the most trying times brilliant things can happen. Have a great weekend ...
14/05/2021

Just scanned, and a happy reminder that even in the most trying times brilliant things can happen.

Have a great weekend everyone - and don’t forget to let us know in the comments section below the era of covers you’d like us to post here each week as teasers of what’s to come!

12/05/2021

The project to digitise Autocar, a motoring weekly since 1895, is well underway, with more than 1000 issues now scanned. Here’s a sneak peak of how it should look. Follow this page to get regular updates ahead of our launch later in 2021.

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