RM Sotheby’s London to Brighton Veteran Car Run

21/08/2026

That fabulous eve-of-the-Run celebration of automotive history, innovation and motorsport icons, the Royal Automobile Club's St James's Motoring Spectacle, returns to Pall Mall on Saturday 31 October. With the famous central London street closed to through traffic, visitors can enjoy an extraordinary, free-to-visit display showcasing the very best of motoring past, present and future. A highlight for veteran car fans will be the St James's Concours, the world's most prestigious beauty parade for vehicles dating back to the dawn of the motor car. https://www.veterancarrun.com/st-jamess-motoring-spectacle

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Veteran Car Club of Great Britain

12/08/2026

One of the (many) joys of taking part in the Veteran Car Run is seeing your vehicle featured in the event’s souvenir programme. To be sure of seeing it in print this year, please note the programme deadline of 26 August. https://www.veterancarrun.com/register

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Veteran Car Club of Great Britain

12/08/2026

Volunteer registrations are now open for this year’s Veteran Car Run. From London to Brighton and at all points in between, the world’s longest-running motoring event wouldn’t be possible without the magnificent, 400-strong team of marshals and other volunteers, and we are immensely grateful to them all. If you would like to spend Sunday, 1 November as part of the Run’s invaluable ‘orange army’ please head to https://royalautomobileclub.teamkinetic.co.uk

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Veteran Car Club of Great Britain

07/08/2026

Just 30 years after that historic journey from London to Brighton in 1896, and 100 years ago today, Britain saw its first-ever Grand Prix, 'The Grand Prix of the Royal Automobile Club'. Pathe News captured it: https://youtu.be/26jpPRZFLAM?si=r-1F8rJJk6BzYc6U

Today marks the centenary of one of the most important days in the Club’s history. The ‘Grand Prix of the Royal Automobile Club’ took place at the Brooklands circuit and was the first ever Grand Prix to be staged in Britain.

30/07/2026

A remarkably original 1904 Mercedes Simplex 40 HP Rear-Entrance Tonneau which has been little seen outside of its museum home for the past half century is to go under the RM Sotheby's hammer at Monterey on 13 August. The car has been displayed at Maine’s Owls Head Transportation Museum since 1977 and is now being sold to benefit the museum’s expanding STEM (science, technology, engineering, and maths) education programmes. It is offered complete with an invitation from the Royal Automobile Club to participate in this year's Veteran Car Run.

The sale also includes this charming 1904 Oldsmobile Model 6C Curved-Dash Runabout. A former Antique Automobile Club of America (AACA) Grand National First Prize winner, the Oldsmobile is being offered fresh from the Sam and Emily Mann Collection.
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28/07/2026

Early entries for RM Sotheby's London sale on 31 October include this beautiful 1903 Clément AC4R 12/16 HP Rear-Entrance Tonneau. A regular participant on the Run over the years, it most recently made the journey from London to Brighton in 2023 - so is surely due another trip! https://bit.ly/1903Clement

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Royal Automobile Club

21/07/2026

Advance Entries for this year’s RM Sotheby’s London to Brighton Veteran Car Run close TODAY, 21 July, so this is your last chance to enjoy savings over the Standard Entry fee which comes into effect tomorrow. https://www.veterancarrun.com/register

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Veteran Car Club of Great Britain
RM Sotheby's

14/07/2026

Advance entries for this year’s RM Sotheby’s London to Brighton Veteran Car Run close next Tuesday, 21 July. So you have just one week left to register and enjoy savings on the Standard entry fees which then come into effect. https://www.veterancarrun.com/register

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Veteran Car Club of Great Britain

02/07/2026

For the first time, RM Sotheby's is holding a sale at the Royal Automobile Club Concours (8 July, Woodcote Park, Epsom, Surrey). The carefully-selected collection of significant automobiles includes this 1990 Ferrari F40 'Jean Sage' by Michelotto, which was sold new to French motorsport legend Jean Sage, and this 1934 Works MG K3 Magnette two-seater 'Pointed Tail', one of three K3s prepared by Captain George Eyston for the 1934 racing season. The sale commences at 4pm: https://rmsothebys.com/auctions/wp26/

Royal Automobile Club

01/07/2026

A dazzling display of cars and motorcycles will grace the lawns of the Royal Automobile Club’s Woodcote Park clubhouse at Epsom on 8 July for the Club’s annual Concours. Concours categories range from picnic-perfect shooting brakes and pristine historic race cars to pre-War mascots and V12-powered machines. Anniversaries for Daimler, Lancia, Lagonda and Mercedes-Benz, the centenary of the very first British Grand Prix and the 130th anniversary of the birth of Sir Henry Segrave will all be celebrated, as will fabulously extravagant limousines and landaulettes dating from the Edwardian era. Registered participants in the Veteran Car Run are invited to purchase tickets for this invitation-only event, using the code they receive once their Run entry has been accepted.

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