London Motor Week is the Royal Automobile Club’s flagship seasonal motoring celebration, bringing seven days of motoring events and award ceremonies to the capital and culminating in the legendary London to Brighton Veteran Car Run on Sunday 2nd November. This year the itinerary is as follows:
- Monday 27th October, 6.30pm – Autocar live podcast, Mountbatten Room, Pall Mall. Join Steve Cropley & Matt Prior for live chat.
- Tuesday 28th October – Motoring Heritage Collection, The Library, Pall Mall. Ther RAC open up their archive for public display.
- Tuesday 28th October, 7.00pm – Motoring industry dinner, Committee Room, Pall Mall. Including speaker Dr. Andy Palmer.
- Wednesday 29th October, 5.30pm – Motoring Book of the Year Awards, Mountbatten Room, Pall Mall.
- Wednesday 29th – Saturday 1st November – ‘Art of Motoring’ exhibition, Waterloo Place.
- Thursday 30th, 9.00am – Motoring lectures, Mountbatten Room, Pall Mall. Industry leaders discuss the past and the future.
- Thursday 30th, 6.45pm – Motor Week Dinner, Mountbatten Room, Pall Mall. Hosted by Cadillac F1, discussing next years season.
Saturday sees Pall Mall closed to public traffic for the day to showcase motoring of the past, present and future – from cutting-edge technology and educational activities to a concours of 75 of the veteran cars due to make the journey to Brighton the next day. Plus a display celebrating 75 years of the Formula 1 World Championship. On Saturday evening RM Sotheby’s auction takes place at the Peninsula Hotel featuring a stunning selection of lots from a 1900 Mignonette to a 2024 Aston Martin Valkyrie hypercar.
Sunday 2nd November is the climax of the week with the world’s longest-running motoring event, marking 125 years since the seminal 1,000 Mile Trial, when early motorists set out to win public trust in cars with an audacious 22-day journey across the UK. The spectacle of over 400 veteran cars roaring down to Brighton from Hyde Park is truly unmissable for those keen to relive the dawn of motoring.
