The Royal Automobile Club, Britain’s oldest and most influential motoring organisation, was born out of a shared love of motoring and a dedication to preserving the rights and best interests of motorists over 100 years ago. The Club owns and runs a number of historic events, including the world famous London to Brighton Veteran Car Run and launched the Future Car Challenge, a challenge for energy efficient cars of tomorrow, in 2010. Read more
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Motoring News

08/02/2012
Famous Aston Martin in Pall Mall rotunda

From Monday 6 to Sunday 19 February one of the world’s most famous Aston Martin DB4GT Zagatos will be on display in the rotunda at Pall Mall.
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07/02/2012
Here's one he made later!

Here's one he made later! Stylish Atalanta Sports Tourer to be re-launched The British-made Atalanta Sports Tourer was one of the most technically advanced sports cars of the 1930s. It had a combination of innovative features
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06/01/2012
Club member’s 33,000 mile round the world trip

Geoffrey Herdman, a member of the Royal Automobile Club, and his wife, Hilary, recently completed a remarkable trip around the world in a 1956 Bristol 405 Drophead Coupe, of which only 42 we
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15/12/2011
50th anniversary E-Type sculpture to raise money for Henry Surtees Foundation

A sculpture that incorporates metal from the award-winning restoration of Jaguar’s ultimate Lightweight E-Type, the Lindner Nocker, is to raise money for the Henry Surtees Foundation.
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08/12/2011
2012 Historic and F1 Grand Prix

Limited number of rooms available for Royal Automobile Club members for the 2012 Historic Grand Prix and the 2012 F1-Grand Prix
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22/11/2011
Ultimate Jaguar partnership starts The Beaujolais Run

John Surtees OBE, World Motorcycle and Formula One Champion and Norman Dewis; one of the legends of the British motor industry, started this year’s world-famous Nokia sponsored Beaujolais Ru
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15/11/2011
Club Supports Square Mile Salute

The Royal Automobile Club’s Executive Chef, Philip Corrick and his team were proud to support Chamberlains of London and The Academy of Culinary Arts by joining forces with serving soldiers and families of The Household Cavalry to
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10/11/2011
Future Car Challenge Highlights

Autocar Ace Surrenders his Title Jim Holder, editor of Autocar magazine, was crowned champion of the inaugural Future Car Challenge in 2010 at the wheel of the prototype Volkswagen Golf Blue e-Motion.
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17/10/2011
Royal Automobile Club supports Bill Boddy tribute day at Brooklands

The passing of Motor Sport magazine’s founder editor Bill Boddy was marked by a spectacular celebration of his life at Brooklands:
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17/10/2011
Bridget the Mars Rover Comes to Pall Mall

You may have noticed an odd looking vehicle in the Rotunda at Pall Mall last week. Well, meet Bridget, a full-scale working prototype of a Mars Rover.
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10/10/2011
Motor Racing Legends at Spa

Saturday’s Royal Automobile Club Woodcote Trophy race at the Spa Six-Hours Meeting was won from pole by the white D-type of Carlos Monteverde and Gary Pearson, although the early laps suggested the outcome could be very different.
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19/08/2011
Solo Atlantic Row 2011

This December, Club member Tommy Tippetts is embarking on an epic expedition – aiming to become one of the youngest people to ever row the Atlantic solo.
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07/06/2011
Mid-Summer Murder, Madness, or Majesty...

We had a great warm up for the Mid Summer Drive-In with the Breakfast event on Saturday 14 May, 50 cars parked on the beautifully manicured croquet lawn... and no damage reported by the grou
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06/06/2011
Donington Historic Festival

The Donington Historic Festival was a successful new event on the motoring calendar and the result of Duncan Wiltshire’s commitment to classic motorsports.
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31/05/2011
50th anniversary of Moss’ victory at Monaco honoured at the Royal Automobile Club

The Royal Automobile Club hosted a champagne reception in honour of Sir Stirling Moss OBE who won the race 50 years ago. The Lotus 18 in which Moss took the chequered flag half a century ago
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14/04/2011
Nick Mason at the Woodcote Park Motoring Dinner

Nick Mason and Mark Hales were the stars at a Motoring Dinner at Woodcote Park on Friday 1 April.
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25/02/2011
A Winning After Dinner Speaker

Christian Horner, team principal of the Red Bull Formula 1 team which scooped the 2010 Drivers and Constructors titles, was in great form when he starred at the Club’s Annual Motoring Dinner on Thursday 24 February. With the Mount
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09/02/2011
Yamaha Off-Road Day

The Club’s second Yamaha Off-Road Day took place in rather less threatening conditions than 2009.
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Members Car Parking Discounted Rates

With Westminster’s plan to increase the current street parking rates and to extend the hours early morning and late evening as well as on Sundays, the Club would like to take the opportunity to remind members of the reduced parking rates available at Q-Park Trafalgar, Spring Gardens. Advantages include CCTV and no time restriction unlike street parking (4 hours max). All tickets must be validated at the Club for the reduced rate to apply.

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Senna

Seven years in the making, ‘Senna’ is being touted as the best Formula 1 documentary ever made. Henry Hope-Frost spoke to the film’s screenwriter Manish Pandey at a members screening held at Pall Mall in October.

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Interview with Sir Kenneth Adam OBE

Sir Kenneth Adam OBE, most famous for his set designs for the James Bond films of the 1960s and 1970s, is a regular at the Pall Mall Clubhouse. He talks to Peter Foubister about cars, films and adventure.

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