London Motor Week 2024
The biggest week of the year for the Club, London Motor Week celebrates all things motoring across seven action-packed days at the end of October to the beginning of November each year.
Each day, we will be hosting several excellent events and award ceremonies, all of which concludes with the RM Sotheby’s London to Brighton Veteran Car Run on the Sunday.
London Motor Week 2024 will take place from Monday 28 October until Sunday 3 November. Details of all the events are included below.
Autocar Podcast Recording
Pall Mall, Mountbatten Room
Monday 28 October, 6.30-9.00pm
Join us for a rare live recording of the My Week in Cars podcast, hosted by Steve Cropley, Editor-in-Chief of Autocar, and Matt Prior, Editor-at-Large. Steve and Matt will be joined by Jonathan Palmer, former F1 driver and head of MotorsportVision, operator of five leading UK racing circuits plus the Bedford Autodrome, and part of the development team for the McLaren F1. Book your place now for this fascinating evening of highly-informed motoring chat.
Please note this event is sold out. Please click here for more information and to join the waiting list.
Dewar Breakfast Seminar
Pall Mall, Committee Room
Tuesday 29 October, 9.00-11.00am
For this year, the theme of discussion is ‘Fossil-fuelled motoring may be dead, but is the obituary being written for the internal combustion engine premature?’
Our panel is as follows:
Winner of the 2024 Dewar Trophy
Winner of the 2024 Simms Medal
Professor Neville Jackson, Chairman of the RAC Foundation
Professor David Greenwood, Member of the Dewar Committee
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Dewar Trophy and Simms Medal Presentation
Pall Mall, Mountbatten Room
Tuesday 29 October, 12.30-3.30pm
The Dewar Trophy is presented for outstanding British technical achievement in the automotive field, and the Simms Medal for an outstanding contribution to motoring innovation. The list of previous winners is the Who’s Who of the industry, so join us as we welcome the latest additions to that historical roll-call.
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Motoring Industry Dinner
Pall Mall
Tuesday 29 October, 7.00-10.15pm
Our star guest, Chris Brownridge, CEO of Rolls-Royce Motor Cars, is tasked with leading one of the country’s greatest marques into the electrification era. Hear how he’ll manage this unprecedented change, and how Rolls-Royce plans to safeguard its heritage, in conversation with Steve Cropley and fortified with an excellent dinner.
Please note this event is sold out. Please click here for more information and to join the waiting list.
Art of Motoring Exhibition
Iconic Images Gallery, Waterloo Place
Wednesday 30 to Saturday 2 November
The Club’s Art of Motoring, a world-leader in motoring art exhibitions, will again be held in the Iconic Images Gallery, a stone’s throw from the Pall Mall clubhouse. This year’s show promises dozens of artists, with new talent alongside some established ‘old masters’, all of whom will present their latest work.
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Motoring Book of the Year Awards
Pall Mall, Mountbatten Room
Wednesday 30 October, 5.00-9.00pm
The Club’s Motoring Book of the Year Awards, one of the world’s leading motoring literary accolades, returns to celebrate the finest published work from the past year. There will be authors and publishers to meet in person over a relaxed drink, and insight into the ‘crafting’ of great books.
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Please note this event is sold out. Please click here for more information and to join the waiting list.
Motoring Lectures and Quiz
Pall Mall, Mountbatten Room
Thursday 31 October, 9.30am-4.00pm
Featuring an array of leading industry speakers, the lectures will cover the future of motoring in the morning session and exciting tales from the veteran era in the afternoon. The Club’s much-loved Motoring Quiz will return to conclude the day’s entertainment, and entertain the lively audience.
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London Motor Week Dinner: 40 Years of Prodrive
Pall Mall, Mountbatten Room
Thursday 31 October, 6.45-10.30pm
Since 1984, Prodrive has competed in over 1200 events, across the World Rally Championship, Le Mans, and Formula One, winning over 300, and achieving nearly 500 podium finishes. With insight from founder David Richards CBE, along with several key figures from Prodrive’s history, this is an exclusive evening with motorsport royalty.
Please note this event is sold out. Please click here for more information and to join the waiting list.
St James’s Motoring Spectacle
Pall Mall
Saturday 2 November, 10.00am-3.00pm
Like its predecessors, this exciting new free-to-attend motoring extravaganza for the family will take place on the eve of the world famous RM Sotheby’s London to Brighton Veteran Car Run, during the Club’s own London Motor Week activities. It will now, however, have a prominent new home on the capital’s prestigious Pall Mall, in the heart of St James’s.
Like no other car-themed showcase in the UK, the unique and innovative Motoring Spectacle will celebrate motoring past, present and future, with significant focus on both educational activities and how today’s carmakers are embracing sustainability.
For further information, please visit Veteran Car Run website.
RM Sotheby’s London Sale
The Peninsula Hotel, London
Saturday 2 November, Preview: 9.00am-3.00pm, Auction: 3.00pm
RM Sotheby’s London Auction of prime classic, vintage and veteran cars will be held in the grand surroundings of the brand new Peninsula Hotel on Grosvenor Place, SW1. With its signature quality on display in full force, it’s going to be a must-visit.
For further information, please visit RM Sotheby’s website.
RM Sotheby’s London to Brighton Veteran Car Run
Hyde Park to Madeira Drive
Sunday 3 November, 7.00am-4.00pm
The world’s longest-running motoring event returns for a 129th year; the spectacle of 400 veteran cars setting off from Hyde Park or arriving in Brighton is a not-to-be-missed date with the dawn of motoring.
