Last year, as part of the Bridge Classic Cars Great Northern Road Trip, we visited Great Northern Classics and loved it. We have also been friends with Paul Cowland for a long time, so we were very excited to see that Paul is hosting an event with Simon Gregson at Great Northern Classics in February. […]
Just down the road from us, in 2023, a local driver crashed his McLaren 720S into a motorhome. He has now been banned from driving, but it looks like the car is far beyond repair! Luckily, no one was seriously hurt…
We have been working with Simon from Limited100 for a while now. We have several of the limited edition prints in The Classic Lounge, and I try to keep in touch with Simon on a fairly regular basis. Seeing how we’ve been around Simon for so long, it seemed fitting to share more of his […]
INEOS has made some updates to the 2026 model of the Grenadier. As it’s now in its third full year of production, the brand wanted to further improve the Grenadier’s everyday usability while maintaining its off-road capability too. The most impactful update is a reworked steering setup. A newly developed variable-ratio steering box tightens up […]
Caterham is obviously best known for the Seven. The car that gives you a stripped-back version of a race car that has barely changed its appearance in the last 50 years. However, as we move into an ever-changing automotive industry, Caterham have something new and something that looks and feels very different. This is Caterham […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 2026 – Bridge Classic Cars has launched a new Theatre in Education school tour, bringing live performance, storytelling and hands-on learning into primary schools across Suffolk, completely free of charge. Running from March, the programme combines theatre, history, engineering and sustainability through an original production called The Story of Rilee. The […]
As I’ve mentioned several times already recently, just over twenty years ago, the Bugatti Veyron changed the definition of what a car can be. It had over 1,000 horsepower, a top speed of more than 250mph, and was completely usable as a daily driver! Now, two decades later, Bugatti has created a tribute to the […]
Last night, Pound Gates hosted this year’s annual Whopping Big Quiz of the Year, raising over £4,000 for Inspire Suffolk, held at Milsoms Kesgrave Hall. Let’s just say we weren’t the strongest team in the room but we had so much fun! Our team, consisting of Molly, Nick, Rob, Tamas and myself battled it out […]
I had a conversation in the Bridge Classic Cars office earlier with Nick about how often the term “Game-Changer” is used and how it is not always completely true of its subject. However, we both agreed that one example of something that can only ever be described as a true “Game Changer” is the Bugatti […]
The What Car? Car of the Year Awards 2026 took place last night. Judged by What Car?’s road test team, the awards focus on value, usability, safety and performance in everyday driving and named the best cars of the past 12 months. Overall Car of the Year: BMW iX3 The BMW iX3 was named Overall […]
Alpine will continue its 70th anniversary celebrations from last year at the 2026 Rétromobile Classic in Paris with a three-car display dedicated to the A110. The specific cars will be two historically significant Berlinettes and the most extreme version of the model ever built: the A110R Ultime. Held from 28th January to 1st February, Rétromobile […]
The Classic Lounge had a very exciting visitor this morning here at the Bridge Classic Cars HQ – a 2025 Alpine A290GTS. Belonging to one of our customers, the A290GTS is a modern take on the legendary Renault 5 Turbo. This all-electric hot hatch has been proving very popular with everyone including petrolheads across Europe […]
What a great evening had at Portman Road. An impressive light show kicked things off, followed by the fantastic fire display right outside our window. We welcomed a lovely group of guests into Box19 to share the experience with us as Ipswich secured another win against tough opposition Bristol City. Speaking with Dan from Ipswich […]
Tempcover, the temporary car insurance provider, has looked at 10 years of DVLA registration data to predict which car models are quietly disappearing, and when they might disappear completely. The Tempcover team looked at how many of each model are still registered every quarter and used that to estimate when the numbers will reach zero. […]
In a few days time, on 21st January, Volvo will reveal its all-electric EX60. This will be slightly different to your standard mid-size SUV though, as you’ll be able to hold a proper conversation with the car, thanks to Google’s Gemini AI assistant. This is the first Volvo to launch with Gemini built in, meaning […]
The perfect story for former Blackburn player Sam Szmodics, as he scored a late third goal against his old club as Ipswich Town extend their unbeaten run to six matches with a 3-0 win at Portman Road. Two goals in the opening 12 minutes, an own goal from Eiran Cashin on his league debut for […]
Jensen International Automotive has announced that it’s building its first car that will be completely new from the ground up, a GT due to be revealed later this year. Inspired by the 1960s Jensen Interceptor, the car will feature a modern, handcrafted body, an aluminium chassis, and a bespoke V8 engine. Built in extremely low […]
Restomods often push the boundaries of their original subject. However, there is a company based in Turin, Italy, that creates Porsche 911 Restomods that don’t look to make the original better, but to respect how great these cars actually were in the first place. Lab Eleven builds these cars from air-cooled 993-generation 911s, with each […]
BYD has added another model to its UK line-up with the launch of the SEALION 5 DM-i, a mid-size plug-in hybrid SUV priced from £29,995 on the road. Available to order now and arriving in showrooms from 7th February, the SEALION 5 DM-i is offered in two trim levels, Comfort and Design, both of which […]
A chilly but glorious afternoon at Portman Road this weekend for the cup game against Blackpool. Unfortinately Box 19 is not available to us for cup games but that didn’t stop us enjoying the win from inside the gound. Jaden Philogene’s stunning first-half strike helped Ipswich Town to victory over Blackpool, securing our place in […]
Hagerty UK has released its 2026 Bull Market List. This names ten vehicles its experts believe offer strong potential to be good buys this year. The list covers everything from pre-war sports cars to modern classics. Each year, Hagerty’s valuation team analyses data from its Price Guide to highlight cars that deliver good investment appeal […]
The all-new Mercedes-Benz CLA has been named Car of the Year 2026 by the European Car of the Year jury, at the Brussels Motor Show. The CLA has been designed to be both intelligent and efficient by combining high-end technology with usual Mercedes styling and performance. It’s the first model built on Mercedes’ new MMA […]
Later this month, Broad Arrow Auctions will be selling a 1992 Benetton B192-05. This particular car was the one which Michael Schumacher drove to his first Formula One victory at the Belgian Grand Prix at Spa-Francorchamps. Driven exclusively by Schumacher in five races during the 1992 season, chassis B192-05 was the last F1 car to […]
Volkswagen was the UK’s best-selling new car brand for the fifth consecutive year in 2025! According to new data from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT), Volkswagen registered 178,607 vehicles last year, accounting for an 8.84% share of the UK new car market. That number put Volkswagen more than 55,000 units ahead of […]
Under the most amazing sunset above Portman Road, Ipswich Town climbed into the automatic promotion places with a 2-1 victory over a strong Oxford United. It was a fantastic New Years Day celebration with first-half goals from Jaden Philogene and Chuba Akpom. We moved a point above Middlesbrough after their 1-0 defeat against Derby. Let’s […]
As of 1st January 2026, Alpina officially became part of the BMW Group, reintroduced as BMW ALPINA. While the acquisition of trademark rights was already known, New Year’s Day was the formal beginning of the new brand. BMW ALPINA will operate under the BMW Group umbrella but will have its own identity, both in philosophy […]
When you talk about iconic supercars, the Bugatti Veyron has to be mentioned. I remember seeing one on Top Gear in the early 2000s, as James May managed to clock over 250mph while driving it, and instantly realised how cool I thought this machine was. The Launch of the Bugatti Veyron Launched in 2005, the […]
Imagine a truck that can drive through deep water, climb muddy hills, pull heavy machines, and still be safe and gentle to the planet. Sounds like a superhero, right? Well, Mercedes-Benz has built a real-life hero truck called the Unimog! The Environment Agency has added two of these wonderful machines to its fleet of specialist […]
To bring a successful 2025 to an end, the Bridge Classic Cars team took a short trip to our favourite local, the Ufford Crown, where we all enjoyed some great food and some even better company. What a way to end the year and set us up for an even better 2026.
A German engineer has made history as the first wheelchair user to travel to space. Michaela Benthaus was one of six passengers aboard a Blue Origin capsule on a ten-minute suborbital flight. The rocket lifted off and crossed the Kármán line, the internationally recognised boundary of space, before descending back to Earth. After landing, Michaela […]