A third-generation Range Rover Vogue, once owned by the late singer-songwriter George Michael, is going up for sale at Hampson Auctions’ final sale of 2025, the ‘Big End of Year Auction’, which is being held at Bolesworth Castle on Sunday 23rd November 2025. Finished in Oslo Blue with a Charcoal leather interior, the Range Rover […]
Matt Windle has officially stepped down from his position as President and CEO of Lotus Cars Europe, ending an eight-year tenure at the British car brand. Lotus, which has been under the ownership of Geely Holdings since 2017, is in the middle of implementing its Vision 80 strategy. This is a plan that aims to […]
We are incredibly proud to have been named a finalist in the innovation category at The Royal Automobile Club Historic Awards 2025 with Bridge Classic Cars Kids. Bridge Classic Cars Kids was launched at the end of 2023 with the aim of helping to inspire and educate children on the importance of our history and […]
Toyota has just released a cryptic teaser for its upcoming new model launch on 10th November 2025. The message reads: “Toyota has released a teaser image ahead of a major unveiling set for 10 November at 05:00GMT. The countdown begins… Get ready to embark on a new journey together.“ There is just one image accompanying […]
British electric sports car maker, Longbow has revealed the Aesthetic Dynamic Demonstrator of its first model, the Speedster. Longbow is calling this stunning car, the world’s first Featherweight Electric Vehicle (FEV). Featherweight Electric Vehicle The Longbow Speedster weighs 895kg and has a 0-62mph time of 3.5 seconds. It’s not just the car itself that is […]
It’s not just classics that find their way into our restoration workshops, this 2016 Range Rover Sport came in for our paint and body technicians to repair and repaint a few scuffs and scrapes on the car. The team carefully prepared the area before blending in with paint matched from our paint camera.
The 1955 Jaguar XK140 has safely arrived at its new home with lucky new owner, Richard. The car was prepared at our Suffolk HQ before the Bridge Classic Cars transporter team carefully loaded into our enclosed trailer for its journey to its excited new custodian.
As part of any cars arrival at the Bridge Classic Cars HQ in Suffolk, they all go through a process of appraisal by our restoration technicians. This time on the ramp, is the 2006 Aston Martin V8 Vantage. Our technician Jon has methodically gone through the car inch by inch to compile his report to […]
The bodyshell of the 1978 Mercedes 350SL has made its way from the Bridge Classic Cars paint and body shop over to our finishing room for our restoration technicians to begin the process of getting the car to being a rolling chassis before it goes back into the paint shop for the final time. Steve, […]
Our transport team are the first people that our competition winners often meet, with our logistics co-ordinator Tony out and about across the country transporting everything from a classic Land Rover to a modern Ferrari in our enclosed trailer. But, Tony recently hit the road with Molly and John to deliver our 2015 Volkswagen T5.1 […]
Our workshop has always got a variety of jobs going on. From servicing, to diagnostics, set up’s and check overs, there is always something going on at the Bridge Classic Cars HQ. This time, our workshop manager John has been carrying out an important upgrade on the 1966 Volvo 122S – fitting a new electric […]
The 1960 Jensen 541R currently undergoing its restoration here at the Bridge Classic Cars restoration workshop has been making good progress across our various in-house departments. The mechanical workshop have begun to fit in some of the smaller pieces to the car such as boot latches, oil filter housing and the heater control valve whilst […]
The 1991 Jaguar XJS V12 is in the restoration workshop at our Suffolk HQ for the Bridge Classic Cars team to begin work on after its appraisal. Our technician Jon has been heading up the project on the mechanical side of things – carrying out various repairs in the Bridge Classic Cars workshop. ”Start service. […]
Last night, our director Craig was invited to a true petrolhead attended evening – Alex Brundle hosted an evening with the Fressingfield Oily Rag Club. Alex, son of former F1 driver Martin Bruncle, is a well established and revered driver across multiple championships but recently he’s been more involved in the world of classics. From […]
With it’s new owner eagerly awaitings its arrival, the Bridge Classic Cars restoration team have been working on getting the 1955 Jaguar XK140 ready to meet its new home. Our technician Jon began working his way through his meticulous check-list on the car starting from the headlights, all the way to the end of the […]
Our restoration workshops have been a hive of activity over the past few days with several cars leaving us to start their journeys with customers, and a handful of new arrivals like these two – a 2006 Aston Martin V8 Vantage and a 1995 Jaguar XJS Convertible which the team will soon be getting on […]
There are lots of companies that are trying to make self-driving cars something that we see on the roads every day. Two of the recent companies to help make self-driving cars possible are Lucid Motors and Stellantis. Both of these are teaming up with a computer company called NVIDIA to make it happen in the […]
Lucid Motors and Stellantis are hoping to get fully self-driving vehicles on the road. Both companies are working with NVIDIA, using its advanced AI and autonomous driving platforms to build the next generation of electric vehicles that can drive themselves! Lucid Targets Consumer-Level Autonomy Lucid Motors plans to deliver one of the first consumer vehicles […]
The team in the Bridge Classic Cars paint and body department have taken on their side of the 1955 Aston Martin DB2 Drophead Coupe project recently. Our paint and body technician Mauro has been working his magic on the bulkhead of the rare, vintage Aston Martin.
The 1978 Mercedes 350SL is well on its way to getting back to a former glory, if not even better. The paint and body team have been working their magic on the classic Mercedes convertible over the past week or so. Chris, our paint manager, has seam sealed the entire underside and engine bay of […]
The fabrication team, Greg and Clinton, have been working their way through the 1970 Aston Martin DBS Vantage bit by bit. Due to the car living out in the elements for quite a while, the rust and corrosion are pretty extensive but its nothing our team haven’t seen before at our Suffolk HQ and are […]
As part of the cars competition preparation, our team at the Bridge Classic Cars HQ have been in the classic lounge to finish off a small job on the 1998 TVR Chimaera 500. Our technician Jon had ordered a new set of number plates for the car in the correct size. Because of the size […]
The 1973 Mercedes 250 which is currently in the Bridge Classic Cars restoration workshop is getting some much deserved TLC by the team here at our Suffolk HQ. Our paint and body technician Mauro has been working his way through the bottom of the classic Mercedes on a mission to cut out any rust he […]
During the test drive of the 1994 Rover 220 Tomcat, our restoration technician Steve noted quite alot of freeplay in the gear linkage. So, as the 1990’s turbo coupe made its way back to the Bridge Classic Cars restoration workshops inside our Suffolk HQ the team were determined to find out. After a thorough and […]
The restoration team here at the Bridge Classic Cars HQ have been steadily making progress on the 1969 Audi 70L. Our restoration technician Dave, who is handling the reassembly of this rare Audi, has been methodically working his way through each job. Recently, he’s been test fitting the alternator and finding which order things in […]
Our 2015 Volkswagen T5.1, which was won recently by Eric, has been in the Bridge Classic Cars workshop for the team to carry out the last few jobs before it makes its way across the country to its new home. As part of a PDI on a more modern vehicle, our technician Jon checks to […]
The Royal Automobile Club has announced the finalists for its seventh annual Historic Awards. These awards are all about celebrating excellence across the UK’s historic motoring and motorsport industries. Winners will be announced at the awards ceremony on Thursday 20th November at the Club’s Pall Mall headquarters in London. Recognised as one of the top […]
We are incredibly proud to have been named a finalist in the innovation category at the Royal Automobile Club Historic Awards 2025 with Bridge Classic Cars Kids. Bridge Classic Cars Kids was launched at the end of 2023 with the aim of helping to inspire and educate children on the importance of our history and […]
Pirelli is temporarily halting production at its two UK factories. The brand has said that current market conditions are the reason behind the decision. Operations at the Burton-on-Trent plant in Staffordshire will stop from Friday 24th October 2025, with the Carlisle site in Cumbria stopping on Sunday 26th October 2025. Both facilities are expected to […]
We use FU3L as our synthetic fuel provider. If you haven’t heard about them yet, here’s a very quick introduction: