London show gearing up
There will be a Who’s Whoof the world’s greatest motor manufacturers at Salon Privé London on 18-20 April at the Royal Hospital Chelsea. The raft of marques that will be on display includes Aston Martin, Brabus, Bugatti, Ferrari, Koenigsegg, Lamborghini, Land Rover, Polestar, Porsche, Rimac and Rolls-Royce.
Meanwhile, cars that visitors can buy in the event’s unique Concours de Vente are being added to daily. Specialists and dealers who will be displaying their wares include the renowned likes of Hilton & Moss and Aston specialist RS Williams. Making its Salon Privé London debut is P&A Wood, offering an elegant 1966 Rolls-Royce Phantom V Touring Limo by James Young, while The Aston Workshop & Car Barn, which took the show’s Prix d’ Honneur in 2023 with its DB 2/4 Vignale, will be selling a 1967 DB6 Volante, uprated to manual and Vantage spec.
Furlonger will be the go-to for Ferraris and other performance greats, while Car-Iconics will be at Salon Privé London for the second time. Among its offerings will be an astonishingly original – right down to its carpets and tools – 1978 Datsun 260Z.
For info and tickets, see salonprivelondon.com/buy-tickets.
Royal reckoning
Indian collector Yohan Poonawalla has added to his Royal vehicle fleet by paying a reported £225,000 for the late Queen’s Range Rover. The 2016 Range Rover SDV8 Autobiography LWB joins the Queen’s 1979 Rolls-Royce Phantom VI Limousine in his wide-ranging collection.
Sounds of the City
The 2024 London Concours, held at the Honourable Artillery Company in the heart of The City on 4-6 June, is to have a specific theme for each day. Tuesday will honour McLaren, Wednesday will be Design Day and Thursday’s grand finale will be Supercar Day. See londonconcours.co.uk.
Winterbottom winners
The 2024 Oliver Winterbottom trophy, awarded by Team Excel to those who have done most to advance the cause of the Lotus Eclat, Elite and Excel in the previous year, has gone to B-Team Racing, which campaigns a Chevy-powered Elite (the Chotus) in the USA. More at lotusexcel.co.uk/OWMA/2024-winners-and-shortlist.
Northern exposure
Great Northern Classics, a new classic car-focused business and learning centre in Derby’s former Rolls-Royce Heritage centre, is open to the public from 26 March. The facility, previewed in Octane 240, is already home to several specialists, and boasts climate-controlled storage, a 7000sq ft mezzanine, and outdoor events space for more than
