The 2026 Royal Automobile Club Concours
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After a better than hoped for inaugural event last year, the Royal Automobile Club’s Concours is back on the calendar on 8 July at the Club’s Woodcote Park country estate in Surrey, some 20 miles away from central London where the Royal Automobile Club was founded 129 years ago.
Categories have been announced, with tickets already on sale for RAC members, and invitations to submit vehicles into seven distinctive categories are open.
Once again, the private members’ club will be opening its gates to fellow car clubs and motoring organisations, inviting them to join this summer celebration of motoring excellence where visitors can enjoy the 200+ cars on show, as well as the hospitality for which the Royal Automobile Club is famous. Picnics, however, are also encouraged.
The Concours promises a spectacular yet eclectic array of cars, both in the judged categories themselves and the numerous
special feature displays. Auction house RM Sotheby’s will hold their summer sale at the Concours, while Royal Automobile Club members’ will have their own displays in the Members’ Paddock and Supercar Boulevard.
Concours categories are set to include specific ones for shooting brakes, 1950s sports-racing machines, and performance cars with dramatic rear aerofoil spoilers. There is a category devoted to cars with V12 engines, and another celebrating Italy’s Targa Florio, as well as a class for Pre-War Masterpieces. Motorcycling is a growing part of the Club’s activities and will be represented by a Concours line-up of performance bikes.
Key motoring highlights will also be celebrated all around the Concours. This will include the centenary of the British Grand Prix at Brooklands and the life of adventurer-extraordinaire Sir Henry Segrave, as well as manufacturer anniversaries and the Edwardian era of coachbuilt automotive extravagance.
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