The Motoring Spectacle Returns to the Mall

The RAC has announced the return of the Motoring Spectacle.  Last year the Royal Automobile Club launched the St James’s Motoring Spectacle, a free-to-attend event staged in London’s Pall Mall outside the RAC’s historic Clubhouse, closed to traffic for the occasion.  Hailed as a great success by organisers, exhibitors and, most importantly, the visitors that turned out in their thousands to enjoy an incredible display of motoring  machinery ranging from pioneering veterans of the Victorian age right up to futuristic supercars, it was part of the RAC’s London Motor Week.  Motor Week seems to include more activities each year, with a major motoring art exhibition, book launches, awards ceremonies, concours, anniversary dinners and the RM Sotheby’s London Sale that takes place in the nearby Peninsula hotel.  The week culminates in the Veteran Car Run from London to Brighton, first run by the Club in 1896 and an annual fixture each November ever since.

With a further eye on the future, invited exhibitors also provided younger visitors with informative insights into new career opportunities and the clean technology innovations to come.  A number of Westminster’s lifestyle businesses also took advantage of the large numbers attending with a prominent presence on Pall Mall.  After last year’s inaugural success – and with more time to plan and even more local engagement from both enterprises and educational establishments, the Club will run the event again this year on Saturday 1 November, the day before the veteran cars set out from Hyde Park for the Brighton Run for the 129th time.