12 amazing motors you can see at the London Classic Car Show

MotorsLifestyleAshley Coates

London’s Royal Docks are bracing for hordes of car enthusiasts to descend upon the ExCel Centre this week as some of the world’s rarest and most expensive motors appear at the annual exhibition.

Now into its third year, the London Classic Car Show is exhibiting over 700 vehicles across ExCel’s 100-acre site.

Five-times Le Mans winners Derek Bell and Emanuele Pirro declared the show officially open yesterday at a gala event where the cars, pictured in our gallery, took centre stage.

Later in the day, motoring journalist and TV presenter, Quentin Willson picked four classic “smart buys”, cars that could prove to be promising investments, settling on the Rolls-Royce Camargue, Aston Martin DBS V8, Sunbeam Tiger and Ferrari Daytona.

Three hypercars dubbed the “Holy Trinity”, the Porsche 918 Spyder, McLaren P1 and Ferrari LaFerrari are also gracing the exhibition space this year, as will three exceptionally rare Aston Martins, provided by the Aston Martin Owner’s Club.

But it’s Ferrari that will be taking the position of “star marque” this week. Unveiled last night by TV chef, James Martin, the show features a tribute exhibition of 20 road-going Ferraris that have a combined value of around £120m.

“I’ve always had a huge passion for Ferraris,” James Martin said.

“When I was a young lad I had Ferrari photos on my wall and now I’m lucky enough to own a few.”

In amongst the Ferraris, Astons and Porsches, is a 1967 Bedford/Plaxton coach converted into a mobile cinema by the Ministry of Technology, and for those too young to drive, Corgi Toys used last night’s event to launch their latest range of cars exclusively featured in the James Bond franchise.

Also included within the exhibition is a unique culinary feature provided by the London Motor Museum. Described as a an “exclusive supercar dining experience”, four diners are being given the opportunity to experience a preview of the London Supercar Rooms by dining between cars from the museum, including a 1939 Lincoln Zephr and 1985 Lamborghini Countach 5000S. 

Bas Bungish, show director at the London Classic Car Show, said: “Now in its third year, the London Classic Car Show just gets better and better. And next year it’s going to be better still. We can confirm that both the London Classic Car Show and HMI will be back from 15-18 February, 2018 in a new, even bigger format at ExCeL.”

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The four-day exhibition at the ExCel Centre runs from February 23-26

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