If recent weather is anything to go by, we're in for a scorcher this summer. We can't think of a much better way to enjoy it than to get out in your favourite car and make some memories.
Welcome to our guide to the best car-related events and places to see while the sun's shining, running from the end of May all the way through to October.
Mollie's drive-in diner
WHERE Bristol and Oxfordshire
WHEN 30 May to 22 August
WHY Classic films and fun food at sensible prices
Mollie's is a drive-in cinema and diner showing beloved flicks such as Back to the Future, Mrs Doubtfire and Jurassic Park.
Tickets are £55, giving entry for one car with two people, plus a meal. Extra passengers cost £20 each.
There’s also an on-site motel for making a weekend of it.
Goodwood Breakfast Club
WHERE Goodwood Motor Circuit, Chichester
WHEN 2 June, 4 August
WHY Tickets are free; plenty of family-friendly activities
Take the ‘cars and coffee’ formula, amplify its scale 10 times over and what do you get? The Goodwood Breakfast Club.
Each running is themed – supercars in June, classics in August – but anything and anyone can attend. There is plenty to do, too, from getting a full English to a lift in your dream car, or even a tractor-trailer ride for the kids.
https://www.goodwood.com/motorsport/breakfast-club/
Gaydon Gathering
WHERE British Motor Museum, Warwickshire
WHEN Once montly, 11 June to 8 October
WHY Community feel
Every second Tuesday of each month, the British Motor Museum hosts a free coming together for local car nuts – and those from farther afield. It has a friendly atmosphere so there’s no need to worry about going alone, and there’s plenty of food and drink to fill up on.
The museum itself is shut, but a car from its collection will be driven around the grounds at each gathering.
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Hi there, I have taken the liberty of editing your article title and sub title, below:
" The best car shows and events to see this summer
There are plenty of motoring meets, events and shows across the UK this summer – here's a taste "
....... this would be more accurate for a section of your readership, below:
" The best car shows and events to see this summer in England Wales
There are plenty of motoring meets, events and shows across England and Wales this summer – here's a taste "
This kind of journalism rankles with quite a number of motoring and motor sports enthusiasts in Scotland and Northern Ireland.
J Fife.
Rather than pick holes in a perfectly reasonable article you could list some of the events readers might be interested in in Scotland and Northern Ireland.
I take it no one in Autocar ventures north of Birmingham?