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.
https://www.britishmotormuseum.co.uk/whats-on
Super Touring Power 2
WHERE Brands Hatch, Kent
WHEN 29-30 June
WHY Transport yourself back to the BTCC's golden age
The Super Touring era gave us some of the most memorable motorsport moments of all time. Gabriele Tarquini’s dramatic barrel roll, John Cleland ‘going for first’, Volvo’s 290bhp fridge on wheels, the list goes on.
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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?