FESTIVAL OF THE UNEXCEPTIONAL

Hagerty have announced a new venue for their spectacular Festival of the Unexceptional Concours de l’Ordinaire in this, the seventh year of an event which has forged a reputation as one of the must-attend car events of the year. The date for the 2020 event is Saturday July 25th, and an increased demand for larger show space and greater availability of tickets has prompted a move to the beautiful Grimsthorpe Castle in Lincolnshire – the perfect backdrop for the UK’s largest collection of mundane vehicular transport featuring exhibits wearing such upmarket badges as Ghia, Vanden Plas and CD.

As in previous years, the Festival will celebrate much maligned and long forgotten ‘ordinary’ classic cars and commercial vehicles of the late 1960s, 70s, 80s and 90s, and remains the only concours that applauds an Astra, believes in base-models, makes a case for a Maxi and robustly defends a Daf. In keeping with the spirit of the event, guests are very welcome to arrive in the latest supercars, but are forewarned that prime parking is offered to FSOs in preference to Ferraris, a Metro will be fawned over more than any Maserati and a Zastava will gain more privileges than a Zonda.

Once again, Hagerty’s annual Concours de l’Ordinaire will be free to attend and open to classic cars and light commercial vehicles built between 1966 and 1996. Owners can register their cars for concours consideration at www.

unexceptionalcars.co.uk. A limited number of public access tickets will be released in April. Once they are gone, further tickets will be for sale.