As experienced classic car transporters, Ontime Automotive know that some vehicles are more than just cars – they can evoke feelings of nostalgia, happy memories, even a kind of love in their own right, from passers-by right through to those of us who are lucky enough to own a piece of motoring history.
The new year brings with it a new line-up of car events, and once again it’s a packed 12 months in the UK alone, with car shows taking place up and down the country.
Here’s our pick of the top luxury and classic car events on the schedule for 2015.
Winter driving is about more than just remembering to switch on your headlights – in fact, even the AA’s winter driving tips warn against exposing your car battery to the high demands placed on it by regularly driving with your headlights on.
It might sound counter-intuitive, but actually if you can drive more often in daylight, your battery will last longer than if it is under the constant strain of having the headlights and heaters switched on.
Here are some other winter driving tips that should help to keep you on the roads in the run-up to Christmas and into the new year.
Luxury cars – just the words conjure up images of glamour and decadence. From your Bentleys and Lamborghinis to your Aston Martins and Ferraris, luxury cars are admired and aspired to the world over.
The maintenance and upkeep of these opulent vehicles is not to be taken lightly and as many owners of these vehicles want to keep the mileage as low as possible, the transportation of these cars also becomes an important consideration.
As we enter the final months of 2014, car manufacturers around the world are unveiling their models for the upcoming year.
Innovations and upgrades are being made in all sectors of the automotive market – and while it’s impossible to choose a ‘top’ four from such a wide range, here are four of the biggest developments across the different categories. As specialists in luxury and international car transport, we see our fare share of some of the world’s best cars, but that doesn’t stop us from getting exited about next year’s new models. Here’s our countdown of the ones to watch for 2015.
We’re living in the 21st century now, and automotive engineering is going in several directions at once.
There’s the supercars of course, which seem to pack an ever increasing amount of horsepower under the hood, and there’s the eco-friendly hybrids, which seem to get an ever increasing number of miles out of a few batteries and a mains electricity plug.
In some cases there’s both – the Tesla Roadster hits 60mph in 3.7 seconds, with zero emissions and a range of over 200 miles on full charge.
Need to get a million-pound motor from A to B without clocking up the miles? OnTime Automotive’s classic car service is the solution, providing total peace of mind with a whole range of reasons to entrust your pride and joy to one of our transporters.
First and foremost, it’s a secure service, with your vehicle fully enclosed inside one of our containers – and that means no exposure to adverse weather conditions, general road dirt and pollution, or any other unwanted aspect of the outside world.
This also means your car doesn’t need to drive under its own steam, so you won’t rack up any unwanted miles on the clock, and it isn’t a problem if the motor won’t run at all.
What does the future hold? It’s one of life’s great mysteries, but for petrolheads the good news is that there are always new models of car coming on to the market, giving us something to read about, watch on TV, and try to get a turn behind the wheel of.
But one development might stop us from doing the last of those things, because the ‘car of the future’ may ultimately not need a driver at all.
That sadly doesn’t mean we can expect to see a vehicle like Total Recall’s Johnny Cab taking to the streets anytime soon – and a plastic chauffeur probably isn’t in the works at all – but it might mean that in the years to come, we will all be passengers.
Every rainy day of the British summer has people fretting that autumn is here already – but if you’re smart, you know that there’s a good chance of sunny days until well into September.
In recent years we’ve even had autumnal heatwaves, bringing a week of strong sunshine and above-average temperatures as late as October.
When the weather forecast turns positive, there’s few better feelings than to jump into your car and take a drive through the countryside, or down to the coast – and here’s our pick of the best vehicles for the job.
There is only one road trip that tops every shortlist of the best in the world – Route 66, America’s Mother Road that crosses the USA from Chicago to California.
But putting Route 66 to one side, what else ranks among the best road trips in the world? If you’re planning to hit the road, here’s our pick of the best…
1. Australia’s Pacific Coast
Australia is a country of epic proportions, with its own fair share of road trips that take in sections of its coastline.
The Pacific Coast route is almost 1,000km in length, stretching from Sydney to Brisbane along the Central and North Coast regions, and with a selection of scenery, towns and villages to visit along the way.
Expect to spend eight days on the road – and thanks to Australia’s southern hemisphere location, this is one road trip you might want to do during the UK’s wintertime.
