Guide to the St James’s Motoring Spectacle and London Motor Week 2024
The Royal Automobile Club has announced the schedule for the 2024 London Motor Week – including details on the St James’s Motoring Spectacle.
The annual event showcases everything related to motoring over seven exciting days.
Throughout the week, the Club will host a variety of events and award ceremonies, culminating in the RM Sotheby’s London to Brighton Veteran Car Run on Sunday.
In 2024, London Motor Week will run from Monday 28th October, to Sunday 3rd November.
One of the highlights of the week is the St James’s Motoring Spectacular. Its a new, free-to-attend, car-themed, family-friendly street show, set right in the heart of London and taking place on Saturday 2nd November.
The Club will be closing Pall Mall to traffic all day for the event.
Throughout the day, there will be a celebration of motoring’s past, present and future.
In a statement, the Club revealed that there will be a ‘significant focus on both educational activities and how today’s carmakers are embracing sustainability’.
During the Spectacle there will be a display of current RAC vehicles there alongside models from yesteryear.
The RAC’s new SMR van, an EV Boost van and the new concept Ford Transit Custom will be in attendance for visitors to see at the event.
Pall Mall will be divided into five zones; modern design, heritage display, educational display, veteran car concourse, and RM Sotheby’s blue-riband auction.
What is happening during London Motor Week 2024?
Here is the schedule for this year’s event:
MONDAY 28 OCTOBER
Autocar Live Podcast
6.30-9.00pm, Mountbatten Room
TUESDAY 29 OCTOBER
Dewar Breakfast Seminar
9.00-11.00am, Committee Room
Dewar Trophy and Simms Medal Presentation
12.30-3.30pm, Mountbatten Room
Motoring Industry Dinner with Rolls-Royce CEO Chris Brownridge
7.00-10.15pm, Committee Room
WEDNESDAY 30 OCTOBER
Art of Motoring Exhibition
Iconic Images Gallery, (two-minute walk from Pall Mall)
National Motor Museum Lecture on Sunbeam 1000HP Restoration Project
11.00am-1.00pm, Committee Room
Motoring Book of the Year Awards
6.00-9.00pm, Mountbatten Room
THURSDAY 31 OCTOBER
Art of Motoring Exhibition
Iconic Images Gallery
Motoring Lectures and Quiz
9.30am-4.00pm, Mountbatten Room
London Motor Week Dinner: 40 Years of Prodrive
6.45pm-10.30pm, Mountbatten Room
FRIDAY 1 NOVEMBER
Art of Motoring Exhibition
Iconic Images Gallery
RM Sotheby’s London Sale Preview
12.00-4.00pm, The Peninsula Hotel, Grosvenor Place
SATURDAY 2 NOVEMBER
Art of Motoring Exhibition
Iconic Images Gallery
St James’s Motoring Spectacle
10.00am-3.00pm, Pall Mall
RM Sotheby’s London Sale
Preview: 9.00am-3.00pm, Auction: 3.00pm, The Peninsula Hotel, Grosvenor Place
SUNDAY 3 NOVEMBER
RM Sotheby’s London to Brighton Veteran Car Run
Start: 7.00-8.45am
Serpentine Road, Hyde Park
Finish: 10.00am-4.00pm
Madeira Drive, Brighton
For further event information, please telephone 01372 229288 or email [email protected].
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