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This Sunday (3 November), more than 400 pre-1905 cars will embark on the London to Brighton Veteran Car Run, the world’s longest-running motoring event and still a serious spectacle more than 120 years after it was first held.
The culmination of the Royal Automobile Club’s London Motor Week, entrants will leave Hyde Park from 6:56am, passing Buckingham Palace and on to the Mall, before heading down Whitehall to Parliament Square and on to Lambeth Bridge.
Once south of the river, half of the field will take the A23 through Kennington, Brixton and Streatham, while the other half will follow the A3, A24, A217 and A236 over Clapham Common and then through Tooting and Mitcham. The routes will then converge on the A236 north of Croydon for the run down to Madeira Drive in Brighton.
And while most vehicles are petrol-driven, there are also eight steam-powered and four electrically propelled ones to keep an eye out for.
If you fancy heading down, check out the event’s spectators’ tips and wrap up warm – and read on for some cars, people and more to look out for.
1. The oldest Fiat in Britain
Fiat marks its 120th anniversary this year and is Manufacturer Patron for 2019’s Veteran Car Run; it was also the first Italian marque to take on the Run in 1934.