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Gordon Murray receives Petersen Lifetime Achievement Award for 60 years of innovation

Professor Gordon Murray has received the automotive museum’s highest honour, the Petersen Lifetime Achievement Award, at Pebble Beach, recognising six decades of innovation.

Monterey 2026 auctions deliver record prices and mixed fortunes across Car Week sales

Record-breaking Cobras, Ferraris and McLarens led Monterey 2026 auctions, but softer results elsewhere showed buyers are becoming increasingly selective, too.

Monterey Car Week 2026 sees the unveiling of a plethora of exciting new models

McLaren, Ferrari, Jaguar, Aston Martin, Porsche, Gordon Murray, Spyker, RUF, Hennessey, Singer, Eccentrica, Lanzante and more unveil new cars in Monterey.

Brooklands centenary celebration of the first British Grand Prix: Magneto was there

McLaren F1 supercar designer Peter Stevens was on the ground for the once-in-a-lifetime Brooklands centenary celebration dedicated to 100 years of the British Grand Prix.

Belgium’s Hesbaye Historic Festival features concours, rally stages and live workshops

Hesbaye Historic Festival comes to Kasteel van Veulen in Belgium on August 22-23, 2026 with pre-war racing, rally demos and live restoration workshops.

National Corvette Museum prepares to open major new collections and preservation facility

A 66,000sq ft facility will expand the Bowling Green, Kentucky National Corvette Museum’s storage and conservation capabilities, with a ribbon-cutting ceremony due in September 2026.

UK’s National Motor Museum needs new home – but a car collection will remain at Beaulieu

The Montagu family at Beaulieu won’t be renewing its lease to the Trust that runs the National Motor Museum, so the world-famous facility needs to find a new home after 2030.

Kruse Auctions returns to Auburn with 56th annual collector car sale and show

Kruse Auctions’ September 3-5, 2026 sale brings more than 300 cars to Auburn, including an AC Ace Bristol, Duesenberg Model J, Alfa Romeo 6C 2500 and more.

Monterey auction season 2026 serves up strange, rare and peculiar temptations

From jet-powered record cars to wrought-iron Beetles and Merlin-engined Rolls-Royce customs, Monterey auction season 2026 has it all. Here are Magneto’s favourites.