Classic cars, bikes and buses on display in Eastbourne for Magnificent Motors festival this bank holiday weekend

By The Newsroom
Published 1st May 2019, 15:29 BST
Updated 1st May 2019, 15:33 BST
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Eastbourne’s free motoring festival, Magnificent Motors returns to the Western Lawns this weekend for a fun-fuelled vehicle extravaganza with more than 600 vintage cars, bikes and buses on display.

Each morning the festival begins at 10am with the Parade of Motors with the cavalcade starting at the Fort Fun car park and finishing at the Western Lawns. With plenty of great vantage points along the route, motoring enthusiasts will have a great view of magnificent motors as they process along the seafront.

There will be a wide variety of vehicles on display at this year’s show, from pre-war classics including a 1933 Rolls Royce 20/25 and 1934 Lagonda Rapier right the way through to a 2018 Caterham 310 and Aston Martin DB9. Visitors will have the chance to take a look under the bonnets and chat to the owners too.

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The festival will also include a number of classic car clubs too including the Austin 7 Owners Club, Maestro & Montego Owners Club and the Lone Star American Car Club.

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This year, there will also be a brand new area dedicated to the Cars of the Future where motor dealerships and electric car club Sussex EV’s will be displaying a variety of electric and hybrid vehicles and will be on hand to advise visitors about how to make the switch to alternative fuel technologies.

Show sponsor A-Plan Insurance will be bringing a US SWAT van along to the show and will be on hand with the chance to win the ultimate kids 12v ride on Ferrari, featuring mp3 connection, lights, pedals and with parental controls.

Phil Evans, director of tourism and enterprise at