MotoFest, in partnership with E.ON Drive, will return in June 2023 following the postponement of this year’s festival. 

Organisers of MotoFest will make the formal announcement of the 2023 dates – Saturday 3 June and Sunday 4 June – at 11am on Saturday 22 October at the latest Club MotoFest BreakFest Meet at Millennium Place, outside the Coventry Transport Museum.

James Noble, MotoFest Coventry Festival Director, will be joined at the BreakfFest Meet by Deputy Lord Mayor of Coventry, Councillor Jaswant Singh. A selection of Club MotoFest member vehicles, representing MotoFest’s past, present and future theme, will also be parked at the BreakFest Meet event on static display. 

The new 2023 dates announcement come after MotoFest 2022 was postponed in September following the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, and the subsequent official protocols implemented in line with the passing of the monarch.

James Noble, MotoFest Coventry Festival Director, said: “We are delighted, and somewhat relieved, to be at the point where we are able to announce the dates of Saturday June 3 and Sunday June 4 for MotoFest 2023. 

“The road to this announcement has in recent weeks been paved with numerous challenges, obstacles and difficulties. Following on from the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, and the subsequent period of national mourning during which MotoFest and the nation paid our respects to the Monarch, we were unable to stage the event beyond September 10 and 11 in 2022 due to various complicating factors.

“The legally required six-month application period for our motorsport licence and the        co-ordination of all the calendars of the different motorsport and disciplines featured at MotoFest are just a snapshot of the issues we had to contend with. Further legal measures to be applied in order to secure the road closures for MotoFest, and the time frames for these measures to be implemented, would have taken us way beyond September. 

“The next available opportunity to stage any form of event in 2022 would have been in the winter months, where the strong possibility of adverse weather conditions, would not have been conducive to safe, dynamic MotoFest event activities. We have also been awaiting confirmation of the date for the King’s Coronation, as it was important that a new MotoFest weekend did not clash with celebrations for this nationally significant celebration.  

“With all these factors to consider, we hope that all our supporters, stakeholders and fans of MotoFest understand and appreciate why the festival could not be staged this year. 

“Moving forward, we now have a firm and fixed date in the 2023 event calendar. With a return to the first weekend in June, when we can look forward to celebrating Coventry’s motoring heritage with one of the most electrifying event spectacles of the year.”

Councillor Abdul Salam Khan, Cabinet Member for Events, at Coventry City Council added: “I’m delighted to hear that MotoFest will be returning to Coventry in 2023 after its recent postponement due to the sad passing of Her Majesty The Queen. I know it is a highlight of the city’s annual events calendar that attracts both local residents and visitors from further afield. 

“I’m also pleased to see that the city’s Cycle Fest event will form part of the overall offering over the weekend. The whole event truly captures the city’s rich automotive history and celebrates its future innovation. It really is a fantastic, unique event that is not to be missed.”

As was planned for MotoFest 2022, the free CycleFest event will be integrated into MotoFest 2023 festival weekend. The CycleFest event will feature various cycling activities, including the opportunity to enjoy an exciting new twilight ride experience on the unique city centre MotoFest circuit, following the completion of the day’s motorsport programme. 

MotoFest 2023 will see the return of the unique Sprint Circuit, carved out of the City Centre Ring Road, and two new performance motorsport and drift arenas, due to have been launched at the 2022 festival. 

With new dates in June now agreed, organisers will be using the time in between to develop a dynamic content programme across the festival weekend. It will feature many of the innovative new attractions and displays set to have been debuted at the 2022 event, alongside further new exciting additions that will be unveiled in the coming months.

As for the 2022 festival, the 2023 event will have a significant future technology focus, with a showcase of the latest alternatively fuelled vehicles, electric cars and advanced automotive technology.

A new future technology zone, based in the main Greyfriars Green festival site, will see exhibitors committed to showcasing the latest electric vehicles and motorcycles. Many of those two and four wheeled exhibits will also take part in dynamic displays on the main sprint circuit and the motorsport and drift arenas. 

As part of MotoFest Coventry 2023’s ‘past, present and future’ theme, there will be the traditional classic car and modern modified static car displays across the city centre.  

Motofest 2023 will continue to be supported by sponsors E.ON Drive, which provides an end to end electric vehicle charging service for customers. It is part of leading energy and solutions provider E.ON which has its UK headquarters in Coventry. E.ON Drive is lead brand partner for MotoFest Coventry, with a series of initiatives, promotions, competitions and events launching on the run up to and taking place across the festival weekend on Saturday 3rd June and Sunday 4th June 2023.

E.ON Drive provides electric vehicle charging solutions to customers at home, at work and on the go. This includes supplying and installing a range of EV chargers, all of which can be accessed via mobile app, RFID card or on a pay-as-you go basis.

E.ON Drive is the lead brand partner for MotoFest 2023, and will offer a series of promotions and events in the run up to June, as well as during the festival itself. E.ON Drive provides an end-to-end electric vehicle charging service for customers. It is part of energy supply and solutions provider E.ON, which has its UK headquarters in Coventry. 

Chris Lovatt, E.ON’s Chief Operating Officer, UK Solutions, said: “We’re pleased to be a part of the plans for MotoFest 2023. Coventry is home to our head office in the UK, and to many of our customers and colleagues. We want to play our part in helping cities including Coventry transform themselves, with energy efficient decarbonised homes and clean air in their streets.

The time to act is now, and the shift to electric vehicles is part of the adjustment needed to combat climate change and help us meet our environmental targets. Cleaner motoring is key to the nation’s drive to zero carbon by 2050 and through MotoFest we hope to raise interest in the idea of electric vehicles.”

MotoFest Coventry is a two-day festival dedicated to the city of Coventry’s motoring heritage, taking place on Saturday 3 June and Sunday 4 June, 2023. It will feature a unique blend of racing demonstrations, static displays, live music and anything else with a connection to Coventry, transport and the city’s motoring heritage.

MotoFest is to welcome back its current lap record holder as Roger Clark Motorsport’s (RCM) Olly Clark gets set to unleash Gobstopper 3 onto the unique Ring Road Sprint Circuit at this year’s event.

Having set the current lap record of 69.64 seconds for completing the 1.1 mile Sprint Circuit in the original Gobstopper back in 2018, Olly will return with the aim of going even faster in the latest in the Gobstopper series of sprint and hill climb cars.

The Gobstopper 3 will make its first 2022 competitive appearance at MotoFest, in partnership with E.ON Drive,  on Saturday 10^th and Sunday 11^th September. It will take part in the MotoFest Coventry Sprint event, which forms rounds 27 and 28 of the 2022 British Automobile Racing Club’s (BARC) Connaught Speed Championship.

It will give Olly Clark the opportunity to add to his sprint achievements with MotoFest Coventry’s sprint competition triumph in 2018, adding to victories on Goodwood Festival of Speed’s famous hill climb in 2015 and 2016 respectively.  

For those visitors attending MotoFest in partnership with E.ON Drive, they will also get the opportunity to see the fantastic feat of engineering involved in the Gobstopper 3 car. Based on a Subaru BRZ 2.0L platform and boasting a mid-mounted EJ20 Subaru engine, the turbocharged four-wheel drive sprint monster is equipped with 930 BHP and 636 LBS/FT torque to power it around the circuit.

The BARC championship rounds mark the return of competitive motorsports to the MotoFest Sprint Circuit for the first time since 2019. MotoFest has worked closely with the Motor Sports Association (MSA) and Coventry City Council to get the green light for competitive motorsport and in 2018, the MSA issued a licence for the first MotoFest Coventry Sprint Championship event.

Driven International, the renowned international circuit designers, have also worked closely with MotoFest to develop the circuit design and infrastructure required to stage time trialing on the unique Ring Road circuit.

Olly Clark, said: “We are really looking forward to coming to MotoFest and taking part in the BARC Sprint Championship.

“We had a great time in 2018 and it was a real bonus to set to the lap record for the circuit, when we last had Gobstopper at the event.

“The new Gobstopper 3 Subaru BRZ will be making its 2022 competitive debut at MotoFest and we can’t wait to get out on the circuit and show the crowds what the car can do.”

Alongside Gobstopper 3’s appearance and the BARC Sprint Championship, there will also be plenty more to excite petrol heads and motoring enthusiasts both on and off the track, including the Shred Shed Live show in the new dedicated Drift Arena.

Shred Shed Live is the first of its kind, a live action show that combines elements of a West End play with motoring mayhem. Teams FastR and Crewsade come together to tell a story old as time itself, the good guys vs the bad guys, or in this case, fresh and clean cut FastR vs street punks Crewsade.

Each of the teams taking part in the show are rich with major names in the motorsport, stunt, competition or precision driving world, including Aims Hill, Tess Whittock, Luke Woodham, Penden Nielson, Martin Richards, Al Harris, Marcus Clare and many more!

The popular Formula G series will return again to this year’s event on Saturday 10^th and Sunday 11^th September with a static display of their competition vehicles in the city centre. Formula G is the UK’s national gymkhana championship, sanctioned by Motorsport UK. It’s a thrilling, head-to-head competition that combines elements of autosolo, drifting and tarmac rallying as competitors duel to complete highly technical courses in the fastest time.

Darren Langeveld, MotoFest Coventry Motorsport Director, said: “We are excited to have Olly Clark, the RCM team and Gobstopper 3, taking part in the sprint at this year’s festival.

“The Gobstopper 3 is an awesome sprint car that’s going to generate a lot of interest across the festival weekend and with Olly behind the wheel, there is a good chance that the lap record could be lowered again.

“With further exciting additions to announce for the track programme in the next week, It’s all gearing up towards another fantastic MotoFest, in partnership with E.ON Drive, festival weekend.”

With the BARC Sprint Championship, Formula G and Shred Shed Live very much part of MotoFest Coventry’s motoring present, the motoring past will also be well represented at this year’s festival with car and motorcycle displays and dynamic runs on circuit. As with previous events, there will be a dedicated area in Broadgate and surrounding areas of the city centre with hundreds of car and motorcycles on display.

The Coventry Concours premium car show will again take place on Saturday 10^th and Sunday 11^th September with the opportunity for premium vintage, classic cars and motorcycles to display in the iconic Coventry Cathedral Ruins. This year’s event will have a Queen’s Platinum Jubilee theme, showcasing 70 years of the City’s motoring heritage, with an expanded entry criteria to include vehicles from 1952 right up to the modern day.

MotoFest’s partnership with E.ON Drive will also see the event showcase the latest in advanced automotive, future and electric vehicle (EV) technology. Alongside an autonomous vehicle demonstration area.

E.ON Drive is the lead brand partner for MotoFest Coventry in 2022. E.ON Drive is part of the energy supply and solutions provider E.ON and provides an end-to-end electric vehicle charging service for customers.

The new Future Technology Zone, on Greyfriars Green, will see exhibitors committed to showcasing the latest electric vehicles and motorcycles. Many of those two and four wheeled exhibits will also take part in dynamic displays on the main Sprint Circuit and the motorsport and Drift Arenas.

The festival weekend will also provide the finale for ‘Our Future Moves’, a project involving Coventry City Council, MotoFest Coventry and other regional partners, which showcases the region’s work in world leading transport innovation, though a year-long celebration of events and activities.

Our Future Moves was officially launched in July 2021, with a major exhibition at Coventry Transport Museum. It also formed part of the first weekend of MotoFest Month 2021, which included motorcycle and car themed events.

MotoFest in partnership with E.ON Drive is a two-day festival dedicated to the city of Coventry’s motoring heritage, taking place on Saturday 10^th September and Sunday 11^th September 2022. It will feature a unique blend of racing demonstrations, static displays, live music and anything else with a connection to Coventry, transport and the city’s motoring heritage.

CycleFest at MotoFest will see two hugely popular Coventry events join forces to offer thousands of riders the opportunity to take part in a ride around the unique Ring Road sprint circuit.

For the first time ever, the free CycleFest event will be integrated into the MotoFest, in partnership with E.ON Drive, festival weekend on Saturday 10th September, with the previous daytime ride becoming an exciting new twilight ride experience.

The free to attend daytime CycleFest programme from 10am will feature a Cycling Expo, with a Go Ride skills course, a learn to ride area, e bikes, e cargo bikes and various cycling activities, including pedal your own smoothie and a free bicycle health check with Dr Bike.

Moving into the also free evening session, the MotoFest Sprint Circuit on the Coventry Ring Road will be opened up for cyclists to ride their bicycles in a safe environment. As with the previous seven public cycle events, there will be the opportunity to ride on the traffic free Ring Road from 7.30pm, but this time with a unique MotoFest twist to it.

The new 3.7km circuit, starting from Greyfriars Green opposite Coventry Railway Station, includes uphills, downhills, turns and chicanes and will use both sides of the Ring Road, rather than the one lap format featured at previous events. The sprint circuit will be transformed into a family friendly cycling space from 7.30 – 9.30pm and is the perfect opportunity for the next generation to learn to cycle safely at night.

As a family event children must be accompanied by an adult at all times, with five years old the recommended minimum age for riders. Those adults wanting to bring along children under five may do so providing they are secured in a child seat, trailer or cargo bike. Some cargo bikes with seats for two small children will be available to hire at the event.

The integration of CycleFest into MotoFest is part of this year’s festival commitment to showcasing sustainable future transport solutions. This will include displays featuring the latest alternatively fueled vehicles, electric cars and advanced automotive technology.

The new future technology zone, based in the main Greyfriars Green festival site, will see exhibitors committed to showcasing the latest electric vehicles and motorcycles. Many of those two and four wheeled exhibits will also take part in dynamic displays on the main Sprint Circuit and the motorsport and drift arenas.

The festival weekend will also provide the finale for ‘Our Future Moves’, a project involving Coventry City Council, MotoFest Coventry and other regional partners, which showcases the region’s work in world leading transport innovation, though a year-long celebration of events and activities.

Our Future Moves was officially launched in July 2021, with a major exhibition at Coventry Transport Museum. It also formed part of the first weekend of MotoFest Month 2021, which included motorcycle and car themed events.

The focus on sustainable transport solutions and future technologies is an integral part of the past, present and future theme that underpins this year’s MotoFest in partnership with E.ON Drive festival. Alongside the future technologies and performance vehicles showcased, there will also be the traditional classic car, modern classics and motorcycle static displays across the city centre.

Cllr Abdul Salam Khan, Deputy Leader and Cabinet Member for Events at Coventry City Council said: “We know MotoFest is always a popular, well-attended event and its fitting that such a big celebration of our transport heritage and future innovation takes place in Coventry city centre.

“I’m pleased to see that the city’s CycleFest event will form part of the overall offering over the weekend so more people will be able to make the most of their time spent here whether as a local resident or a visitor to Coventry.

“It’s been another amazing year already for events in Coventry and MotoFest is another great element of our city events programme especially as it will tie-in with the Heritage Open Days activity in that weekend. “

James Noble, MotoFest Coventry Festival Director, said: “Our partnership with Coventry City Council, will see CycleFest at MotoFest taking place at the main festival for the first time.

“This free to attend, family friendly event is a fantastic opportunity to ride a section of the closed Ring Road on one of the most environmentally friendly forms of transport available.

“The CycleFest at MotoFest programme is a perfect fit with our sustainable transport solutions focus for this year’s event. We are really looking forward to rolling out this new part of the festival, in particular the cycling ride out onto the main sprint circuit, which I am sure will create one of the most memorable spectacles of the festival weekend.”

For more information on the CycleFest at MotoFest event here

For 2022, E.ON Drive is the lead brand partner for the MotoFest Coventry festival. E.ON Drive provides electric vehicle charging solutions to customers at home, at work and on the go. This includes the supply and install of a range of electric vehicle chargers – fast, rapid and ultra-fast – all of which can be accessed via mobile app, RFID card or on a pay-as-you go basis.

MotoFest in partnership with E.ON Drive is a two-day free festival dedicated to the city of Coventry’s motoring heritage, taking place on Saturday 10th September and Sunday 11th September 2022. It will feature a unique blend of motorsport demonstrations, static displays, live music, culture and many other elements all with a connection to Coventry, transport and the city’s motoring heritage.

MotoFest, in partnership with E.ON Drive, is to host an evening music concert, named the MotoFest After Party, with the aptly named Carpark, a London based all-female group, headlining the event.

The free to attend concert, on Saturday 10^th September at Warwick Road in the City Centre, will see Carpark, line up with West Bromwich based indie rock band Wounded Spirit. They will be supported by Birmingham reggae artist Metz Jnr band and Coventry alternative rock group Luna Kiss and Coventry based covers band, Mind the Gap in a celebration of rising musical stars and established performers from across the Midlands region.

The festival headliner Carpark, comprising of Scottie, Hattie and Loda, are an indie rock band described as ‘Hiam meets 5SOS’ and already making their mark in the music industry.

With BBC Radio 1’s Jack Saunders and Nels Hylton championing the band and appearances on the BBC Future Artists show, the MotoFest audience will soon see why Carpark are being tipped for the top, as the trio get set to perform at this year’s festival.

Alongside the up-and-coming Carpark, the more well-established Wounded Spirit are also currently making musical waves, with their track, Outside, from second album U Me and the Ocean, featured on new Channel 4 drama, The Undeclared War.

It’s the latest milestone in a whirlwind few years for the band, having won Best Album for their debut effort FOREVER young at the 2019 Black Country Music Awards. They have followed that success up with U Me and the Ocean, which is already attracting rave reviews.

The band have toured both albums extensively this year with a series of national gigs and are now ready to bring their unique blend of bright vocals and diverse sounds to the stage at MotoFest, in partnership with E.ON Drive.

Formed as recently as 2020, Metz Jnr band are a six-piece group Inspired by reggae, ska and diverse musical influences from around the world. The Birmingham based group has packed a lot into a short space of time since first forming including playing a sold out show in their home city and launching their debut album, ‘The Sun’, earlier this year.

Scottie, vocalist and bass guitarist for Carpark, said: “We can’t wait to play at such an iconic event. It’s fantastic to be headlining and we are looking forward to putting on an awesome show. 

“With our band name we can’t think of a more appropriate place to headline than the MotoFest Coventry festival.”

Get a head start on what to expect from the MotoFest After Party with the playlist available now on Spotify, https://spoti.fi/3OJ4SpL

The musical feast being served up for this year’s festival is part of a broader entertainments’ menu featuring a host of activities across the festival weekend. In addition to the main concert on Saturday night, there will be live music across both days with various stages featuring local Coventry and West Midlands performers and community groups.

The hugely popular Digbeth Dining Club will help create a dedicated food and drink village, along Warwick Road. With its array of street food vendors serving up a variety of tasty offerings, visitors will have ample opportunity to keep well fuelled throughout the festival weekend.

There will also be the traditional funfair with rides and attractions, competitions and challenges for adults and children alike, along with various interactive activities including motorsport simulators.

As part of MotoFest Coventry’s partnership with E.ON Drive, E.ON will host the Veloce Racing, Extreme E Race series Simulator on their exhibition stand, with some special driving challenges to be announced soon.

E.ON Drive is the lead brand partner for MotoFest Coventry in 2022. E.ON Drive is part of energy supply and solutions provider E.ON and provides an end-to-end electric vehicle charging service for customers. 

A further new addition this year is the MotoFest Motorsport Paddock Access, offering exclusive access for up to three motorsport paddocks across the festival weekend. By purchasing a special wristband, visitors will be able to get close up to cars like never before, chat to the drivers and revel in the unique atmosphere of being ‘track side’ at the festival. 

The MotoFest Motorsport Paddock Access is a two-tiered offer with Double Paddock Access, at £5, gaining entry to the Motorsport and Track Motorcycle Paddocks, while the Triple Paddock Access, at £10, provides entry to the Motorsport and Track Motorcycle Paddocks and the new Supercar Paddock. For more information visit https://bit.ly/MFPaddock

A further exclusive circuit experience is on offer through a new joint collaboration with Coventry City Council, as the popular CycleFest event comes to the MotoFest Sprint Circuit on the evening of Saturday 10^th September. 

CycleFest at MotoFest, which last year took place at Millenium Place, is this year being integrated into the main MotoFest Coventry festival. As a result, CycleFest at MotoFest will offer thousands of riders the opportunity to take part in a ride around the unique Ring Road   Sprint Circuit with the event commencing from 6.30pm onwards, following the completion of the day’s motorsport track programme.

Cllr Abdul Salam Khan, Deputy Leader and Cabinet Member for Events at Coventry City Council said: “We know Motofest is always a popular, well-attended event and its fitting that such a big celebration of our transport heritage and future innovation takes place in Coventry city centre.

“I’m pleased to also see that the city’s Cycle Fest event will also form part of the overall offering over the weekend so more people will be able to make the most of their time spent here whether as a local resident or visitor to Coventry.

“It’s been another amazing year already for events in Coventry and Motofest is another great element of our city events programme especially as it will tie-in with the Heritage Open Days activity in that weekend. “

James Noble, MotoFest Coventry Festival Director, said: “The new evening concert will showcase a mix of rising stars such as our headliners Carpark and established Midlands bands and artists, to form a rousing, energy packed finale to the first day of the festival weekend.

“We have our new MotoFest Motorsport Paddock Access to bring visitors closer to the action than ever before, along with E.ON Drive bringing the amazing Veloce Racing, Extreme E Race Series driving simulators, which I am sure will prove a popular attraction on their stand.

“Our partnership with Coventry City Council, will see CycleFest at MotoFest taking place at the main festival for the first time. This family friendly event is a fantastic opportunity to ride a section of the closed Ring Road on one of the most sustainable forms of transport available. 

“When you add in the regular music stages, family activities and new innovations such as our food village supported by Digbeth Dining Club, we are delighted to be offering a true entertainment extravaganza for this year’s festival with something sensational for everyone.”

As part of MotoFest Coventry 2022’s past, present and future theme, there will be the traditional classic car, modern modified static car and motorcycle displays across the City Centre. There will also be a significant future technology focus, with a showcase of the latest alternatively fueled vehicles, electric cars and advanced automotive technology. 

MotoFest in partnership with E.ON Drive is a two-day free festival dedicated to the city of Coventry’s motoring heritage, taking place on Saturday 10^th September and Sunday 11^th September 2022. It will feature a unique blend of motorsport demonstrations, static displays, live music, culture and many other elements all with a connection to Coventry, transport and the city’s motoring heritage.

For more details about MotoFest Coventry, visit https://www.coventrymotofest.com/ 

MotoFest’s Coventry Concours is to feature a special guest appearance from the iconic ECD 400 Jaguar E-Type at this year’s premium car show.

The ECD 400 Jaguar E-Type will make a triumphant return to its home city, just over 60 years since it started its life as one of the seven project cars built for the E-type launch in 1961.

It became further immortalised in Jaguar history a month after the launch, when Formula One champion and motor racing legend Graham Hill drove the car to its first race victory at Oulton Park.

The ECD 400 car also featured in last year’s Jaguar E-Type 60-year anniversary celebrations at the London Classic Car Show and a year on it will take pride of place at this year’s Coventry Concours show. 

This year’s Coventry Concours will take place on September 10th and 11th, as part of the main MotoFest festival weekend. The free to attend event will once again give the opportunity for premium vintage, classic cars and motorcycles to display in the iconic Coventry Cathedral Ruins.

E.ON Drive is the lead brand partner for MotoFest Coventry in 2022. E.ON Drive is part of energy supply and solutions provider E.ON and provides an end to end electric vehicle charging service for customers.

For this year’s event there will be a Queen’s Platinum Jubilee theme, showcasing 70 years of the City’s motoring heritage. In order to mark the full 70 years of the Queen’s reign, Coventry Concours 2022 has expanded its entry criteria to include motorcycles and modern vehicles from 1952 right up to the modern day.

As with last year’s event, Coventry Cathedral Ruins will provide an atmospheric backdrop to proceedings, enabling Coventry Concours to emulate the glamour and glitz of globally renowned concours d’elegance such as Valetta and Hampton Court events.

It will also feature a celebrity judging panel, a number of whom are Sustainable Skills Networks Ambassadors representing one of the event’s co-hosts, Association of Heritage Engineers (AoHE). Those judges confirmed so far are Sarah Crabtree, from TV’s Bangers and Cash fame, Chris Haynes, Classic supercar expert and YouTube channel host Iain Tyrrell, Chris and James Elliott, Editor in Chief of Octane magazine.

Dominic Taylor-Lane, founder of AoHE said. “After such an amazing effort by the MotoFest team in 2021 and the huge success and coverage of the event, its fantastic to be involved again in organising what is fast becoming a very popular show.

“It’s staggering to have watched this year’s Coventry Concours team draw together such a stunning collection of very special vehicles, which will help to further secure the event’s place on the annual calendar of classic vehicle events.”

James Noble, MotoFest Coventry Festival Director, said: “We are excited to announce the ECD 400 Jaguar E-Type as our special guest car at Coventry Concours. It will be a wonderful spectacle to see it back in the city where the E-Type legend was born over 60 years ago.  

“The Coventry Concours 2022 will align with the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations, as we celebrate 70 years of both our Monarch’s reign and the city’s motoring heritage.

“We have an incredible range of entries signed up for this year’s event including classic city marques such as Jaguar, Triumph, Daimler and Coventry based Envisage Group’s reimagination of the Austin Healy, through their Caton brand. The judging will be done in categories of each decade of the Queen’s reign from the 1952 through to present day.

“It’s set to be a fantastic opportunity to celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee with beautiful, premium heritage cars and motorcycles showcasing the best of Coventry’s car and motorcycle manufacturing expertise in an atmospheric setting.”

The inaugural Coventry Concours took place on Saturday 24th July and Sunday 25th July 2021 and followed on from a successful online ‘Coventry Concours’ event in June 2020.

It was won last year by a 1939 Daimler DB18 Dolphin, owned by Adrian Clarke and with a rich Coventry history. The blue and silver pre-war tourer was manufactured in Coventry’s Daimler factory in 1939 and despite suffering bomb damage during the Blitz, survived to make its glorious return to the city as the Coventry Concours winner over 80 years later.

As part of MotoFest in partnership with E.ON Drive 2022’s past, present and future theme, there will be the traditional classic car, modern modified car and motorcycle static displays across the city centre. There will also be a significant future technology focus, with a showcase of the latest alternatively fuelled vehicles, electric cars and advanced automotive technology. 

MotoFest in partnership with E.ON Drive is a two-day free festival dedicated to the city of Coventry’s motoring heritage, taking place on Saturday 10th September and Sunday 11th September 2022. It will feature a unique blend of motorsport demonstrations, static displays, live music, culture and many other elements all with a connection to Coventry, transport and the city’s motoring heritage.

For more details about MotoFest Coventry, visit https://www.coventrymotofest.com/  

The supercars are to make a welcome return to this year’s MotoFest, in partnership with E.ON Drive, with the popular crowd pleasers set to give another high-powered performance on the closed Ring Road Sprint Circuit.

The Supercar Driver Club (SCD) – the UK’s leading club for supercar drivers – will make their third appearance at the event with around 70 members and their cars due to appear across the two days on Saturday 10^th and Sunday 11^th September. 

All the SCD cars will take to the circuit each day for a special supercar parade display, in what promises to be one of the most spectacular sights of the festival weekend.

Alongside the Lamborghinis, Ferraris, McLarens and Porsches set to light up the main sprint circuit, there will also be a trio of SCD members’ ‘star cars‘ to get the pulse racing for motoring enthusiasts attending the festival.

E.ON Drive is the lead brand partner for MotoFest Coventry in 2022. E.ON Drive is part of energy supply and solutions provider E.ON and provides an end to end electric vehicle charging service for customers.

First off the grid to look out for is the Noble M600, with the model coming to MotoFest an ex-Noble show car that featured on Top Gear, where it was driven by Jeremy Clarkson, the Stig and Richard Hammond. Next up is the Jaguar Project 8, one of only 300 built and with a 5.0 litre V8 engine producing 592bph, it promises to be a spectacular homecoming for Jaguar’s fastest ever production car. 

Finally, there is the Aston Martin F1 Edition, the fastest of the already sporting Vantage models. It features engineering used in the development of the Vantage Formula 1 Official Safety Car and with a 4.0 litre, V8 engine producing 527BHP, its 195mph top speed makes it ideal for a spin around the MotoFest sprint circuit.

As well as taking to the sprint circuit the SCD cars, which in line with this year’s EV focus are set to include hybrid supercars, will be on static display in a new dedicated supercar paddock, located next to Greyfriars Green.

James Duce, Event Manager for the Supercar Drivers Club, said: “The SCD are delighted to support MotoFest Coventry, in partnership with E.ON Drive, again. We are really looking forward to bringing a selection of the latest and greatest supercars and taking to the closed roads of Coventry!”

James Noble, MotoFest Coventry Festival Director, said: “We are excited to welcome the return of the supercars to MotoFest, in partnership with E.ON Drive.

“The Supercar Driver Club (SCD) has always proved a real crowd pleaser during previous festival appearances, and I am sure they will wow visitors again this year.

“It’s great to have them on board and it’s another exciting addition to a supercharged programme of two and four wheeled action across the festival weekend.”

Mark Daniels, Director of E.ON Drive, Commercial Director E.ON  said: “We know that the SCD is always a big draw at MotoFest so it’s really pleasing that this year’s lineup will include hybrid supercars. As the UK market for electric vehicles continues to grow, the range of available makes and models gets bigger and better in response to this demand.

“Showcasing electric vehicles at MotoFest Coventry, including hybrid supercars, is a great way to help people understand that lower carbon motoring is a vital part of all of our futures.” 

This year’s MotoFest, in partnership with E.ON Drive, will have a significant future technology focus, showcasing the latest alternatively fuelled vehicles, electric motorcycles, MotoFest are delighted to welcome Maeving, a Coventry based Electric motorbike company, who are leading in the electrification journey.

Maeving electric motorcycle can be seen on the E.ON Drive stand, along with the Veloce Extreme-E racing team   and cars and advanced automotive technology. The new future technology zone, based in the Greyfriars Green festival site, will see exhibitors committed to showcasing the latest electric vehicles and motorcycles.

The festival weekend will also provide the finale for ‘Our Future Moves’, a project involving Coventry City Council, MotoFest Coventry and other regional partners, that showcases the region’s work in world leading transport innovation, though a year-long celebration of events and activities.

MotoFest, in partnership with E.ON Drive, is a two-day festival dedicated to the city of Coventry’s motoring heritage, taking place on Saturday 10^th September and Sunday 11^th September 2022. It will feature a unique blend of racing demonstrations, static displays, live music and anything else with a connection to Coventry, transport and the city’s motoring heritage.

For more details about MotoFest in partnership with E.ON Drive, visit https://www.coventrymotofest.com/    

For more information on getting involves with SCD at MotoFest in partnership with E.ON Drive, visit https://www.supercar-driver.com/scd-motofest-coventry/