Festive Fun Drive to Bentota
Hosted by Classic Car Club of Ceylon
The Classic Car Club of Ceylon in partnership with Cinnamon Hotels & Resorts hosted its members to a Festive Fun Drive to Bentota on the 19th of December 2021. It was the first event the club was able to successfully host in a while, due to the pandemic and saw the return of the familiar sights, sou...
Published on 17 Feb 2022
Mercedes-Benz Partners with Luminar Technologies
Partnership to bolster work in next-generation automated driving systems
(OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE) Mercedes-Benz and Luminar Technologies, Inc., a leading global automotive technology company, announced a partnership to accelerate development of future automated driving technologies for passenger cars. A central component of this is the optimal access to new technologies ...
Published on 14 Feb 2022
Classic Sunday Drive & Meetup
Longest Running “Sunday Run” in Sri Lanka attracts over 40 cars in January 2021
The longest running monthly Classic Sunday Run event in Sri Lanka has been happening continuously for some 20 years. The organizer of this event is Classic Car enthusiast and collector Damascene Fernando, who has the support of a growing population of classic car enthusiasts who include restorers, c...
Published on 18 Jan 2022
The January 2022 Digital Magazine is here!
Our first issue of 2022 is ready for your reading pleasure!
The January 2022 issue of Motor is here, and it's got some great content in it! Check out a classy 1953 Armstrong-Siddeley Sapphire that's pretty much restored to showroom condition and still purrs along beautifully with its pre-selector gearbox. For something much more modern, we bring you the deta...
Published on 12 Jan 2022
Morgan’s 3 Wheeler Lives On!
Next generation of iconic Malvern model is previewed
Morgan’s (new) 3 Wheeler was revealed in 2011, as a modern homage to the company’s iconic three-wheeled vehicles produced between 1911 and 1952. Sporting a modern S&S V-Twin engine, the 3 Wheeler gained a niche following, where many were saddened when production ended in 2021. However, good news...
Published on 31 Dec 2021
New Fiat 500 crowned ‘Best Urban Electric Car’ by DrivingElectric
Praised for agility, driving style and range
Fiat’s New 500 was released in 2020 as the automaker’s electric city car. Built in the historic Mirafiori Turin factory, it’s also called the Fiat 500e in some markets and offers a driving range of up to 320 kilometres (199 miles). This little Italian has just picked up a fine accolade, being ...
Published on 31 Dec 2021
Toyota sells 50 million Corollas
Firmly cements the model’s place as the world’s best-seller
Can you believe that Toyota has shifted 50 million Corollas since the model entered production with the first generation in 1966? Fifty-five years in production over twelve generations and counting have resulted in Toyota securing this epic milestone for a much-loved car the world over....
Published on 31 Dec 2021
Kia Resurrects the Carens Nameplate
Three-row recreational vehicle debuts in India
Do you remember the Kia Carens? A few of these compact MPVs did indeed grace our shores in the early 2000s, sadly they seem to have all died along the way. In fact, the Carens nameplate (or Rondo in some markets) continued, and this latest fourth-generation Carens sees an Indian market debut as a re...
Published on 31 Dec 2021
Latest Civic Type R to be previewed at 2022 Tokyo Auto Salon
Honda’s eleventh-generation Civic continues with the halo model
Ever since the sixth-generation EK-series Civic, there’s always been a Type R variant of the Civic. Ashraaq Wahab drove the tenth generation Type R on Sri Lankan roads in August 2018 and came away mighty impressed with it. So as you can imagine, it warms the cockles of our hearts to hear that Hond...
Published on 31 Dec 2021
Classic Car Club of Ceylon AGM 2021
The Classic Car Club holds their 2021 AGM with a new president elected
The 29th Annual General Meeting of the Classic Car Club of Ceylon (CCCC) was successfully held on the 7th of October 2021. Given the prevailing COVID situation and keeping in mind the safety of its members, the club choose to host a Digital AGM, a first for the CCCC, which was well attended by membe...
Published on 29 Dec 2021