A heritage site has revamped its event calendar and will offer three classic car member events next year.

Bicester Heritage will host the three Scramble open day events in January, April and October.

The events give families and car enthusiasts the chance to meet some of the UK’s historic and innovative mobility specialists based at Bicester Heritage.

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Liz Pilling, associate director of events at Bicester Heritage, said: “The Scramble is an event like no other on the classic car calendar in the UK, and we are immensely proud of that.

“Its popularity is a testament to the hard work of a small team and the specialists at Bicester Heritage over the past 10 years, and concentrating on three events ensures we can continue to uphold those high standards in what will be a landmark year for Bicester Motion.

“Bicester Heritage is committed to helping to preserve the classic car sector for future generations, and the Scramble is the perfect platform to do that in 2024 and beyond.”

The annual season-starter event, tickets for which are available now, is on Sunday, January 7, followed by spring’s Scramble on Sunday April 21, which coincides with Drive-it Day weekend.

A weekend of drive outs and meetings which are rolled out across the country.

October’s closing Scramble will be held on Sunday October 6.

The first Scramble of next year will inaugurate the ‘High Smileage Club’ as its central feature display, celebrating cars from across the automotive spectrum.

Scramblers, the official membership club of Bicester Heritage, has declared its nominee into the club as the Porsche 911 and a Dakar will be its representative on the main display lawn by The Station Armoury.

A Bicester Motion spokesperson said the themes for April and October’s displays will be announced in due course.

After the launch of Innovation@Scramble at the final event of 2023, each Scramble will once again look to the future of mobility with the award-winning Command Works championing the specialists and other leaders in the field.

Residents include Electrogenic, Polestar UK, Zapp Electric Vehicles, Zero Petroleum and The Little Car Company, while Mazda UK will showcase its rotary technology among those at the January event.

Lunaz’s Upcycled Electric Vehicle and Toyota’s hydrogen-powered Mirai were among the displays at the previous Innovation@Scramble.

The Bicester Heritage events calendar will be complemented by Scramblers’ Assembly meetings in 2024, details of which will be revealed shortly.

Founded in 2013, Bicester Heritage has become a home for over 45 specialist businesses, with a collective turnover of £40 million.

 

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This story was written by Matthew Norman, he joined the team in 2022 as a Facebook community reporter.

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