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Estoril Classics 2025 Coverage & Review – The good is still good, the bad is worse

December 12, 2025

With another edition of the Estoril Classics under our belt, it’s time to chime in with our very humble editorial two cents about how the event reinvented itself for 2025. It didn’t. In fact, we could just copy paste all our grievances with the Estoril Classics editions of the past four years and be done … More Estoril Classics 2025 Coverage & Review – The good is still good, the bad is worse

For Sale! [December 2025 Edition]

December 12, 2025

For sale! Is an occasional feature on Automotive Views focusing on cars available for purchase in Europe. None of the ads selected are featured on this website due to any kind of sponsorship by the sellers. Hello everyone! And if you happen to celebrate, we wish you very Happy Holidays! It has been a while … More For Sale! [December 2025 Edition]

Estoril Classics 2024 – A “better late than never” review and Editorial note

April 3, 2025

We know what you may be thinking and yes, it indeed took a minute for the Estoril Classics 2024 coverage to finally pop up at Automotive Views. The delay was tied to a number of factors, a lot of them just plain down to time constraints over the last few months, but to be perfectly … More Estoril Classics 2024 – A “better late than never” review and Editorial note

Caramulo Motorfestival 2024

October 10, 2024

Unlike during previous editions, this year we only attended the Caramulo Motorfestival for one of the three days of the event and, unlucky for us, it was an absolutely miserable one, with almost nonstop rain from morning to evening, low clouds (since the event takes place on a very, very high location) and thick fog … More Caramulo Motorfestival 2024

Estoril Classics 2023 – Review & Coverage

October 23, 2023

Once again we had the opportunity to attend the Estoril Classics, an event which has grown in size and relevance since its inception a few years ago and which is steadily becoming a “can’t miss” weekend on the European historic racing calendar. Right off the bat, we’d like to make it clear that due to … More Estoril Classics 2023 – Review & Coverage

Caramulo Motorfestival 2023

September 22, 2023

Automotive Views is back to its annual tradition of visiting the Caramulo Motorfestival, a small event by international standards, but one which always delivers on interesting and rare/unusual stuff. This year, our coverage of the Motorfestival is compiled into a single post featuring everything from the hillclimb event participants, to the visitors’ rides and even … More Caramulo Motorfestival 2023

FIVA World Rally Portugal 2023

August 10, 2023

A few weeks ago, the FIVA World Rally Portugal stopped at the small village of Palmela in Southern Portugal, where we had the chance to catch up with it and document some of the very interesting machines which traveled the Lisbon region during the days of the event. Although we are extremely late in posting … More FIVA World Rally Portugal 2023

Motorclássico 2023, Lisbon – Quick Overview

March 9, 2023

Last weekend, we stopped by the “Motorclássico” show in Lisbon, a classics and youngtimers gathering/salon and decided to put together this quick overview where we’re sharing some of the most interesting rides at the event. The first post-pandemic lockdown edition of the Motorclássico had notable limitations, but in the future, hopefully, the event will redevelop. … More Motorclássico 2023, Lisbon – Quick Overview

A Flawed Masterpiece: the Marcos Mantis XP

February 9, 2023

One of the great “what if” moments in automotive history, the Mantis XP showed up in 1968 looking like it had just arrived from 2068, showing endless promise for the future of Marcos, a tiny British car company who had been making a name for itself in racing since 1959. With the XP, Marcos truly … More A Flawed Masterpiece: the Marcos Mantis XP

Estoril Classics 2022 (Part II)

November 30, 2022

We are finally back with part II of the Estoril Classics 2022 coverage. Now, due to some technical difficulties, we have to warn you that our track photos had a number of issues and we’ve been trying to salvage them as best as we can; however, from quality to color, things are still very off. … More Estoril Classics 2022 (Part II)