Ten friends, six teams. Luciano and Brian made it eight and four the night before, which is the most on-brand thing that has happened so far. The number that governs everything: one thousand pounds. Come in under it and you bank points. Go over and you start in the hole.
Four days across the Midlands, the Cotswolds and the south coast. A sprint course morning, a track day afternoon, the best pubs we could find within range of both, a long lunch at Clarkson's, and a proper black tie dinner in Worthing, where the cars get valued, the votes get counted and somebody wins.
Scoring is unforgiving in places, generous in others, and thoroughly documented. Points for engine size, age, purchase savings, rarity, condition, track behaviour, breakdown drama, peer vote, style, and the eventual sale.
Four days, hour by hour. Every venue, every stop, every mile.
View days → 02Fifteen categories. How to win, and how to lose badly.
Read rules → 03Full simulator. Model any car against every category before you buy.
Test a car → 04Four entries, one DNS, live standings, and the peer vote.
See standings → 05Wednesday dinner needs a pre-order. Pick your three courses and flag any allergies.
Choose your dinner → 06Supplementary tasks. Dogs, lifts, vicars, tractors. Bonus points for the shameless.
Opens Wed 09.30 →Cream slacks. Silk cravats. Safari jackets. Blazers with piped edges. Loafers, not trainers. A white dinner jacket for Ebb on Friday.
Cars can lean in as much or as little as they like. Style points reward those who commit.
References: Bond safari suits, Lord Brett Sinclair in The Persuaders, the ivory dinner jacket in Octopussy.