Festival of the Unexceptional

The Festival of the Unexceptional is a Concours d'Elegance style car show held in Whittlebury, Northamptonshire, featuring classic cars from the seventies and eighties that were considered ordinary once new, but now quite rare.

The inaugural Concours de l’Ordinaire event took place on 26 July 2014 and included Princess Diana's Austin Metro displayed by Coventry Transport Museum and the very small Peel P50 displayed by National Motor Museum, Beaulieu. A range of other cars took part such as the Austin Maxi, Fiat Strada, Ford Cortina, Nissan Cherry Europe, Renault 6 and Vauxhall Chevette also took part.

The event returned in 2015 with 40 cars taking to the driving range at Whittlebury hall, winning this time was an Escort 1600L Mk2 4 door,with second place going to a Fiat 127. Hillman Avenger Estate took the People's Choice award

The 3rd running of the event was won by a Morris Marina pick up, followed by a VW Golf L and People's Choice: Hillman Minx estate! New for 2016 was the Fest of Unexceptional, celebrating the best of picnics from the 70s and 80s!

For 2017 the Festival of the Unexceptional has a new home, with the event is moving just a few miles down the road from its previous venue, relocating to the stunning surroundings of Stowe House, Buckingham, MK18 5HZ, next to the Silverstone motor circuit.

Stowe House has been chosen as a marked contrast to the vehicles that will be participating in this year’s Festival, with the splendor of Capability Brown’s gardens at this former home of the Duke of Buckingham. This spectacular backdrop will perfectly set off the annual concours, which celebrates the much maligned and long forgotten ‘ordinary’ classic cars and commercial vehicles of the late ‘60s, ‘70s and ‘80s.

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