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We are very pleased to report that following fruitful discussions with Scenic Car Tours, members who were booked on the cancelled Cotswolds Tour, following the cancelled Centenary IAW, are able to claim the refund of their deposits.

After an extensive consultation process, the Department for Transport has announced that they will legislate to introduce E10 petrol as the standard 95-octane petrol grade by 1 September 2021. They will also require the higher-octane 97+ ‘Super’ grades to remain E5 to provide protection for owners of older vehicles. This product will be designated as the ‘Protection’ grade.

Beware the Alvis for sale on Ebay. A scammer is persistently listing a TC21 drophead on ebay using hacked accounts and a picture of the car which was downloaded from the original listing that the car was sold on.

Motorsport UK is pleased to announce that organised Permitted motorsport can resume in England with effect from 29 March, subject to local restrictions and in accordance with its own Restart Guidance.

The Scottish Section has been working hard towards the International event in June and were hoping to open booking very soon, but sadly we have now had to make the decision to postpone the event. This has been approved by the AOC Board.

The March edition of "Classic and Sports Car" magazine features the Alvis TC21/100 "Grey Lady". The article asserts that "these 3 litres fully lived up to Alvis' fine tradition for quality, reaffirming the name among the ranks of the nation's better cars". On sale now.

The Alvis Owner Club is delighted to announce that the Club has won the Best Live Club Event of 2020 at the prestigious annual "Classic & Sports Car" magazine club awards, for the pop-up Alvis Centenary event held at Bicester Heritage in August, organised by Anthony McGarel-Groves, our new Club Chairman.

BBC’s Top Gear tries a drive-in audience format and invited a few Alvis along.

At the suggestion of Dan Geoghegan and the invitation of Bicester Heritage, the AOC held a Centenary event at Bicester Heritage on 20th August.

We seek it here; we seek it there. Those Alvisties seek it everywhere! Is it in heaven? Or is it in hell? That demmed Elusive ‘Pop Up!” (Apologies to Sir Percy B). Seek no further, at the invitation of Steve Wilson of Fisher Group you are invited to visit and tour their new premises at Chateau Impney.