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Pontiac Firebird 1972

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The Weird Detail You Might Have Missed About Prince Harry’s Wedding Reception Car. The vintage Jaguar E-Type convertible featured a nod to Meghan Markle's American roots.

BY MEGAN FRIEDMAN
MAY 20, 2018

After the royal wedding ceremony on Saturday, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle made a stylish entrance to their private wedding reception on the grounds of Windsor Castle. Decked out in brand-new outfits, the two stepped into a vintage Jaguar E-Type convertible and made their way to the Frogmore House venue.

The Concept Zero convertible, first built in 1968, was recently refitted to run as an electric car. According to Road & Track, the car started as a Series 1.5 E-Type, and then was given an electric engine at the Jaguar Land Rover Classic Works in Coventry.

But there’s one odd detail about the car, and that’s the steering wheel. It’s on the left side, and cars driven in the U.K. have the steering wheel on the right. According to the Daily Mail, that’s likely because the car was originally built to be exported to a different country. At one point, the car had been fitted with an American V8 engine, according to Auto Classics, so perhaps it was designed for the U.S., a fitting tribute to Meghan’s home country.

"Jaguar built all E-Types at its factory in England," Road and Track Digital Director Travis Okulski tells Marie Claire. "The steering wheel was on the left or right depending on where the car was intended to be sold; cars for England, Australia, Japan, etc would be on the right, US, Canada, continental Europe on the left.

"The car Harry and Meghan drove was based on a version of the E-Type, the Series 1.5, that was only sold in the US and Canada," he explains. "That’s why the steering wheel is on the left!"

1985 Toyota Land Cruiser

Porsche Carrera 1974

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The Mercedes cars 1893-2010 part 1

The Mercedes cars 1893-2010 part 2

The Mercedes cars 1893-2010 part 3

The Mercedes cars 1893-2010 part 4

Rolls Royce Silver Shadow II 1977

Rolls Royce Silver Spirit 1980

The Mercedes cars 1893-2010 part 5

The Mercedes cars 1893-2010 part 6 (The end)

Mille Miglia 2018 (Italy) part 2

The start of the historical race from Brescia on 16 May 2018

Mille Miglia 2018 (Italy) part 1

The Mille Miglia 2018 was held 16-19 May over 1,000 miles (1,600 km) of Italy’s most beautiful regions. Now in its 36th year, the retrospective of the Mille Miglia saw a great field of 450 historical automobiles commemorate the legendary endurance road race.

From 1927 to 1957, the Mille Miglia was one of the world’s great road races, and the combination of scenery and history associated with it have made the modern iteration a highlight of the vintage car racing season. Since 1977, the event has been held as a regularity rally for historic automobiles.

This year’s 1000 Miglia was again held in four stages over as many days but there was an important innovation in 2018, as the race started a day earlier, on Wednesday 16 May and returned to Viale Venezia on Saturday afternoon, 19 May.

Keeping with tradition, the Mille Miglia 2018 started and ended in Brescia, having crossed some of the most striking locations in Italy, with the turning point in Rome. Taking note of the huge appreciation of both the crews and spectators, the Mille Miglia returned to run some trials inside the Autodromo Nazionale di Monza before proceeding through Bergamo and Franciacorta. Another unique aspect of the 2018 edition was passage to Lucca and Versilia. After the restoration of the ancient road, the Mille Miglia was finally be able to travel through a section of the route of the 1949 edition, between Sarzana and Passo della Cisa.

The Mille Miglia Storica featured 450 vintage cars from 73 different manufacturers, with 101 of the cars returning to Brescia, after having already taken part in one of the original editions between 1927 and 1957. The most represented automaker was Fiat with 49 cars, followed by Alfa Romeo with 48, Jaguar with 35 and Mercedes-Benz with 33 cars. Among many highlights was the Alfa Romeo 8C B 2900 P3 that won the Monaco Grand Prix in 1934, the 1000 Miglia with Pintacuda-Della Stufa in 1935 and was fourth at the Mille Miglia with Clemente Biondetti at the wheel in 1936.

The team of Juan Tonconogy and Barbara Ruffini are the overall champions of the 1000 Miglia 2018. The Argentine crew, number 85, on board the Alfa Romeo 6C 1500 GS Testa Fissa of 1933, out-shined every other competitor with an active score of 74,108 points. It’s the third overall victory in the “traveling museum” for the couple Tonconogy-Ruffin, after wins in 2013 and 2015.

In second place are Giovanni Moceri and Daniele Bonetti on the Alfa Romeo 6C 1500 SS of 1928 with 73,714 points, followed by the 2016 and 2017 champions of Brescia Andrea Vesco and Andrea Guerini, on board the 1929 Alfa Romeo 6C 1750 Zagato with 73,327 points.

Mille Miglia 2018 (Italy) part 3

During the 1st Leg Brescia-Cervia
All the photos of the set were made by Pierangelo Gatto for RMSport.it. The cars were near Mantua



All 80 pics are visible in this album

Mille Miglia 2018 (Italy) part 4

During the 1st Leg Brescia-Cervia
All the photos of the set were made by Pierangelo Gatto for RMSport.it. The cars were in Valeggio sul Mincio (Lake of Garda)

All 46 pics are visible in this album

Mille Miglia 2018 (Italy) part 5 (the last for today)

Model and year of production of many of the cars competing at the 2018 Mille Miglia are visible in this album
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There are 120 car models into the folder

Alfa Romeo classic car

Alfa Romeo 6C 2500 SS Pinin Farina Coupe