The St James's International Concours

A display of pre-1905 vehicles will be centred on Marlborough Road next to St James’s Palace ahead of tomorrow's London to Brighton car rally.

With Marlborough Road – linking The Mall to Pall Mall – members of the public can savour these remarkable cars up close and talk to many of the owners from 10am until 3:30pm.

The event is expected to feature around 100 automotive icons from the many hundreds of veteran cars – all now nearly 120 years old – which will be setting out for the Sussex coast from Hyde Park at dawn the following day.

One of the highlights this year will be the two movie star cars from the classic British film Genevieve, first released in 1953, another royal coronation year. The much-loved comedy caper follows the adventures of two couples participating on the London to Brighton Run aboard a pair of veteran cars: a 1904 Darracq called Genevieve and a charismatic 1905 Spyker.

To mark the film’s 70th anniversary, the Darracq and Spyker are being reunited on this year’s Veteran Car Run and, as a high profile preview in central London, both will be in the spotlight outside St James’s Palace.