2022 Christmas gift guide for car lovers

Porsche 962 Hot Wheels model (£20)

This may look like a toy for the younger audience, but we can guarantee that if you got your fully grown adult of a car enthusiast one of these as a Christmas gift, they would be ecstatic. In fact, we highly recommend that you get this for your 45-year-old child because this Porsche 962 would have been racing at Le Mans during their formative years. The fact that it comes complete with the Shell transporter truck is the icing on the nostalgic cake.

If you’d like to purchase one, you can find them in your local Smyths Toys Superstore.

Driven to Crime by Crispian Besley (£40)

This is the perfect gift to get into once all the food has been eaten and everyone has slumped down into their respective seats as the food coma really starts to get a grip of the atmosphere. Nobody is in the mood yet to play that new board game where you have to 3D print your favourite member of the Royal Family – ‘3D Prince’ (If that doesn’t exist I’m trademarking it). People want as little movement as possible, and a motor racing page turner is the way to go.

This particular page turner is even better for that casual Christmas Day read as it is made up of many short stories about motorsport’s wrong’uns. 66 stories in fact. You’ll be reading about drug trafficking, corruption, embezzlement, robbery, fraud, murder and money laundering, all of which you’ll also find in the ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ Christmas special.

You can buy the book from Evro Publishing.

Festival of Speed tickets (£54)

It would be remise of us not to mention the opportunity for you to grab a great deal on tickets for the Goodwood Festival of Speed presented by Mastercard. Early bird prices mean you can pick up a day admission ticket from as little as £54. It’s perfect if you want to give your loved ones something to look forward to next summer.

Tickets are available for purchase here.

GRRC Fellowship (£79)

What present will keep them satisfied all the way up until next Christmas? A year’s Goodwood Road Racing Club Fellowship of course! What does this £79 gift include, we hear you ask? The list of benefits comprises:

- Ability to purchase tickets to 79MM

- Access to a priority ticket booking window for Goodwood’s events.

- Access to an archive of exclusive motorsport videos

- Join a community of like-minded motorsport enthusiasts

- Much more, which you can learn more about here.

Noco GB40 jump starter (£99)

This one falls more into the category of function over fun. However, any owner of a classic car will jump for joy with this jump starter. Long gone are the days of untangling a nest of jumper cables. This phone-sized gadget with its spark-free technology is all you need to get you dead-batteries roaring back to life. It can also charge your smartphone!

You can buy it here.

Revival Unisex Jumper (£99)

You can’t go wrong with a jumper at Christmas. But, instead of buying a Christmas jumper that’ll have maximum usage of 24 hours, buy something with a bit of style like the Goodwood Revival G unisex sweatshirt. All the embroidery has been done in the UK.

Goodwood Off-Road Experience (£220)

Over the past few years of uncertainty and lockdowns, people have been desperate to get out into the world and have ‘experiences’ again. As soon as lockdowns were lifted, we had so much interest in our driving experiences. As we’re in the depths of winter, we highly recommend our Goodwood Off-Road Driving Experience.

This is your chance to explore tricky and narrow trenches, steep descents and a lot of mud in a classic Land Rover. A car that was born for the wet British countryside. It’s an absolute blast.

LEGO Ferrari SP3 Daytona (£390)

We can’t have a Christmas list without a LEGO recommendation. This year, we’ve gone for a car that debuted at the Goodwood Festival of Speed. The evocative Ferrari Daytona SP3. LEGO has certainly advanced since we were in nappies. We were once proud of building a square house, but now you can’t be satisfied until you’ve built the full intricate chassis of a hypercar. The prices have also changed, with this model being sold for a whopping £390.

Autodromo Prototipo Chronograph (£590)

We’re stretching our legs a little into the very special gifts. These are gifts for the petrolhead who’s been very nice to you this year. Or the petrolhead that’s never on time. That’s right, it’s a gorgeous motorsport inspired watch. This particular example is inspired by the late ‘60s and early ‘70s vintage racing. The era some would call the greatest ever. With a minimalist design, the Autodromo Prototipo Chronograph, especially with the nero face, is just beautiful. Watches can be very expensive, but this falls into the more affordable category of time pieces at £590. Still, they need to be a very special person…

Lamborghini Miura (£800,000 - £1,000,000)

This one might be a little left field, but if you have £1million burning a hole in your pocket, we can confirm that your petrolhead gift receiver will enjoy this gift. Just trust us on that. Going into the 16^th December Bonhams Bond Street Sale is this 1969 Lamborghini Miura P400S Coupé. Now, we don’t think we’re exaggerating by stating that if your car enthusiast friend opens up a one of 140 ‘S’ model Miura P400 on Christmas morning, they’ll be quite pleased.