It’s nearly a wrap for 2022, a year that finally felt like a return to normality for many of us, despite the best efforts of ongoing global events. What we do in this hobby of ours pales to insignificance against some of the year’s big news stories, but it’s what we do to feel human – and the joy we get from the people, machines and places can’t be understated.

For us at Hagerty UK, it’s been another year of growth. You’ve been reading more of our stories than ever, and with popular automotive presenter Henry Catchpole now on the team – subscribe to our YouTube channel if you haven’t already – you’re watching our stories too. To everybody who has got stuck in with us this year, by coming to events, providing cars for tests, or just by reading and interacting whether on our media site or across our social channels, we’re hugely grateful.

It’s been quite a year for car stories too. A barrage of new automotive anniversaries, bigger and better events, road trips, dream drives, controversy, and of course the Hagerty UK Bull Market List. Let’s revisit the year that was 2022…

January

Where better to start the new year than with a look at which cars would be celebrating big anniversaries in 2022? We’ll be bringing you 2023’s list soon, but there were some significant appearances this year, many of which we managed to cover in greater detail as the months went on.

Perhaps the biggest story of…