The Hong Kong Classic Car and Vintage Festival reflects the city's motoring history

Anders Bilidt has been married for seven years, but his attachment to his 1973 vintage BMW goes back 22 years. "You could argue I have more history with my first classic car than I do with my own wife," Bilidt says. "It has a special place in my heart. I've done most of the work on the car myself, I know every nut and bolt on it. It's part of the family now."

That car is back in Denmark, where Bilidt hails from, and he looks forward to driving it every time he goes back.

In Hong Kong, Bilidt, 37, drives a white 1977 Toyota Trueno, which was sold only in Japan at the time. It has wing mirrors half way down the wings, and the stereo plays audio cassettes.

Bilidt's Toyota Trueno will join another 80 classic cars at the Hong Kong Classic Car and Vintage Festival at the New Central Harbourfront from October 10 to 12. Festival organisers Melanie and David Riach say they hope the event will lead more people to appreciate classic cars and how cars have evolved over time. Apart from the display of cars from different eras in the past, festival-goers can also test drive cars from Tesla.

Some of the cars in the exhibition form part of Hong Kong's history, like a 1957 Austin A55 Cambridge, which was part of H  ong Kong's taxi fleet in the late 1950s and early '60s, and old Hong Kong Police motorcycles from the 1940s to the '90s. These are being displayed by Ian Foster, honorary adviser and former chairman of the Hong Kong Classic Car Club, who has 40 cars and 130 motorcycles, and was building up a collection for a proposed motor museum in this city.