Events

Summer Activities At Beaulieu

August 10, 2010

Throughout August the National Motor Museum will be running a series of fun, drop-in creative activities for families visiting the Beaulieu attraction. You’ll be able to find out more about motorsports and caravan rallies while you join in. Activities will be available on Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays from 2 August – 25 August, 12.30 – [...]

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Chelsea AutoLegends at The Royal Chelsea Hospital

July 28, 2010

Some of the greatest racing cars ever will be displayed at The Royal Chelsea hospital on Sunday 5th September 2010 at the inaugural Chelsea AutoLegends show: In aid of the Chelsea Pensioners and sponsored by Auto Windscreens, the event will honour the world’s oldest sports car race in endurance racing – the 24 Hours Le [...]

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The SLS AMG Tackles The Goodwood Hill Climb

July 5, 2010

In this video, you’ll see the new (and critically acclaimed) Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG tackle the hillclimb at the Goodwood Festival of Speed 2010. Worth watching? Oh yes. This is an extremely special car and the noise it makes is simply staggering! It’s a real shame I couldn’t make it to the festival of speed this [...]

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VXR Power Festival Coming To Silverstone In August

July 4, 2010

During 28th-29th August 2010, the VXR Power Festival is taking place at Silverstone. There’ll be a variety of events to take part in, including Go-karting and Autotest driving against the clock (and fellow festival goers). Also in attendance will be a variety of BTCC drivers including Fabrizio Giovanardi, Jason Plato, James Thompson and John Cleland, [...]

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The German Show – Coming To Beaulieu In July

May 20, 2010

The German Show, the first in what is hoped will become an annual event, will be held over the weekend of the 24th & 25th July, in the grounds of the world famous National Motor Museum at Beaulieu. This will be a weekend of purely Teutonic motors with all German marques welcome, from BMW, Audi [...]

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Aston Martin Features Rapide At The Nurburgring

May 15, 2010
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Aston Martin’s mighty new four door sports car – the Rapide – will be driven hard at the Nürburgring Nordschleife for the 38th ADAC Zurich 24 hour Race on 15th and 16th of May. I must say, I’d love to be there to see it in action! Last year, the V12 Vantage managed a place [...]

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Ferrari 599 GTO – The Fastest Ever Road Going Ferrari Zooms In

April 15, 2010
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Announced on www.ferrari.com there’s a new sight – the Ferrari 599 GTO. It’s a modified, extreme V12 berlinetta, set to be one of the most exclusive limited edition vehicles to be released this year. In fact the 599 GTO is based on the 599XX, the advanced experimental track car, and can be considered almost a [...]

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Trucks And Troops – Coming To The National Motor Museum

April 13, 2010
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From the 29th – 31st May 2010, the National Motor Museum, Beaulieu is playing host to Trucks & Troops. Staged by the South Hampshire Area of the Military Vehicle Trust the show is a celebration of the development of military transport, combat vehicles and soldiering through the ages. Over 250 military vehicles will be on [...]

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Do You Think You’re An ecoFLEX Driver?

April 3, 2010

Vauxhall is running a competition to find the greenest driver in Europe. If you happen to be that rather skillful person then you could end up winning a brand new Vauxhall Ampera and be one of the first to drive this unique electric range-extended car. To enter, visit the Vauxhall site here. The first round [...]

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MCN Scottish Motorcycle Show – Event Review

April 1, 2010
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In March, I had the pleasure of attending the MCN Scottish Motorcycle Show. Let’s get the scoring/review out of the way first of all – I can heartily recommend the show if you have an interest in bikes, although there wasn’t too much going on in terms of live events outside. However, if you have [...]

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