Monthly Archives: June 2012

James Bond Car Exhibition – Bring Your Own

June 21, 2012   simon

The National Motor Museum at Beaulieu is exhibiting cars from 50 years of Bond films – and is asking anyone who owns the same type of car to bring theirs along too. This is not simply an invitation to those lucky enough to own a silver Aston Martin DB5.

A huge number of different cars have been used over the years from the exotic to the everyday. The list of eligible cars runs to dozens and includes semi-classics like the Triumph Stag (Diamonds are Forever) and even a traditional rear-engined Skoda 105 (The Living Daylights apparently, although we can’t remember that one).

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Skoda recreates Stonehenge in London

June 21, 2012   simon

Skoda has created a replica Stonehenge made from scrap cars (no Skodas included) and installed it next to Tower Bridge. The installation can be viewed today (20 June) before it goes on a tour, including the Goodwood Festival of Speed in West Sussex from 28th June – 1st July. The piece of automotive art dubbed ‘Citihenge’ by the makers, was specially commissioned to celebrate the launch of the Skoda Citigo. It was built using 18 scrap cars and stands at over five metres tall. Each henge is five metres wide and the commanding structure weighs a remarkable 36 tonnes.
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Saab rescue – Swedes don’t believe it

June 21, 2012   simon

The latest attempt to revive Saab has been dismissed by the Swedish former head of the component suppliers association.The attitude of the suppliers matters because they were the ones left with lots of unpaid bills when Saab went bust and would have to deliver parts for any new Saab car. We expressed some scepticism, but that is as nothing compared to the usually diplomatic Swedes.
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Pininfarina exhibition in London

June 20, 2012   simon

Pininfarina, the designers of the vast majority of Ferraris ever built, will be the subject of an exhibition in London this summer. The exhibition will take place at the Italian Cultural Institute in Belgrave Square, and is open to the public from 22 June to 15 July 2012 with free admission. Pininfarina is best known, of course, for cars, but the company has designed many other products as well, from coffee makers (pretty well mandatory for an Italian designer) to furniture and even the torch for the 2006 Turin Winter Olympics.
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National Motorsport Week – Win prizes you can’t buy

June 20, 2012   simon

National Motorsport Week 2012 runs from 30 June to 8 July and has competition prizes, factory tours, signed F1 components and even opportunities to become team members for a day.Timed to coincide with both the Goodwood Festival of Speed and the Formula 1 Santander British Grand Prix, the event is intended to remind people that the UK is at the epicentre of global motor sport.
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