For lovers of Italian Cars, this is the Big One.
Established over 30 years ago, the Brooklands Auto Italia event, taking place in 2017 on Saturday 29th April is the largest display of Italian cars in the country. And every year it gets bigger and bigger. In 2016, the site exceeded capacity in the middle of the day, with over 1600 cars on show, with everything from recent Fiat, Alfa and Abarth models, to over 200 Ferraris. a surprisingly large number of Lamborghini Aventador SV, an real rarirites like an Abarth Allemano 2200 Cabriolet, a Vignale 850 Cabrio and a Moretti 850 that was not the one which Phil Ward used to own! It was an amazing day,
Since last year, there have been a number of changes on site, with the Wellington Hangar, which was situated on the old Start/Finish straight, removed for restoration, so the event will have quite a different appearance this year, and it is likely that many groups of cars will find themselves in a different location. Once I have a site map for the day, I will post it, but that will be much closed to the event itself.
What you need to do now is to put the date in your diaries, and declare that you are coming, so I can ask for a large enough space to try to get all the Abarths together. Last year, my request for space for 100 cars out by about 60 cars!! I can't guarantee we will get a contiguous block that is big enough, but if you don't tell me you are coming, then I certainly won't know!
As in previous years, as well as the themed marque displays, there will be a series of lunch-time track demonstrations and the challenging Test Hill will be open during the afternoon. Anyone who has an "interesting" car, is invited to apply for a place in the lunch-time demonstrations and anyone who wants to sign up for the Test Hill (for which there are more places) needs to send an email to the organiser at mail@philwardevents.com Please note that owners of cars and their passengers selected to run on the track at Mercedes-Benz World will be required to wear crash helmets.
It is possible to buy tickets on the day, but it speeds up entrance if you purchase them in advance, which you can do by going to
www.brooklandsmuseum.com .
Adults: £13 advance, £16 on the day
Seniors: £12 advance, £15 on the day
Children: (aged 5-16 inclusive) £6 advance, £7 on the day
Family: £35 advance, £40 on the day
Under 5s free
Let's make this the biggest Abarth presence at Brooklands yet!
Topic: Brooklands Auto Italia: Sat 29th April 2017 (Read 5691 times)