Top Gear at Beaulieu ~ 19 - 21 June ~ Victory Wheelers

We have just been advised that the cars from Top Gears "challenges" will be on display from 19 June. the details are:

Amphibious Cars
James’ Mayflower, Richard’s Dampervan and Jeremy’s Toyboata can all be seen back out of the water.

Double-deckers
These double-decker cars were seen taking on a team of Germans. The car on the bottom has a throttle, breaks and gears but no steering wheel as that’s fitted to the car on the top. Team UK’s hybrid is a Jag XJ and Metro, Team Germany’s hybrid is a Mercedes E Class and Golf.

Stretch Limos
The boys were set the task of making stretch limos to take to the Brit Awards. Jeremy chose a Fiat Panda, Hammond a MGF Roadster and May went for an Alfa Romeo and Saab 9000 hybrid. Come to marvel at the curious results!

Reliant Rocket
Hammond and May thought they could make a car fly. The Reliant Rocket was seen blasting off into the sky and crashing back down again. Luckily they’d made a spare which stands tall and proud for all to see.

Homemade Police Cars
With a mere budget of £1500 the boys created their idea of the perfect police cars and took them through a number of tests including clearing the streets of a pile up and taking on the stig in a police chase.

Austin Princess
To celebrate the 40th anniversary of British Leyland, the team bought their idea of the best car British Leyland made. James bought this Austin Princess 1978 and after taking it through a number of tests including being filled with water and driven round a track, it still survives.

Cheap Alfas Challenges
The team bought an Alfa Romeo each for under £1000 to prove they are proper petrol heads cars. Going through a number of challenges didn’t dampen their spirits and the cars still live on and Mays GTV will be on display.

BMW 3 Series
Hammond, May, Clarkson and the Stig all drove this BMW in a 24 hour endurance race. After an accident with Hammond behind the wheel the car went through repairs and the team finished in 39th place.

Mercedes SL- Anne Hathaway’s Cottage
Jeremy took on the challenge of design and came up with this ‘beautiful’ cottage interior. Features include a log burner, wooden floors, lead windows and a lampshade which unsurprisingly did affect the driving capability just a bit.

Just a little but extra to see at the Victory Wheelers show.
Lucky you are coming for the whole weekend......