Jeep in Goodwood Revival

A swinging 1950s rock and roll band and a lively dance group were among the musical highlights of a highly successful Goodwood Revival weekend for Jeep®.

The American 4WD giant chose the UK to celebrate its 70th Anniversary through a sponsorship agreement with the West Sussex-based historic motorsport event last weekend (16-18 September).



And the Revival certainly brought new interest in Jeep as thousands of show-goers visited the brand’s key exhibition areas – a classic Jeep® Diner, Jeep at the Earls Court Motor Show, featuring 50s and 60s Jeep vehicles and the all-new Jeep Grand Cherokee and Compass, Jeep at March Motor Works, displaying a Jeepster in a typical 1950s US garage, and the Jeep 4x4 Experience.

As well as the entertainment from the Milkshakers rock band and Lindy Hop dancers, Jeep also served a US-style lunch to its UK dealers and their guests, and hosted a VIP afternoon tea for European media.


“This was an extremely busy weekend for Jeep with so much activity going on and such a huge crowd visiting this fantastic Revival weekend,” says Nigel Land, brand director, Jeep Chrysler in the UK. “We were able not only to revel in the heritage of the remarkable Jeep brand, but also to show people the stunning new Jeep range of vehicles that we are selling today.”







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The BMW Group Classic at the Goodwood Revival 2011

Virtually no other historical motor-sport event transports visitors back to the flair and glamour of yesteryear as stylishly as the Goodwood Revival. The successful racing history of MINI and BMW makes the Goodwood Revival the focal point for presenting some fascinating vehicles taken from the illustrious past of both brands. “For BMW Group Classic, the Goodwood Revival is one of the highpoints in the classic calendar,” enthuses Karl Baumer, Director of BMW Group Classic, about the weekend in the South of England.

This year, two vehicles from Munich will compete for the St. Mary’s Trophy. A very new scion from the motor-sport collection will line up at the start for MINI. Since the beginning of this year, an Austin Mini Cooper S Competition from 1964 has been completely rebuilt in the workshop of the motor-sport division at BMW Group Classic. “We want to remind everyone that MINI also brought home numerous victories on racing tracks alongside its outstanding successes in rally racing,” explains Friedrich Nohl, Head of the Motor-sport Division at BMW Group Classic, commenting on the motivation for the restoration project.



Manufacture of the racing versions of the Mini-Cooper S powered by a 1275 cc engine commenced in 1964. John Fitzpatrick won the 1300 cc class and took second place in the British Touring Car Championship. John Rhodes dominated the 1300 cc class in this championship from 1965 to 1968. He also drove this car to victory in the European Championship in 1968. The car competed in Group 2 and normally had a displacement enlarged to 1293 cc. “We thought that Goodwood was the ideal venue to showcase this British success story with a view to driving the Cooper S in the first race,” continued Nohl. The classic Mini will be driven by Claudia Huertgen, successful racing driver and chief instructor at BMW and MINI Driving Experience, and by Jörg Weidinger, who comes from the hillclimb scene and has been working as a driver trainer at BMW and MINI Driving Experience for many years.

A BMW 1800 TISA is lining up on the starting grid for BMW in the St. Mary’s Trophy in celebration of its landmark 50th anniversary. We were able to attract two very special drivers for this event. Touring Car World Champion Andy Priaux will take the wheel in the fastest of all the models in the New Class. Herbert Diess, Member of the Board of Management of the BMW Group and responsible for the purchasing portfolio, completes the team. The car driven by this celebrity team comes from the motor-sport collection of BMW Group Classic and competed in circuit and hillclimb races in 1965 and 1966. In 1992, Dieter Quester claimed victory driving this car in the European Championship for Historic Touring Cars.


The 1800 TI/SA – “SA” stands for “Sonderausführung” “or special version” – enabled BMW to market a car especially designed for club sport from 1965. The 1800 TI/SA was fitted with two twin carburettors. The compression in the engine was increased compared with the BMW 1800 TI and the engine generated 130 hp, transforming the fast family saloon into a serious contender as a touring car for motor-sport competitions. The purchaser also benefitted from sporty equipment, such as a five-speed gearbox, wooden steering wheel and adjustable bucket seats. A tank holding 105 litres of fuel, adjustable shock absorbers and a range of final drive ratios could also be added as optional extras. Its dependability ensured that this fast BMW four-door car achieved many international successes. Only 200 BMW TI/SA saloons were built. Today, the cars are highly sought after as particularly rare.

BMW Group Classic is not just showing gems from its collection on the race track. Some of its treasures are also on show in the three historic garages located on the exhibition campus beside the racing circuit. An Isetta from BMW relives the era of the 1950s.


MINI is featuring the motto ‘Swinging London’ while Rolls-Royce is showing a design studio focusing on the Spirit of Ecstasy that has been the emblem adorning the cars manufactured by Rolls-Royce for the past 100 years.

The new BMW M5 is being exhibited at the Earls Court Motor Show at the Goodwood Revival alongside its namesake from the 1980s. The past and present of the BMW tradition of turbocharged engines is also on show: a brand new BMW 118i and also a BMW 2002 turbo, the first European series car with an exhaust turbocharger.














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Ford’s centenary rally celebrated at Goodwood revival with largest-ever vehicle parade

The month-long Ford Centenary Tour – a celebration of 100 years of Ford of Britain – was brought to a fitting finale at the weekend when over 100 Ford vehicles came together for the largest-ever vehicle cavalcade at the historic Goodwood Circuit in West Sussex.

This spectacular celebration of the 100th anniversary of Ford of Britain was flagged-off by Ford’s chief financial officer, Lewis Booth, with Ford of Britain chairman, Joe Greenwell, riding in the Ford Consul in the lead.



Several of Ford’s iconic Model T vehicles were in a line-up of classic cars that included the 1966 Le Mans 24-hour race-winning Ford GT Mk II; the 1970 London to Mexico World Cup rally-winning Ford Escort Mk I; and the 1912 all-Ford-race winner at Brooklands.

Other vehicles included in the exciting line-up included a clutch of classic Transits, the “newest” vehicle in the fleet, a 1971 Ford GT70, and the famous Ford Anglia 105E, a star in the film “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets”.

Joe Greenwell, Ford of Britain chairman, said: “I am delighted to be a part of the Ford of Britain Centenary Rally at this year’s Goodwood Revival. The diverse range of Ford cars and commercial vehicles driving around the circuit is testament to Ford’s strong relationship to the UK.”


As well as the Ford of Britain Centenary Parade, two Ford GT40 course cars were on show, while a retro-themed Ford exhibition in the ‘Earls Court Motorshow’ area highlighted Henry Ford’s 1896 Quadricycle as well as the latest Ford Focus and Ford Grand C-MAX.

The Goodwood Revival is the world’s most popular, historic motor race meeting of its kind, continuing to attract legendary names such as Sir Jackie Stewart, Sir Stirling Moss, Derek Bell and Gerhard Berger as racing, tradition, fashion and entertainment come together in a vibrant display.

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Toyota enthusiasts club celebrates 20 years

In 1991 Nik Ellis and Bob Willis, two young men with a shared appreciation of Toyota models of the 1970s, founded the Toyota Enthusiasts Club (TEC). Last weekend TEC celebrated its 20th anniversary in fine style, with a display of around 45 vehicles at its annual meeting, including modern classics and rare conversions.



With a current membership of around 150, owners travelled from all over the country as well as abroad to attend the meeting including Raf Evers from Belgium who attends every year with his family in a 1970’s Hiace Campervan just one of his 36 Toyota vehicles. TEC’s main focus is on the models of the 1970s and 1980s, the hey-day of the Celica, Cressida, Crown and Corolla. Members own some of the finest original specification examples of these Toyota rarities in the UK. A good example is Bill Sykes from Cumbria who purchased his 1974 Celica ST in 1977 and has kept it ever since. The club provides a valuable network to help when it comes to sourcing parts, specifications or providing advice on restoration and maintenance. The quarterly club magazine, TEC-TOPICS, offers a wealth of information about every aspect of owning and running a classic Toyota, whether it is 20 or 40-plus years old.







The club’s 20th Anniversary celebration at the Billing Aquadrome, near Northampton, included awards for the best-presented vehicles from each decade with the overall top honour going to a 1985 Celica Supra. Among the rare examples on view were an Avon Celica cabriolet conversion – one of just four examples that were built – and an immaculate 1960s Corona fitted with a Celica engine.



To help TEC celebrate its 20th anniversary, Toyota presented the club with a large cake and sent its own Castrol competition-liveried 1990s Supra GT to join the display.





Peter Hunter, Editor of TEC-TOPICS said, "This 20th Anniversary National Meeting was the most successful we've had in recent years with over 30 per cent of club members there to celebrate the occasion. Our shared enthusiasm for Toyotas of the past meant that we had a great variety of cars from the 1960's to the 2000's and everyone enjoyed the party - and the anniversary cake.”













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The classic legends of cars land in Chelsea

Enthusiasts are so keen to show off their gleaming classic cars at London’s premier motoring event that the organisers have been swamped with entries. A special Showground area of Chelsea AutoLegends – to be held at the Royal Hospital Chelsea, on Sunday 4 September – has been set aside to allow members of the public display their unusual and rare cars.

But the idea has become so popular that, with close to 200 confirmed entries, the Showground is already almost full. As well as Ferraris, Porsches, Maseratis and Lamborghinis, there will be examples of classic British marques such as Jaguar, AC, Lotus, Triumph and MG.



And there are some genuine rarities including a 1955 Swallow Doretti and a 1963 Fiat 900T van that once served the Scuderia Ferrari F1 team.

“The response from enthusiasts has been fantastic. We have been overwhelmed with some great cars, everything from supercars and sports cars to those family saloons so commonplace in the 1960s, but hardly ever seen today,” said Chairman Eric Verdon-Roe.

“With the Showground now nearing capacity we are reserving the remaining slots for very special cars that reflect three main themes of this year’s Chelsea AutoLegends.”


Held a stone’s throw from London’s King’s Road, many of the displays at the show will feature cars, events and fashions from the 1960s. There’ll be tributes to the Jaguar E-type, celebrating its 50th birthday this year, and to another 50-year-old, the Mini Cooper.

“We have reserved some Showground places for unusual Minis and Jaguars. If anyone has a Mini-based special, such as a Unipower GT or Mini Marcos, we’d love to hear from them. We would also like more Minis once owned by somebody famous – a Beatle or Peter Sellers perhaps – or a Cooper or E-type with a competition or interesting history,” said Verdon-Roe.

Chelsea AutoLegends will be packed with motoring memories. The event Patron is Sir Stirling Moss OBE, who will be joined by two-wheel ace Phil Read with other great motorsport names to be announced over the coming weeks.


But the cars and bikes will be the real stars. More than 30 classic Le Mans racers will be on display alongside countless other important historic machines. There’ll be displays of the brutal Group B rally cars of the 1980s and the ten most significant road cars of all times.

There will be cavalcades of supercars and classic bikes arriving at the show during the day, while themed displays include a special tribute to some of the British ‘Patrons’, the private race team entrants of the Fifties and Sixties, who took on the factory teams… and often won.



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