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Performance Direct Insurance were amongst the many proud exhibitors at Autosport International 2012. 2 Ferrari 458 Italia's adorned the show stand...
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Performance Direct Insurance were amongst the many proud exhibitors at Autosport International 2012. 2 Ferrari 458 Italia's adorned the show stand which along with the Performance Direct Promo Girls caused quite a stir.
Amongst the many highlights of the show was the unveiling of the new Porsche 911 Carrera and the Ayrton Senna Tribute which displayed a range of his cars from his original Kart up to his Formula 1 cars. While on the subject of F1, there was the F1 Racing Grid featuring the top teams from the season, including of course the incredible Red Bull car - The RB6. For fans of Formula One history, there was a display showing cars that were once driven by racing legends such as Niki Lauda, Nigel Mansell and James Hunt.
For other Motor Sport fans you couldn't get very far without seeing a diplay of Classic Rally or Sports Cars. The historic Formula 3 line up drew a lot of attention showing the original Formula Three cars as driven by the likes of Stirling Moss and Bernie Ecclestone.
Radical have finally unleashed the imensly fast 300bhp SR3 SL powered by a 2 litre Ford-RPE ExoBoost engine.
Quite simply Autosport International is a must for any die-hard automotive fan with enough to see that you can struggle to get round it all in one day.
So whether you want to see the racing cars from your favourite brands such as the Porsche 918 RSR or Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3, Supercars such as the Ultima GTR or Noble's new M600 Carbon Edition, or simply get up close and personal with some of the race cars you'd normally only be able to see as a blur flying around a race track then Autosport International is a must for you.
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Performance Direct Competition Winner, Esta from Birmingham, got the chance to drive the incredible Radical SR3 around the historic Silverstone Cir...
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Performance Direct Competition Winner, Esta from Birmingham, got the chance to drive the incredible Radical SR3 around the historic Silverstone Circuit - home of British motor racing. You only need look at the smile on her face to see how much she enjoyed it!!
Radical Sportscars have a range of track cars and are the fastest and most track focused cars available for your money. Just to put into perspective the speed of these machines, the SR8 road-going version smashed the Nurburgring by over 20 seconds. Performance Direct proudly sponsor the Performance Direct Radical Clubman's Cup which provides affordable racing for Radical's range of 4 cylinder cars across eight of the UK's best loved racing circuits.
Performance Direct are not only here to provide you with some of the best insurance quotes available, but we also love to give something back to loyal and dedicated motoring fans. Two more competitions (at time of publication of this video) are currently being run on the Performance Direct website. You too could be as lucky as Esta, all you need do is click onto the links below for your chance to Win a Lamborghini Aventador Driving Experience or to Win a Weekend with a Stunning E-Type Jaguar.
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Performance Direct Insurance were proud to support the recent Top Gear Live shows at The Excel Centre in London. The beautiful Performance Direct ...
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Performance Direct Insurance were proud to support the recent Top Gear Live shows at The Excel Centre in London. The beautiful Performance Direct promo girls, Hayley Sams and Georgia Graham were on hand to greet people arriving at the Performance Direct show stand.
Top Gear Live always offers a range of motoring mayhem and this year alongside the stunning track displays and live action arena was a fantastic exhibition of supercars old and new. Amongst the show cars worthy of attention were the Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR - the only right-hand drive version made, which may look a little like a CLK on the outside but is a pure bread racer underneath the bodywork. Alongside this on the Autoglym stand were an extremely rare Koenigsegg CCXR, a Ferrari 250 GTO, a Mercedes SLS Gullwing and the Black Ferrari Enzo owned by Jay Kay.
Many of the Top Gear cars driven by Jeremy Clarkson, James May and Richard Hammond on the TV series were on show for closer inspection. These included the Skoda Yeti with a Helicopter parked on top, the Hammerhead Eagle Thrust environmental car, the Triumph Herald Boat, Jeremy's crashed BMW 635 Csi, a Lexus police car, BMW Z3 from the Middle East Challenge and the Top Gear Scooters from Vietnam - a 1967 Piaggio Vespa 150cc VBC Super and a 1973 Honda 50cc Chaly. This is without mentioning the sadly crushed reasonably priced car, the Lacetti.
The Top Gear Studio was also recreated within the exhibition so you could sit in the famous chairs and imagine what it would be like to be on the show, as well as being able to set the "cool wall" straight by placing the cars where you felt they really belong. Although I'm sure Jeremy Clarkson re-sorted it after the show!
Worthwhile classics on show included one of the worlds most beautiful cars, the Lamborghini Muira which sat nicely between a Countach and a Murcielago with matt paintwork. There was also a beautiful Ford Mustang on show, a car which is always irresistible upon hearing that great engine start up. The London Motor Museum had brought along a few of their choice automobiles which included a fantastic Dodge Challenger SRT and the Mega Pete Tron - a Peterbilt Truck inspired by the recent Transformers and Tron films.
Interestingly, Disney turned up to promote the DVD release of Cars 2 with real production versions of Lightyear McQueen and Fin McMissile. Yet, at an exhibition that had a Skoda capable of over 200 mph these weren't the most ludicrous displays. The 227 mph Skoda set the record for being the fastest 2.0 litre supercharged production car.
More typical supercars such as the McLaren MP4 12C and the Bugatti Veyron were also on display alongside many trade stands and exhibits such as the Motor Mouse stand as featured on Dragons Den and the latest Forza Motorsport game where you can race a reasonably priced car around the Top Gear Track and pitch your skills against The Stig.
Get a quote now by calling 0844 5733528 or visiting http://www.performancedirect.co.uk
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Performance Direct Insurance were proud to help celebrate the Jaguar E-Type's 50th Birthday at the Silverstone Classic Car Show 2011. This massive...
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Performance Direct Insurance were proud to help celebrate the Jaguar E-Type's 50th Birthday at the Silverstone Classic Car Show 2011. This massive event paid tribute to the now iconic classic Etype first born in 1961.
The World Record for the 'largest parade of Jaguar cars' was broken when 767 Jaguar E-types took part in a special parade lap of the Silverstone Grand Prix circuit. More than 1000 E Type's were on show at Silverstone, including the oldest surviving E-Type Prototype in existance '9600 HP', '848 CRY' is the twelth roadster produced and became famous for featuring in the film 'The Italian Job', and '77 RW' is the earliest surviving production roadster.
A total of 1104 race car entries ran the famous Silverstone Circuit over the weekend which was enjoyed by a crowd of 80,000 people including staff from Performance Direct.
Get a quote now by calling 0844 5733528 or visiting http://www.performancedirect.co.uk
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PDMotoringNews uploaded a new video
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Performance Direct Insurance happily supported the Silverstone Classic Car Show - Rocking and Racing, up at Silverstone Circuit on 22nd - 24th July...
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Performance Direct Insurance happily supported the Silverstone Classic Car Show - Rocking and Racing, up at Silverstone Circuit on 22nd - 24th July. The Performance Direct stand featured a beautiful Volkswagen Karmann Ghia and an original Fiat 500 supplied by The Classic Car Club - London. As stunning as the cars were the two Performance Direct Promo Girls, Hayley Sams and Michelle Westby who, as always, created quite a stir at the show.
The event itself was one where World Records fell one after the other, firstly with 1104 race entries and over 8000 classic cars being displayed the Silverstone Classic is claiming to be the biggest race meeting ever staged in motor racing history. Over 120 car clubs turned up to support the event and to share their motoring pride and joy with like-minded motoring fans. To celebrate the 50th birthday of the Jaguar E-type Silverstone proudly provided the setting for the World Record for the 'largest parade of Jaguar cars' with 767 Jaguar E-types taking place in the special parade lap of the famous and historic Grand Prix circuit. There were over 1,000 E-types at the event and this included some rather special examples including the oldest E-type in existence, the prototype famed for it's number plate of 9600 HP.
There were too many classic cars to mention here, from every Ferrari you can imagine, and including such famed car marque's as Maserati, Alfa Romeo, Lamborghini, Morgan, Jaguar, Porsche, Arbath, Fiat, Ford, Mini, American Classics - everyone was there. You would have been hard pushed to not find something that you liked.
Get a quote now by calling 0844 5733528 or visiting http://www.performancedirect.co.uk
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