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Winner of the Performance Direct Ferrari 458 Italia Driving Experience at Silverstone, Esta from Birmingham, came along to visit us at the Classic Motor Show / Top Gear Live at the Birmingham NEC to collect her certificate.  She was the lucky winner of the competition amongst the many thousands of entrants and will get driven by a professional driver around the world famous Silverstone circuit, home of the British Grand Prix. More...

It's that time of year again, when the shopping centres already have the Christmas lights up, the clocks have changed, the nights are drawing in, the weather's getting colder and a lot of Classic Cars are getting greased up and put onto blocks ready to hibernate for the Winter.  But, classic car fans, just wait a minute - before Santa starts feeding up his Reindeer for Christmas there is still something to look forward to.  All you need are tickets for the Classic Motor Show at the Birmingham NEC which remains the biggest and most popular classic car exhibition in the UK.  With nearly 1500 beautiful classic cars from all era's, marques, and countries you cannot fail to see something that you instantly wish you could take home with you - even if it is just one of the Performance Direct Promo Girls.  Simply put, The Classic Motor Show is paradise for any classic car fan, so whether you are a classic car owner, a collector, an enthusiast, or just love cars, then there is something for you to see at the show. More...

The Siverstone Classic car show runs from Friday 22nd July to Sunday 24th and this year, Performance Direct Insurance are excited to be there too for the first time.

The stand will be located in the Trade Village next to the E-Type 50th Anniversary display, where Performance Direct will be available all weekend offering money saving quotations. Not only classic car insurance, but covering all types of vehicles, including convenient and cost saving multi vehicle policies.

The stand will have two superb vintage vehicles on display as well, a rather fun and rather attractive 1971 Fiat 500, surely the precursor to the current trend of small city cars, and a beautiful 1963 Karmann Ghia Coupe.More...

Santa Pod Raceway is the very much the home of UK and European Drag Racing and always conjures such images as elongated, huge wheeled dragsters shredding rubber as they warm up the tyres ready to accelerate at the speed of a bullet.  However, on the 4th and 5th of June this year Santa Pod once more was the stage for another Ford packed Classic Ford Show.  Fans flocked from all over the UK and from as far away as Brazil and South Africa (according to the organisers) to see more classic Fords than you could ever imagine in one place.  The sun shone and the crowds cheered at the Ford-only run-what-yer-brung and later the Old Skool Ford Drag Championship sent classic after classic down the famous strip with the tail wind helping the cars achieve some fantastic times. 

Other attractions included the ever popular London Rally School, a live arena packed out with exciting action as well as drift passenger rides.  Whether you have a mark 1 Escort or a Ford GT, a Ford Anglia or an original Mustang, then the Auto jumble was a must for anyone undertaking a restoration.  Described as an Aladdin's cave of Ford parts the Auto jumble is always popular and many of the people attending feel that ticket price is worthwhile for that aspect alone.  But it wasn't alone - in fact it was surrounded by more blue oval related paraphernalia and fans than Santa Pod had ever seen before... at least since last year's Classic Ford Show.  More...

A Monster Truck demo was one of the many attractions to see at Modified Nationals 2011 at the East of England Showground in Peterborough 28th & 29th of May.  I was actually genuinely excited at the prospect of seeing The 'Slingshot' Monster Truck as I cannot resist the spectacle of a bit of motoring carnage.  I arrived slightly early and set up my camera in anticipation.  As I waited for the show and the crowd grew around me I thought back to my childhood days when I would dream about driving the iconic Monster Truck 'Bigfoot' and especially the thought of being able to drive it over other cars.

During the 1970's (a phrase often uttered by someone who is older than they'll admit) modified pickup trucks started to become more and more popular at shows on the other side of the pond.  It wasn't very long before competitions were held to see who could create the biggest truck with bigger and bigger trucks entering each year, ultimately giving birth to the famous 'Bigfoot' Monster Truck with all of it's extreme modifications and the 48 inch tyres that I remember yearning after in my childhood. More...

Japfest.  What can be said about Japfest?  Well, the first thing that has to be noted is that no matter what the weather report says, when Japfest comes to town it brings the sunshine along with it.  The 14th of May 2011 was no exception with the descending crowds of Jap mad car fans bringing along the summertime with them.  For an outdoor car show there is no better feature to have in place than some sparkly warm sunshine glinting off glossy show-ready automotive paintwork.   Attendance figures matched last year's record breaker with over 15,000 Japanese car enthusiasts attending the show at Castle Combe Circuit in Wiltshire. More...

As we’re an office full of car enthusiasts, Performance Direct, attend a wide range of motoring events each year.  Our Youtube channel, PDMotoringNews, features video’s from a whole load of different motor shows such as Auto Italia, MPH Top Gear Live, Classic Motor Show, Ford Fair, Autosport International, and of course Japfest.  Quite simply we love going to these sort of petrol-mad motoring events so when there is an event such as Japfest 2011 just around the corner the motoring-buzz in the office reaches new levels. More...

The Silverstone Classic
22nd – 24th July, 2011

The world’s biggest classic motor racing festival celebrates its 21st anniversary this summer with its largest ever package of entertainment utilising both the new Silverstone Wing building as well as the National pits.

Track action: 800 historic race cars worth over £300 million – F1, Group C, GT, Sports and Touring cars racing flat out on the new F1 Grand Circuit.

Live music: 10cc, Suzi Quatro, Wishbone Ash on Saturday night plus Rolling Stones, Queen and Bob Marley tribute bands on Friday night with a full classical Amadeus orchestra on Sunday afternoon.

In-field action: 6,000 classic cars on display including around 1,000 E-Types celebrating their 50thanniversary, a Funfair, Punch and Judy show, steam traction rally, go-karting, shopping at 100 outlets for books, art, antiques, auto memorabilia, fashion, Autojumble plus demonstrations and parades all linked by classic  Routemaster buses.

Air displays: The Parachute Regiment Freefall Team - The Red Devils, a Spitfire & Mustang display to stir the emotions, the precision Blades aerobatic display team plus Hot Air Balloons ascents.

Great value, flat out fun for all the family.

Buy Advance tickets and save up to 15% off on-the-gate prices.

Just call 0871 231 0849 or go to www.Silverstoneclassic .com