Autosport International 2010 - some pics from press day

[autofocus]

Hi there,

Making two trips to the Autosport show, once today for press day and again on Saturday with some of the lads from work.

As usual the lighting in the NEC was bloody hard work I hate it with a passion and it makes taking decent photos really hard as your constantly changing the settings.

Here are some of my pics from today, bit of a mixed bag from road cars to old rally cars.

Firstly the road cars and lets start with a very pretty Alfa 8C - looks stunning in yellow



Gumpert Apollo with a bit of K&N advertising



Lexus LFA - the one on show is a prototype and a little rough round the edges



Porsche 997 Turbo MkII complete with centre lock wheels



Finally a Pagani Zonda F Roadster in a very understated Navy Blue



Also on show was the Noble M600, a Lamborghini LP640SV, and a smattering of Lamborghini Gallardos.

Now on to the race / rally cars

Peugeot 205 T16, part of the historic rallying display



Lotus 211 GT4



Caparo T1000 - part of a new one make series in 2010



New Chad 430 Scuderia for the 2010 British GT



Thorneys new shape M3 CSL Cup car



Stunning Lotus Evora Cup - one of my favourite cars of the show





Ford Focus WRC



Revealed today for the first time the all new Ginetta G40 racer



The one you've all been waiting for the new Porsche 911 GT3-R





New JMW Aston Martin Vantage GT2 for this years Le Mans Series



Another debutant today was the new 'Pirtek' Vectra for Andrew Jordan in the BTCC



Thanks for looking.

Regards

Tim

Edited by autofocus on Thursday 14th January 22:11

[CivicMan]

Agreed about the lighting!

Couple of my faves:

Edited by CivicMan on Thursday 14th January 22:27

[dougie-rs]

loving the stp 430

[fatboy69]

I love the Peugeot 205 T16. Awesome car. For what its worth i think that the Group B days were by far & away the greatest days of world rallying.

Fabulous.

[mickholly]

Some great shots.Got any from the Britcar stand of the BMW.

[BoRED S2upid]

Thats a strange rear spoiler on the Ginetta.

[Ralf Rockefeller]

dougie-rs said:

loving the stp 430

x1

[dandarez]

BoRED S2upid said:

Thats a strange rear spoiler on the Ginetta.

The only pic listed that doesn't have a caption although I suppose it is self-explanatory

With many of the cars at the show costing an arm and a leg, the Evora is 120 grand, is the Ginetta G40 the least expensive there? £24,999 I believe.

AND note it is taxed and road registered, so are we going to get a road version from Tomlinson at last?

[macey_j2]

Good pics, cheers!

[anonymous-user]

good pics, lovin the T16!

how do caparo plan to run a race series when they have trouble keeping one car going on test days?

[Allyc85]

Cheers for posting the pics

Would have gone myself but im working this weekend

[Vette_1978]

BoRED S2upid said:

Thats a strange rear spoiler on the Ginetta.

Damn! Beaten to it! Great pics by the way.

[dougie-rs]

[Furyous]

dandarez said:

BoRED S2upid said:

Thats a strange rear spoiler on the Ginetta.

The only pic listed that doesn't have a caption although I suppose it is self-explanatory

With many of the cars at the show costing an arm and a leg, the Evora is 120 grand, is the Ginetta G40 the least expensive there? £24,999 I believe.

AND note it is taxed and road registered, so are we going to get a road version from Tomlinson at last?

And...wooooooosh !!!!!!

[FM]

macey_j2 said:

Good pics, cheers!

+1

[autofocus]

Hi there,

A few more pics from Press Day

An HSV Maloo - looks like great fun



JMW Ferrari 430 from 2009



Very sporty looking CR1 on the Britcar stand



CRS Scuderia F430 GT2 from a couple of years ago



Ginetta G50



Exciting new 'Mansell' Ginetta Zytek for 2010 Le Mans Series



Kris Meeke's IRC championship winning Peugeot 207



Le Mans winning Peugeot 908



RSR Jaguar GT2 from the American Le Mans series



Guy Wilks new Skoda Fabia S2000 for 2010



Richard Burns Safari rally Subaru WRC



Back to the show tomorrow for a good look round (although might get a few more pics on the way)

Regards

Tim

[Slyjoe]

Stunning pics OP - what gear do you use?

[autofocus]

Slyjoe said:

Stunning pics OP - what gear do you use?

Hi there,

All pics taken with a Canon EOS 40D with a 18-55mm IS Canon kit lens. Jessops external flash and a bit of photoshop to tweak the colours and lift the darkness.

Hope this helps.

Regards

Tim

[Jonty355]

autofocus said:

CRS Scuderia F430 GT2 from a couple of years ago

Bloody Typical! You try and turn up with a nice car that stands out like a bright yellow F355 Spider, and then someone and shows you up with an in your face F430 GT2 race car!!!!

Ye just cant win!

Edited by Jonty355 on Saturday 16th January 08:26

[eliot]

autofocus said:

Hi there,

A few more pics from Press Day

An HSV Maloo - looks like great fun

That's probably Roger's (Monkfish) car - it was the one on top gear that the filled up with straw bales (Much to rogers horror)