Monday 15th August 2011

Supercars Wow Record Crowds At Wilton

Top-drawer exotics headline all-star cast at PH sponsored charity bash

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An amazing array of metal (and carbon fibre) lined up on the grass outside Wilton House for the PistonHeads sponsored supercar charity day, thanks to a great bunch of owners who rocked up to support the cause.

Highlights of the 160-plus supercar display included an Aston One-77, two Bugatti Veyrons, three Koenigseggs, two McLaren 12Cs, a Pagani Zonda, two Ferrari Enzos and an F40, a Lamborghini Aventador, a pair of Moslers and, well you get the picture...

With a stunning collection of classics now also forming part of the show, an increasing number of trade stands, and the traditional British summer sunshine (eh?), it was a fantastic opportunity for the record number of visitors to get up close to their dream machines. This event just gets bigger, and more importantly better, every year.

We lost count of how many PHers turned up in our dedicated car parking area, but we could easily have spent a day wandering round that field on its own - so thanks to all for flying the flag.

The organisers are still totting up receipts for the day so we don't know how much was raised for good causes yet. However, we have heard that ticket sales were close to the 10,000 predicted in advance, so there'll be a decently-sized cheque in the post for the Stars Appeal soon.

Once again we doff the PH virtual top hat to Will Herbert (aka Lord Pembroke) and the organising team for conspiring to make this event happen, and also to the owners for turning up in support. Especially those early risers who left London at 6am for the blast in convoy down to Wiltshire, a truly surreal sort of supercar 'happening' that helps make Wilton one of the best days of our year.

(That, and the McLaren 12C we borrowed for this year's run, which made an unusual but surprisingly versatile camera car. We're already wondering how to top that in 2012...)

Lots more pictures here.

[Mermaid]

Excellent event, well done all.

[Beefmeister]

Another amazing event. Well worth flying back from Delhi to attend this year. For me, easily the best car of the show though had to be this Ferrari 250 SWB. Completely gorgeous in every way, worth £2.5m and just sitting in the middle of the field with no ropes around it. Bliss.

[alexpa]

Jeepers, is that how much SWB's go for now? Is that an alloy body with good race history chassis?

[The1Driver]

I need a new job lol!

[koolchris99]

that SWB was lovely, i presume it was taken by DK?

and a bit thankyou to all involved, Lord P etc, fantastic day out.

[Fluffsri]

Thanks to all inolved, cracking day with lovely weather and even better cars. By the way can anyone tell what the white car with the tops of the front coilover's poking through the bonnet was?

[GFWilliams]

koolchris99 said:

that SWB was lovely, i presume it was taken by DK?

and a bit thankyou to all involved, Lord P etc, fantastic day out.

Was a Dick Lovett car

[koolchris99]

Fluffsri said:

Thanks to all inolved, cracking day with lovely weather and even better cars. By the way can anyone tell what the white car with the tops of the front coilover's poking through the bonnet was?

K1 attack?

[TomN1994]

koolchris99 said:

Fluffsri said:

Thanks to all inolved, cracking day with lovely weather and even better cars. By the way can anyone tell what the white car with the tops of the front coilover's poking through the bonnet was?

K1 attack?

That ^

[TVRWannabee]

Yes, it was an amazing day with congrats to all involved.

And, for the record, the access was a million times better than last year too! Excellent job!

[Lets Torque]

That looks a great day out for a great cause!

Must make next year when I actually have a licence!

[V8 Vette]

Fantastic day out, A few holiday makers bound for the west country on the M3 /A 303 on Sunday got a real shock when they were "jumped" ( I use the word lightly) by the supercars cruise?
What a great , well organized event. Thanks be to the Lord !! ( oh Dear )

a few pics to follow

[minimatt1967]

Well done to Jay and his team for doing a fantastic job and all the super car owners for giving up their spare time to show of their fabulous cars.

Also thanks to the PH crew for the great parking facilities

[CatfishCKY]

Beefmeister said:

Another amazing event. Well worth flying back from Delhi to attend this year. For me, easily the best car of the show though had to be this Ferrari 250 SWB. Completely gorgeous in every way, worth £2.5m and just sitting in the middle of the field with no ropes around it. Bliss.

That was a beautiful car! Although when I was taking pictures of it, I did wince when a bloke sent his kid running over to it, and said child collided with the expensive chrome headlight surround!
Fantastic day to be had by all, I can't believe how much of it there was!I still didn't manage to get around it all, and I was there from 10.30-3.00pm!

[Fluffsri]

TomN1994 said:

koolchris99 said:

Fluffsri said:

Thanks to all inolved, cracking day with lovely weather and even better cars. By the way can anyone tell what the white car with the tops of the front coilover's poking through the bonnet was?

K1 attack?

That ^

Cheers fellas, I can now sleep tonight

I loved the Aventador but didnt get a decent pic but these are my fave from the day.













My mate jumped in front of me while I was taking this

[anonymous-user]

TomN1994 said:

koolchris99 said:

Fluffsri said:

Thanks to all inolved, cracking day with lovely weather and even better cars. By the way can anyone tell what the white car with the tops of the front coilover's poking through the bonnet was?

K1 attack?

That ^

Originally a kit car developed/supplied out of Slovakia using Honda I4 power, but only about 40 examples ever made it into the wild (with even less being built to completion). Now supplied as a turn-key using a Ford V6 for approx EUR 100K by this crew - http://www.k1roadster.nl/gb/home.php

[R66STU]

it was a brilliant day and the Pistonheads parking was really handy and close to everything !

We went to a decent pup within walking distance and had a fab Sunday roast and a pint for £7.95 ! ( better than that van food imo )

I will definitely be going next year.. superb.

[Adz The Rat]

That 250 looks beautiful.

[wotnot]

I was chuffed to bits to see my all time favourite car in the Dick Lovett area (a gorgeous 288 GTO) so imagine my delight to see another one rock up in the convoy!
A fantastic day out and, hopefully, a firm annual fixture; assuming, of course, that Jaykaybi and co continue to spend an inordinate amount of time organising this awesome get together.
Happily I got there fairly early so had a top parking spot and managed to get some breakfast before the queues got silly. Note to the guys for next year - invite a couple more messy-burger wagons.

[MrDarkBlack]

Beefmeister said:

Another amazing event. Well worth flying back from Delhi to attend this year. For me, easily the best car of the show though had to be this Ferrari 250 SWB. Completely gorgeous in every way, worth £2.5m and just sitting in the middle of the field with no ropes around it. Bliss.

Whilst taking a few snaps, i overheard the Fezza girl saying that the car was supposed to have been roped off, and for some reason, it wasn't. So she was roped in(sorry!!) to keep an eye on it.




This was my first spot, just as I parked up in the town, having missed the correct turn off for the parking area. My error was soon forgotten..




My one criticism was that the supercar group that was all lumped very close to one other.
The One-77, Aventador, Koensigsegg, Carrera GT, McLaren, 2 Bugatti's and an Enzo were all in one small roped off area, which meant that it was difficult to view them properly due to the crowds. If they had been spread out a bit more, it would have made viewing far easier. A similar things happened at Goodwood, except they weren't even roped off there.

Edited by MrDarkBlack on Monday 15th August 18:11