Supercars Wow Record Crowds At Wilton

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

By Chris-R / Monday, 15 August 2011 / Loading comments

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.