Super Showdown Bank Holiday Monday 26th August at Beaulieu

Pagani Zonda S

Supercar Showdown

A Dodge Viper gets a smoking start

Lamborghini Murcielago

The summer is hotting up, and so is Beaulieu’s events season, with just over a month to go until the massively popular Supercar Showdown roars into action on Bank Holiday Monday 26th August. The show will see over one hundred high-performance supercars displayed in the stunning parkland surrounding the National Motor Museum, and revving into action throughout the day.

Undoubtedly one of the most exciting aspects of the event will be watching the participating supercars being put through their paces on the Demonstration Run, twice during the day at 12pm and 3pm, to wow the crowds. The length of the Run has been newly extended for this year, giving visitors an even better view as the supercars thunder through the parkland.

There will be lots of stunning cars to look out for at this year’s event, including Lamborghinis, Ferraris, Audis, Porsches, Fords and Mercedes, plus a rare opportunity to see a Pagani Huayra which is booked to attend – reportedly the only one of its kind for personal use in Europe.*

A large number of car clubs have already confirmed attendance, with members of Porsche Club GB, Wessex Car Club and the GT40 Enthusiasts Club bringing along their own vehicles for the day.

Local dealerships including Westover Nissan, Porsche Bournemouth, Meridien Motors, Bentley Hampshire and Morgan UK will also be out in force at the event, showing a selection of their most powerful and up-to-date models – you might even see some of them roaring to life on the Demonstration Run!

Blackball Media will be supporting the event, displaying on its stand some of the cars used in Car Dealer magazine’s latest supercar feature. The team will be on hand to chat to visitors and hand out copies of a variety of their publications.

Supercar Showdown is always a busy, colourful event, providing the perfect opportunity for enthusiastic photographers to take some fantastic motoring shots. Beaulieu invites you to grab your camera, get snapping at the event and enter your best photograph into the Supercar Showdown Photography Competition for the chance to win a family ticket to the Beaulieu Fireworks Spectacular on 26th October 2013. For more information on the prize and how to enter, please visit www.beaulieu.co.uk/photo-competition

In the People’s Choice Awards, visitors will be able to vote for their favourite supercar by filling in a voting form, available at the Entrance Hall on the day. The top seven supercars will take part in a cavalcade through the grounds to Palace House for the afternoon presentation ceremony. Event presenter, Kevin Harris, will be announcing the winner, who will receive a Beaulieu Trophy, with all the runners-up receiving a gift kindly provided by Autoglym, the car care specialists, who will also have their own stand at the event.

If this sounds like your kind of show, move quickly to take advantage of our extra special Early Bird Discount. If you order tickets before the end of Sunday 11th August 2013, you can purchase discounted Supercar Showdown Visitor tickets at Adult £14, Child £9 and Family £40. If booking after the 11th August, visitors to Supercar Showdown must purchase normal Beaulieu attraction tickets. Tickets are available online at www.beaulieushop.co.uk or on telephone no. 01590 612888.

Admission to the event includes entry to the whole Beaulieu attraction; the National Motor Museum, BOND IN MOTION, World of Top Gear, Beaulieu Abbey, Palace House and the gardens.

Don’t miss one of the last opportunities to see BOND IN MOTION, the world’s largest ever exhibition of original James Bond film vehicles. It displays some of the most iconic and best-loved vehicles from the films and is due to close at the end of 2013.

Opening times are from 10am – make sure you get there early enough to find yourself a good viewing spot for the Demonstration Run!

Visit www.beaulieuevents.co.uk or join the conversation with @Beaulieu_Hants on Twitter using #supercarshowdown

*Vehicles are subject to change

We are always on the lookout for new supercars to take part in Supercar Showdown, so if you are a supercar owner and would like to participate in the show with your vehicle, please get in contact via one of the following methods:
Fill in an online booking form, available at www.beaulieu.co.uk/beaulieu-events/supercar-showdown
Email the Events Team at events@beaulieu.co.uk
Telephone the Events Team on no. 01590 614614.

All applications will be considered and we will notify you if your application has been successful.

Supercar Showdown Set To Stun Bank Holiday Monday 27Th August 2012

McLaren F1 at Beaulieu

On Bank Holiday Monday 27th August some of the world’s most powerful supercars will be roaring into action for a high octane Supercar Showdown in the grounds of the National Motor Museum at Beaulieu. Not to be missed, this thrilling event provides visitors with a rare opportunity to hear the spine-tingling roars created by some of the most prestigious supercars as they are put through their paces.

Following on from the great success of last year’s Supercar Start-Up, this year the event is set to be even bigger and better, under the new name Supercar Showdown. Almost 75 supercars have already signed up to attend the event, with more awaiting confirmation, indicating a much larger display of vehicles than in previous years.

Ferrari and Ford in the Beaulieu Arena

Among the impressive line-up poised to wow visitors are a Jaguar XJ220, Ferrari F40, F50 and 360 Spider, Lamborghini Gallardo, Mercedes SLS, Ultima GTR Can-Am, Lightning GT Carbon and Aston Martin GT2.

Beaulieu will also be welcoming some heavyweights of the supercar world, including Porsche of Bournemouth, Ariel, Rolls-Royce, Meridien Motors and the Westover Group, who will be displaying a selection of their beautiful models in the grounds. In addition a number of car clubs will be in attendance, including Wessex Car Club and the Porsche 997 Register.

Supercar Lifestyle will also be present at this year’s event, bringing along with them an Ascari KZ1 GT3 race car. This exclusive club offers members a unique and diverse way to drive a selection of the world’s best-loved and most sought-after supercars – visit their stand on the day for more information.

In the afternoon a selection of supercars will be powering up to take part in a Demonstration Run through the Beaulieu parkland. Watch as these exquisite supercars open up their engines at full throttle, giving a tantalising glimpse of what their powerful engines are really capable of – a must-see for petrol-heads.

Throughout the day in the Beaulieu Arena, visitors will be able to get up close to these monsters of the motoring world, and events commentator Kevin Harris will be talking to the owners about their vehicles. A People’s Choice Award will be given for the best supercar in attendance, as voted for by Beaulieu’s visitors, with the winner receiving a special edition 60th Anniversary Beaulieu Trophy. Every visitor who casts a vote will be entered into a separate draw to win a ride in the passenger seat of the lead car, travelling through the grounds in the Supercar Cavalcade.

If you wish to visit this fantastic, action-packed event, then all you need to do is purchase general Beaulieu attraction admission tickets. These tickets give you entry to the event and entry to the whole Beaulieu attraction, which includes the National Motor Museum, World of Top Gear, On Screen Cars, Beaulieu Abbey, and Palace House and gardens.

Do not miss the National Motor Museum’s exciting one-year-only BOND IN MOTION exhibition, which showcases 50 original vehicles from the James Bond films. Check out the sleek and elegant Aston Martin DBS from Quantum Of Solace, plus see the latest additions to the exhibition – two Honda CRF250R motorcycles used in the opening sequence of the newest Bond film, Skyfall, due to be released in the UK in October 2012.

If you are a supercar owner, and are interested in attending this event in your supercar, then the Events Team would love to hear from you. Please contact Events Co-ordinator, Andy Ollerenshaw, by email at andy.ollerenshaw@beaulieu.co.uk or by telephone on 01590 614614 to put your vehicle forward for consideration.