MG Live!

MG Live! at the world-famous Silverstone circuit 24th-26th June 2011

Thankfully there was more sun than rain at this year’s MG Live event making for a very pleasant weekend. Visitors to our 1940s themed stand were able to take a seat and enter our quiz whilst joining us for a cup of tea or coffee. Our 1940s music and memorabilia on our stand attracted great interest from show visitors. Tea and street parties have experienced a healthy revival this year and we were glad to be able to offer this to all show visitors (declared as the best stand of the show by several visitors).

Many MG enthusiasts make this event something of an annual pilgrimage with visitors travelling from as far as Ireland, Germany, Sweden, Malta, Australia and beyond. Reportedly so many classic car enthusiasts travel such large distances because parts costing only a few pounds in the UK can cost several hundreds of pounds in their home country.

Throughout the show we ran a competition where one lucky winner had the chance to win a selection of tools for their MG worth £190. Thank you to all visitors who entered and to Ginny Cartmell Secretary of the MG Car Club C Register who kindly drew the winning entry. Congratulations to Mr G Barron of Ascot who won the competition.

For those of you who are waiting in anticipation for the quiz answers, here you go:

Q1. What is the surname of the founder of MG?
A. Kimber

Q2. Which MG model is 50 this year?
A. Midget

Q3. Wherein the UK is the new MG being manufactured?
A. Longbridge

Q4. What is the engine capacity of the four cylinder MGB?
A. 1798

Q5. The Lancaster aircraft was manufactured at the Austin Motor Company works in Longbridge
A. True

Q6. Who won the 2010 Silverstone F1 Grand Prix?
A. Webber

Lancaster Insurance has been sponsoring the MG Owners Club Race Championship since 2003. It was a pleasure to meet some of the Race Championship team at this event and to show them our continued support.

For our next show we are delighted to be lead sponsors at The Triumph Sports Six Club International Family Weekend which is taking place
at Stafford County Showground, 20th – 22nd August 2011. Visit www.tssc-international.co.uk or email the Event Manager at international@tssc.org.uk for further information – we look forward to seeing you there.