Performance Direct at the Silverstone Classics

The Siverstone Classic car show runs from Friday 22nd July to Sunday 24th and this year, Performance Direct Insurance are excited to be there too for the first time.

The stand will be located in the Trade Village next to the E-Type 50th Anniversary display, where Performance Direct will be available all weekend offering money saving quotations. Not only classic car insurance, but covering all types of vehicles, including convenient and cost saving multi vehicle policies.

The stand will have two superb vintage vehicles on display as well, a rather fun and rather attractive 1971 Fiat 500, surely the precursor to the current trend of small city cars, and a beautiful 1963 Karmann Ghia Coupe. The Ghia was based on the Beetle, but with the welcome addition of some Italian styling. Both cars side by side show the depth of difference that an admiration of classic cars has to offer, with a little Italian panache thrown in.

This year is the 50th anniversary of the E-Type Jaguar. The smooth lines and eyebrow-raising bold styling that greeted the public 50 years ago is still there to be marvelled at today – and you can get your hands on one for a whole weekend, courtesy of Performance Direct and supplied byClassicCarClub.co.uk. To be in with a chance to drive a piece of history, just click here.

Tickets are on sale now for Silverstone Classics where there is expected to be over 6,000 cars on display. These will range from the expected Porsche, Ferrari, Lamborghini, Triumph and Rolls Royce, to some of lesser known models which will be well worth seeking out from the 100 or so classic car clubs that will also be displaying their classic motors.

If you prefer more stimulation, then the show offers helicopter flights, a fun fair, and an aerial display. And in keeping with the show being based on an old WW2 airfield, Sunday lunchtime will offer a rare glimpse of a vintage Spitfire and Mustang flying overhead.

And of course, it wouldn't be the Silverstone Classics without the racing would it? With around 800 cars expected to be racing over the weekend, there will be something to ignite some fire in everyone. I reckon the E-Types will take the sentimental prize in this, their 50th year, but the Grand Prix Masters, Celebrity Race, Big Engined Touring Cars and Pre '61 Sportscars will be worth a watch too. And let's face it, there is just something raw and exciting about the smell of petrol and a classic car roaring into life that can't really be explained...

But who needs explanations? Just go along, relax, get excited and enjoy. And remember to pop along to the Performance Direct stand to say hello!

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