FATHERS day will mark an inaugural motoring event, featuring world-renowned cars with a value of more than £60million.
Motoring at the Manor (MATM) will bring together more than 200 motoring machines, in a day packed with static displays, demo drives, food court, retail village, live music, a live stage interviewing some of the world’s motoring legends, and more.
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Here are the top 10 pin up motors which will be at this fun-fuelled event at Celtic Manor.
Pagani Huayra
With a titanium exhaust and 0-60 2.6 seconds 238mph top speed from its Mercedes engine, this is no slow coach.
Designed and built by Horacio Pagani this is one of the most exclusive hyper cars in the world, with two on display at MATM
Ferrari F40
Built to race in GT specification, the road going version could hit 60 miles in 4.2 seconds and see a top speed of 197mph.
MATM will also be showcasing Porsche, Lamborghini, Maserati, Aston Martin, Konnigsegg, and Dendrobioum.
Pre-War Vauxhall 30/98
This car had an output of 30 brake horsepower (bhp) at 1,000 revs per minute (rpm) and 98 bhp at 3,000 rpm, with an RAC horsepower rating of 30.
It was guaranteed by the manufacturer to do 100mph, which has been proved by testing at Brooklands.
Bugatti Type 35
The Type 35 was the most successful of the Bugatti racing models.
It was a phenomenal success, winning more than 1,000 races. It took the Grand Prix World Championship in 1926 after winning 351 races and setting 47 records in the two previous years.
Allied Polymer Ford Escort
From 1972 to 1979 Ford Escorts won the prestigious Lombard RAC Rally every year.
In 1975, the Mark 2 Ford Escort triumphed with rally legends, Timo Mäkinen and Henry Liddon. This was their third win in a row and their car LAR801P will be on display.
Group B Audi Quattro
In 1981 Audi introduced four-wheel drive to front line rallying with the first Quattro and, in 1983, the Quattro moved into the Group B area with this car.
The car on display is an exact replica of the car driven by Stig Blomqvist to win the 1983 Lombard RAC Rally.
1958 VW Beetle
The oldest rally car on display at MATM is Bertie, a 1958 VW Beetle (Kafer) Deluxe Original.
With a Porsche 356 engine and German modified disc brakes, Bertie had several wins and took part in the First Historic Monte Carlo Rally. Driver, Bob Beales, then had a 1300cc Oettinger engine built with Bertie going on to win the Historic Rally Championship.
Darrian GTR
Manufactured in South Wales, this ex-factory rally car features a 2.5 litre Millington racing engine producing more than 320 bhp, with a six-speed transmission driving the rear wheels in a carbon fibre and kevlar chassis and bodywork.
Total weight of 750kg makes it an incredible weapon on tarmac rallies.
Shadow F1
Between 1974 and 1977, Thomas Maldwyn Pryce – a shy, Welsh-speaking tractor mechanic from rural north Wales – lit up the gladiatorial years of James Hunt and Niki Lauda in F1.
Highlights included a front row at Monaco, heroic drives in Germany and Italy and a podium in Austria.
Pryce also stunned the F1 world in the Race of Champions, battling snow and heavy rain to become the only Welshman to date to win a Formula One race.
It was in this Shadow F1 car, in The 1977 South African Grand Prix, that the world watched horrified as this talented young driver’s light was extinguished in a fatal crash.
Gilbern T11
Judged in the Welsh Wizardry category, Gilbern Sports Cars (Components) Ltd was founded by Giles Smith and Bernard Friese, a German engineer with experience in glass fibre mouldings.
Friese had made a one-off car for himself and the two partners used this as the basis for the first Gilbern car. The premises were a tiny workshop in Church Village, Pontypridd, but when production started, they moved to a new location at the old Red Ash Colliery at nearby Llantwit Fardre.
Designed by British designer Trevor Fiore, the T11 was built in 1970, and was due to show at the 1971 Geneva Motor Show but the company recalled the project. The one example produced was restored and completed in 2009-2010.
Find out more about this motor mad event at
celtic-manor.com/whats-on/weekend-of-sport-and-speed/motoring-at-the-manor
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