A bit of a Logistical problem for Morgan

There is a very funny post being shared by the Gammons on Facebook.

Incidentally, did you know there is a Gammon Road in Wisconsin?

For those of you not on Facebook, the text is thus:

For those of you who are on Facebook, the comments from the Pro-EU group who have shared it are very good.

Not sure where we are going to find the £10 Trillion Pounds from.

Or what you are supposed to store in a Euro crate.

Or how buying existing houses will solve the chronic housing shortage.

I'm pretty sure that prisoners don't each have a PC and they only get daily phone calls if someone smuggles in a mobile up their bottom - not something I would advise a pensioner to do.

But I do like the bit about cows.

Meanwhile, it will be very difficult to buy British cars.  While it is true that cars are still currently being built in Britain, the Germans own Mini, Rolls and Bentley.  Meanwhile, Nissan, Honda & Toyota profits go back to Japan, Jaguar Land-Rover is Indian and Vauxhall is now French.

I don't see many over-50s (and I include myself in this) tearing around in BAC Monos or Ariel Atoms.

So that leaves Morgan!

They are going to need a bigger factory.

Elementary Dear Watson

A couple of my favourite sites today feature this car:

It is an Elemental RP1 which, as Autocar for one report, has been shown off ahead of an appearance at the Goodwood Festival of Speed.

Autocar describe it as a rival for the Vühl 05.  I see the logic there, the Vühl 05 is a two-seater track-day car that looks quite similar:

It also debuted at Goodwood last year.

Although, I see the RP1 as a two-seated version of the BAC Mono - a BAC Duo if you like:

BAC want to sell the Mono in America but I'm not sure if they realise that Mono is what Americans call Glandular Fever.

 

All three cars are similarly sized and all produce about 280bhp.  The BAC is built in Liverpool so gets my vote - the Elemental seems to be from Surrey while the Vühl is Mexican.  Cost-wise though, the Vuhl is a mere £60000 compared to the Mono's £110000 - a bit of clever pricing could be elementary in the Elemental's success.

 

Having said that - a proper windscreen would be nice too.

Wilmslow Motor Show Sponsored by Etihad

I used to live in Cheshire.

Until they moved it.

Cheshire is one of Jeremy Clarkson's least-favourite counties - mainly because that is where a lot of Premiership footballers and their WAGs live.

Wilmslow is a town in Cheshire that is popular with such people.

Today I took my WAG and children along there for the second ever Wilmslow Motor Show Sponsored by Etihad.  They have their own Website.

Being Wilmslow, it had to be posh cars.  There were lots of Aston Martins - mostly new ones - but also this lovely example of a DB5:

There were three examples of the BAC Mono there - not a name that would go down well in America.  These cars look a lot better in real life:

There were a series of cars with their bonnets open.  From the tiny bonnet on this MG SV: 

To the huge bonnet on this Mustang: 

To the gigantic bonnet on this (admittedly rear-engined) Ford GT: 

Dave Newsham's BTCC Toyota Avensis was there: 

 Actually, that isn't true.

Despite this photographic evidence to the contrary.

This is actually Ollie Jackson's car with Dave Newsham's name and number on it.  I spoke to a member of the Speedworks crew who was there with the car.  He told me that the team were still working on the Newsham car after the damage it sustained a fortnight ago in Knockhill.

The Police (The Constabulary, not Sting and his mates) were also there letting children sit in one of their cars.  They also had a wrecked Renault Megane in which a 21 Year-old lad had died.  A woman was there handing out leaflets and telling us the story of what happened.  It was night, he was not speeding, he was very slightly over the drink-drive limit, weather conditions were fair, he lost control going around a bend and hit a tree.  A Doctor travelling in a car in front saw the headlights disappear and went back to see what had happened - he declared him dead at the scene which is why the car wasn't cut open.  The lad's parents donated the car to the Police and it was now being used to highlight how driving inexperience can lead to serious accidents.  It was about this point when the woman revealed that we were looking at her son's car.

Wow.

Sort of makes you think after looking at Lambo's, AMGs, Loti, Nobles, TVRs, Bentleys and the like.