Carfest gallery - Aston Martin, rally cars and all the rest

I've already published Morgan and Ferrari galleries from CarFest South.  This is a selection of my favourite non-Morgan and Ferrari photos.

The first picture is of the Aston Martin Vanquish - possibly my favourite car at the entire festival.  The last 3 photos are of a Vanquish convertible that was displayed by Stratstone, with a fairly horrendous colour scheme.

A number of the photos are of cars that were sold by Silverstone Auctions on the Sunday.  The auctions at CarFest North and South raised £165,000 for Children in Need.

Aston Martin Vanquish

Aston Martin DB4

Audi Quattro S1 - I think this one is the replica I spotted for sale some time back

Colin McRae's Subaru Impreza

Jody Scheckter's Tyrrell 6-wheeler

Jody Scheckter's Ferrari 312T

Mk2 Escort rally car

Escort RS Turbo

Monster truck - my wife and son went for a ride in it

Colin McRae's Ford Focus WRC car

Mini Cooper rally car

Alfasud?  I think!  Alfistas please feel free to correct me

BMW 635 CSi

Porsche 914

Mini Cooper

Aston Martin Vanquish rear end detail.  Love the carbon diffuser

Vanquish interior - who specced that colour scheme???

Vanquish carbon brakes

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MG3 gallery, prices and information

The MG3 is a car that spells make or break for MG.  Sales of the MG6 have been dismal and MG needs the MG3 to do well.

An MG3 was on display at CarFest South so I took an opportunity to have a good poke around and take some photos.

The MG3 starts at £8399 but the model at CarFest was the £9995 3-Style with a 105 bhp petrol engine.  A diesel isn't planned for "some years", according to the man from MG.

The MG3 looks good.  The styling is spot on.  The interior is pretty bargain basement.  The seats are described as leather but look like good old 70s leatherette.  The dash is simply laid out but doesn't seem to have Dacia's flair.  Some of the switchgear is OK, but some seems pretty cheap.

In short the exterior looks fab but the interior is only adequate.  We've yet to see how the MG3 performs on the road because no UK journalist has been allowed to drive one.  We have to wait until September to see if the MG3 is worthy of the MG name.

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