By Jamie White – Head of Communications
Honda UK is revved-up to star at Chris Evans’ CarFest South which will take places at the end of this month.
CarFest South – which takes place at Laverstoke Park Farm in Hampshire between August 28th-30th -is the brainchild of Radio 2 presenter and new Top Gear host Evans, raising vital funds for BBC Children In Need.
Having played a leading role at last year’s events, as well as at this year’s CarFest North, which took place at Oulton Park, Honda UK will return with an array of crowd-pleasing activities and displays.
A full Honda stand will showcase the newest car range in the industry, including the Civic Type R, Civic Sport, Civic Tourer, HR-V, CR-V, Jazz and – straight from the brand’s award-winning Goodwood Festival of Speed stand – the McLaren-Honda MP4-30 in a box, the model driven by F1 World Champions Fernando Alonso and Jenson Button.
Honda’s two-wheeled offering has something for everyone, from the newly-launched, learner-legal CB125F, through the VFR800F right up to the CBR1000RR Fireblade. The new Forza 125 scooter will appeal to those wanting a striking but efficient means of transport.
The ‘King of the Hell’ Xbox roadshow is also roaring into town, offering festival-goers the chance to win a brand new Civic Type R for a year provided they set the fastest time around the notorious Nürburgring Nordschleife in a state-of-the-art simulator.
Philip Crossman, Managing Director at Honda UK, said: “CarFest South is fantastic fun for all the family and jam-packed with exciting and interactive things to do for people of all ages.
“The music line up looks fantastic – as does the food offering, much of which is sourced from Laverstoke Park itself. We aren’t quite sure of the weather yet, so will have both wellies and flipflops on standby.”
Honda Yuasa Racing Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship duo Gordon Shedden and Matt Neal – currently sitting third and sixth in the title standings, with Honda atop the manufacturers’ table – will perform high-speed demonstration runs behind the wheel of the road-going Civic Type R.
Honda’s latest Robot mower – Miimo – will be a working display in the Honda activity centre and will inspire a unique children’s drawing activity, whilst many of last summer’s favourites will make a welcome return, including the innovative and interactive ‘Power of Lean’ demonstration will simulate Superbike-style knee-down riding.
The ATV Experience on Honda’s TRX420 continues the fun yet educational theme, while the ride-on lawnmowers for 16-year-olds and above is sure to generate hilarious head-to-head racing around a timed garden course, where lane control and garbage-grabbing are orders of the day.
Mystery shopping and performance improvement company, Douglas Stafford, provides Honda UK with a bespoke nationwide mystery shopping, customer experience and performance coaching programme.
