THE largest ever collection of MG sports cars will congregate at Silverstone this weekend (June 20/21) for the MG Car Club's International Festival.
Some MGCC enthusiasts are travelling from the other side of the world to be part of the event. The 53rd consecutive event is the largest MG event of its kind, with an anticipated gathering of over 5,000 MG cars and 30,000 people.
Enthusiasts Mike Sheryll, Darryl Robbins and Richard Prior are travelling from Australia. Mike's TC has been driven around the world to be at the event, whilst the other MG TC and a rare YT model have been shipped in from down under.
Other countries represented by MG enthusiasts will include Japan, USA, South Africa, New Zealand and Holland.
Almost every type of MG will be at Silverstone. The event includes circuit races, with more than 500 cars entering 15 races. Product displays promote the anniversaries of the M type Midget (75th), the K3 (70th), T type (40th) and V8 (25th) registers.
As well as a full two-day race programme the event will include a sprint, rally rides, a massive trade presence, autotests, concours, special exhibits and social events.
MG Rover will display the new MG XPower SV sportscar, which goes on sale in September, the full MG product range with some in special 'Monogram' paintwork, and XPower competition MGs.