Roughly 6,000 visitors at the Fast Car Festival 2016 admired one of the rarest purpose-built racers out there, the Aston Martin Vulcan, over the weekend.



Estimated to be worth £2 million ($2.65 million) and one of just 24 produced, the 800 HP beast tips the scales at less than 3,000 pounds (1,350 kg) and it is Britain’s answer to the Ferrari LaFerrari FXX K, and a local contender for the McLaren P1 GTR.

The first edition of the motoring event saw former Fifth Gear presenter Tiff Needell making a guest appearance and showing his driving skills by giving a few visitors passenger laps in his Lotus Evora 400, while further highlights included the Caterham Drift Passenger rides, where professionals taught attendees how to drift a Caterham Seven around the Melbourne Loop track.

At the Supercar Paddock, more than 50 exotics from Supercar Driver, an online community for supercar owners, were on display, including a Lamborghini Aventador Super Veloce, a Ferrari F12 Berlinetta, a McLaren 650S and a Jaguar F-Type R Project 7.

Awards were handed over too, for the Best Wheels, to a blue Volkswagen Lupo, and Best Club, which went to Fitment Junkies, but since the festival couldn’t have been complete without musical entertainment, this came in the form of live shows, from Toploader and DJ Pied Piper, with MC DT.

“An attendance of 6,000 is a really impressive achievement for our first year. We have some great ideas for improvements in 2017 to make the show even better, so we’re confident we can grow in future years“, said Managing Director of the festival, Phil Weeden.

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