Pit-side view at the Formula E Preview
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It's not every day that you get the chance to be this up close and personal with Formula E drivers and their pit crews.
What's new for Planet Auto in 2020
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It's that time of the year again - we've been awarded third place in the best UK automotive blog awards by Car Money: the car finance ninjas. It is quite staggering what has changed in the last year, as we also achieved third place last year. The way we're going, we may well be in first place next year!
It's been a rather busy couple of months, as you no doubt have noticed, now that we've retrieved our Mercedes-Benz from our former partner. We've also driven a fair few vehicles as well, including the Skoda Kamiq, the BMW 330e, and - obviously - the SsangYong Musso, which we used to tow the Mercedes back, and drop into Autosport International as well.
Coming up, we've got the Subaru e-Boxer XV, the Kia e-Niro, the Ford Ranger Raptor, and the Suzuki Ignis...and that's just the tip of the iceberg!
However, we've also got a car show to go to at the London Olympia, as well as a restoration in the Classic Car and Restoration Show at the Birmingham NEC.
Currently, Annabelle and I are both working on videos - I am putting together a video comparing the J and the K Astra, as well as a review for the 330e, a review for the Musso, and 30 years of premium luxury, watch the video above, where we compare the BMW 330e with the Mercedes W124 - it is quite staggering how advanced our Mercedes was for the time! Both retail for around £48,000.
What is coming up this month? Well, our aim is to put a blog out probably twice a month, just to keep you updated on what we're doing. If you want to watch most of our content, why not go to YouTube and search Planet Auto and you'll find our latest videos.
We have live broadcasts, cinematics, previews, walkabouts around the latest vehicles including the VW ID Buzz, and don't forget we also do put up some content with classic cars: for example the Peel P50.
We're also going to be uploading a video of the Frisky and lots more show content will be unveiled over the coming weeks.
Our YouTube subscribers are flying, with 4,593 subscribers and it goes up daily...we are getting well over 500,000 minutes watched a month, which is around 138,000 views...everything is increasing, it really is!
Watch out for work on our Mk2 Golf, and our 230CE project is well underway.
We've also got something coming up at Santa Pod as well with the Civic - more on that later..
There you go, that's January and February for you!
Thanks guys
Autosport International 2018 tickets now on sale
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Tickets for Autosport International 2018 Europe's premier motorsport show held annually each January at the Birmingham NEC are now officially on sale to the public, on the Autosport Int website, the show takes place form the 11th to the 14th of January.
As announced in the last few weeks Ferrari is to be the theme of next years show courtesy of Corse Clienti, the feature will include Ferrari sports cars through to Formula 1 racing cars, this latest main feature will build on the 2017 event in which 40 years of Williams F1was celebrated,
Jenson button guest speaker at JD Classics breakfast in October
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It has just been announced Jenson button has confirmed he is attending the next JD Classics breakfast morning meet as a guest speaker - The famed breakfast meets are held at the JD Classics 155,000 ft² working site in Maldon Essex, the breakfast events which have now become synonymous with automotive enthusiasts and celebrities alike attract people from far and wide.
Read more: Jenson button guest speaker at JD Classics breakfast in October
Goblin works garage and Holts blog feature
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This month already is going crazy, we've so far been to the unveiling of the Goblins Works Garage latest project car, a rather funky yet 90's themed dystopian e30 with e46 engine, cambered wheels and custom bodykit created by the Goblins.
Founder of Goblin Works Garage Jimmy De-Ville interview coming soon.
We also had one of Ben's and Annabelle's adventures featured in the Holts blog, its well worth a read, it involves Mk2 Golf GTI 16V, driving rain, unfamiliar location and unfriendly lights.
Intrigued? Well read all about it here - Holts Driving Stories
As for car reviews it has been rather packed everything from New Jimny SZ5 to the BMW X5 M-Sport watch all our latest LIVE streams and car reviews on the Planet Auto YouTube Channel
Want to see what we've been getting upto?
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Here's just one of the things we've attended in the last week, and yes that is Ben Quirk driving a Tommi Makinen Evo VI.
If your wondering why it's all quiet on the western front, well that's because our Youtube Channel Planet Auto is where you'll find our latest adventures as well as our latest car reviews.
Why not here? We aim to keep the page upto date however we can stream LIVE straight to our channel from any events, launches etc we attend.
If your not subscribed please take a look and join us Planet Auto on Youtube
Rare cars revealed City Concours
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The city concours is nearly upon us, in just over 2 weeks the automotive garden party launches in the heart of London. Already the line-up of cars is already quite staggering and as to the categories some real thought has really gone into these. One of these being the Modern bespoke class, this class celebrates handbuilt and exceptional cars and it celebrates them with some of the rarest vehicles in the world,
The Silverstone Classic Festival is on the horizon
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As the Silverstone Classic Festival fast approaches, many people agree that it is recognised as the epitome of classic racing; so go ahead - it's time to choose your favourite celebrity racer.
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