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The Concorde Club Classic Car Show

Last weekend the team headed down to The Concorde Club in Eastleigh, Hampshire. This is the first time that we have sponsored the event and it turned out to be an incredible day! Not only were we very lucky with the hot sun to be out all day but the event raised an astonishing amount of £15,246.56 for the amazing charity Naomi’s house Children’s Hospice. Naomi House first opened in 1997 to offer care and support to children who were not expected to live until adulthood.

 

Since then, they have cared for more than 1,000 children and families from across Hampshire, Dorset, Wiltshire, Berkshire, Isle of Wight, West Sussex, Surrey and beyond.

 

Naomi House nursing and medical staff provide individualised nursing care that helps to enhance short lives and allows local families to make the most of their precious time with their children.

 

Whilst wondering around the show you will see a great selection of cars, treasured by their owners all willing to chat about their cars and what they have and do to maintain them, whilst relaxing and enjoying the show themselves. The show has a Ferrari and Super Car section, often sporting the newest Super cars on display for visitors to see. At intervals during the show, you will hear the ‘Sound Off’ competition and this is great to hear the rumble of V8 and V12 engines.

 

It was quite hard to miss us there with the big AIB marquee and colour matched Lotus Evora GT410 brought to the show by one of our clients! The team kept all the family happy with great value insurance for the adults and fun games for the kids with many prizes.

The show always attracts a lot of attention, and the show often gets celebrities attending to help support the show. This year Tiff Needell came to the show! Famous for his racing driving and many years on the hit motoring show ‘Fifth gear’. You will often see ‘The Stig’ at the show, although don’t expect him to talk to you, but he does enjoy sitting in people’s cars.

 

Whilst wondering around the show you will see a great selection of cars, treasured by their owners all willing to chat about their cars and what they have and do to maintain them, whilst relaxing and enjoying the show themselves. The show has a Ferrari and Super Car section, often sporting the newest Super cars on display for visitors to see. At intervals during the show, you will hear the ‘Sound Off’ competition and this is great to hear the rumble of V8 and V12 engines.

 

If you fancied a ride out in a car, then the show had Sporting Bears Charity running ‘dream rides’ for a donation to the show charity. You will be taken on a 10-mile drive to experience an array of different cars and is a must do for any visitor, so make sure you book your slot on the day next year as early as possible as places go quickly.

The Show Winners!

 

 

The ‘Richard Bailey Trophy’ is awarded each year to the car of the show. The trophy is in memory of Richard Bailey who has supported the show for many years!

 

This year’s winner of the trophy was awarded to the 1961 Rolls Royce Silver Cloud Drophead Coupe, the first Rolls Royce to ever get a V8 underneath the spirit of ecstasy!

 

The ‘Best Modern’ Winner went to the stunning Ferrari F12 Berlinetta

 

And the ‘Best Winner’ went to the car we all know and love from the James Bond movies, the 1964 Aston Martin DB5.

 

Enjoy some of our favourite cars of the show!

 

Lamborghini Diablo SV

Only fools and horse’s Reliant Robin

DeLorean DMC-12 from back to the future

Ford Capri 2.8 Injection

1989 BMW 325i

2004 Porsche 911 Carrera 2 Cabriolet

We want to thank all of you who came down and showed support for such a great cause and remember to give us a call on 02380268351 for any of your insurance needs!

 

All photos used belong to Rob Heard

 

 

Car Of The Day…Porsche 911 Carrera 4S!

Todays car of the day is Mr L’s Porsche 911 Carrera 4S.

The unmistakable silhouette of the 911 is characterised by its iconic fly line. It has barely changed since 1963, and has shaped the DNA of all Porsche models.

 

 

With its 325-horsepower 3.8-liter six-cylinder engine, the 2006 Porsche 911 Carrera 4 is capable of accelerating from a standing start to 60 mph (96 km/h) in just 4.9 seconds and reaches 99 mph (160 km/h) in 11.2 seconds.

 

 

Mr L has insured his vehicle through AIB insurance on a high net worth policy. This policy includes an agreed value, salvage retention, choice of repairer and legal cover expenses.

 

 

If you also have a high net worth vehicle that you would like a bespoke quotation for, call our specialist teams on 02380 268351. If you also own a high net worth vehicle and would like to share your photos with us, email them to info@aib.co.uk.

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Simply Porsche Event – A Great Day Had By All!

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On Sunday 5th June, the fourth Simply Porsche event took place in Beaulieu at the historic National Motor Museum and it will come as no surprise to our many clients to read that AIB Insurance were in attendance once more. With so many Porsches on display covering many decades, a number of motoring stands to look at as well as your ticket also providing access to the museum if you arrived in your Porsche you are sure to have enjoyed a superb day out especially as the weather was so kind to us.

The huge selection of Porsches to admire included the likes of the 911, 914, 924 and 928 classics and more recently manufactured models such as the Cayman and Boxster. In fact, as the 924 had been around for 40 years and the Boxster for 20 years, these models were parked in a group. It was a tremendous opportunity for lovers of this elite sports car to meet and talk with like-minded individuals.

Hopefully, you will have taken the opportunity to participate in the People’s Choice Awards by casting your vote as to which you felt was the most popular Porsche attending the event. As well as being presented with a prize and trophy the owner of the winning vehicle proudly drove their Porsche at the front of a line of Porsches within the grounds.

Yet again, the ladies of AIB Insurance were well received by a number of our valued Porsche owner customers at our stand who have kindly favoured us with arranging their specialist motor insurance to cover their beloved sports cars for many years. We met several long- standing customers who have attended this event on more than one occasion but it was also lovely to meet some clients for the first time. We are sure that you will agree, to be able to “put a face to a name” is undoubtedly beneficial to everyone.

We look forward to meeting you at next year’s Simply Porsche event.

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Ex Top Gear Presenter Auctions Porsche 911 Carrera

If you have any interest in cars, you will be aware that James May, as well as Jeremy Clarkson and Richard Hammond, are no longer involved in the presentation of the popular TV series Top Gear. In fact, the trio are just about to front a number of live motor shows in Perth and Sidney in Australia starting on 19th July 2015 in Perth Arena.

Whilst on Top Gear, James May (52) was given the nickname “Captain Slow” as he was felt to be a careful driver. Having said that, he did drive a Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Super Sport at 259.11 mph back in 2010 during an episode of Top Gear. He has owned numerous cars and motorbikes over the years including a Rolls Royce Phantom, Bentley T2, Ferrari F430, Alfa Romeo 164 and a Porsche 911 Carrera.classic Porsche 911

Interestingly, the 1984 Porsche 911 Carrera Coupe with a 3.2 litre engine owned by James has just been sold by Bonhams at The Goodwood Festival of Speed Sale, Collector’s Motor Cars and Automobilia auction on 26th June 2015. Its target price had been estimated at £28,000 to £34,000 but it actually sold for £51,750 with that figure including the premium.

James bought the classic sports car that was in excellent condition back in 2007 having borrowed it to record the sound of the engine for a TV documentary entitled
“Speed, Greed and the M25”. The car has also appeared in other TV shows. It has only done 55,000 miles and for the last 4 years has been used by his father.

This particular Porsche Carrera is a nippy, great looking sports car that is not easy to find in such condition. With a 231 bhp engine, it can get from 0 to 60 mph in a mere 5.3 seconds, break through 100 mph in 13.6 seconds on its way to an exhilarating top speed of 152 mph. Perhaps not the ideal car for the leisurely motorist!

Included with the vehicle were things like a service booklet, Haynes workshop manual, service history, old MOTs, tax discs and V5’s as well as the most recent Vehicle Registration Certificate in James’ name.James May's sell Porsche 911

Perhaps the fact that he owned the car had some bearing on the fact that it sold for considerably more than its target price. Anyway, its new owner will hopefully cherish and take good care of it as James had obviously done.

The Astonishing Rise In Value Of A Classic Porsche 911

Those of you that are classic sports car enthusiasts will be aware that many such vehicles have risen significantly in value in recent years. In fact, they have proved to be one of the most financially beneficial things to invest in – certainly better than bank and building society savings accounts although you may say that is not difficult to achieve with interest rates so low.

Well, you may be interested to read that some research was recently carried out to mark the 100th car that was renovated on the Wheeler Dealers program on Discovery Channel. That program was shown on 6th October 2014.Classic Porsche Insurance

The research looked at the price that classic cars were going for way back in 2004 and compared them with the price that you could expect to achieve in 2014 – a gap of 10 years. The survey focused on the percentage increase of 20 classic cars.

If you have been the proud owner of a classic Porsche 911 Carrera RS 2.7 for at least the last 10 years that is now in good condition then we hope that you are sitting comfortably! Apparently, back in 2004, such a classic vehicle was going for around £65,000 on the open market. It is estimated that this iconic sports car is now worth in the region of £500,000 – an increase of a staggering 669% and quite a bit more than you would have got in a Cash ISA!

We thought that you might like to look at the list of the top 10 classic car investments in percentage increase terms for the period from 2004 to 2014: –

1. Porsche 911 RS Carrera 2.7 – 669% – £65,000 (2004) to £500,000 (2014)
2. Aston Martin DB5 – 500% – £75,000 (2004) to £450,000 (2014)
3. Aston Martin DB6 – 478% – £45,000 (2004) to £250,000 (2014)
4. AC Cobra – 333% – £150,000 (2004) to £650,000 (2014)
5. Aston Martin V8 – 295% – £19,000 (2004) to £75,000 (2014)
6. Land Rover Series I – 233% – £6,000 (2004) to £20,000 (2014)
7. Jaguar E Type – 171% – £35,000 (2004) to £95,000 (2014)
8. Lotus Elan Convertible – 142% – £18,000 (2004) to £43,500 (2014)
9. Ferrari Testarossa – 140% – £25,000 (2004) to £60,000 (2014)
10. Chevrolet Corvette – 132% – £28,000 (2004) to £65,000 (2014)

You will note that the Aston Martin DB5 and DB6 featured in 2nd and 3rd place respectively. We bet that brings a smile to a few Porsche owners’ faces!

AIB Insurance specialise insuring high performance and exotic cars including Porsche 911’s. For a free quotation tailored around your needs call the team on 02380 268351.