Hendy builds Performance Division credentials with sell-out Thruxton track day

 

The Hendy Performance Open up Day held at Thruxton attracted 3,000 attendances on the working day.

Readers were being taken care of to static displays of  500 autos from area automobile golf equipment and effectiveness vehicle fans with each other with on keep track of action from precision driver Paul Swift and distinctive friends Tiff Needell and British Touring Motor vehicle driver Árón Taylor-Smith.

It was the 2nd time Thruxton has hosted the Hendy Efficiency occasion and Hendy Team chief executive Paul Hendy said this year’s event experienced really captured the imagination of lovers and their people.

Hendy Automotive released its efficiency division in mid-2017 to retail cars and trucks and offer you observe times, aftersales solutions, performance upgrades and component and components sales. IT took on the Moke franchise in 2021 and expanded with Lotus in 2021, using on the franchise in Hampshire and Devon to complement its current Lotus operation in Dorset.

“This yr we had a lot more cars and trucks, even bigger displays and more people to the function and we are thrilled that so many people relished the free of charge day out,” he said.

The function was a promote-out and Paul reported the group was presently organizing the 2023 occasion.

“The open day furnished the excellent backdrop for automobile proprietors to showcase some unbelievable autos and for us to screen a quantity of our Hendy Efficiency products, and those from suppliers we signify,” extra Paul.

New cars and trucks turning heads at the present incorporated the brand name-new Lotus Emira, the Jaguar F-Rate SVR Version 1988 and the MOKE electric, all attracting a continuous stream of admirers all over the working day.

“It was amazing to see so many persons enjoying receiving up near to some astounding vehicles from the more mature classics correct by to modern-day effectiveness cars,” mentioned Hendy Overall performance model manager John Haylett.

“We had a great response from car or truck clubs and individuals eager to showcase their personal cars and it was excellent to welcome so several Hendy Effectiveness followers and our have ambassadors to Thruxton for a terrific working day out.”