Brooklands


VIDEO: World's longest Scalectric track assembled at Brooklands, James May officiates

When Great Britain's Brooklands motor racing circuit opened in 1907, it was the first purpose-built motorsport venue in the world. At 2.75 miles, the course is an oldie but a goodie, and the perfect place to make automotive history. To that end, on August 16, legendary slot racing brand Scalextric, along with hoards of volunteers, built the world's largest slot car track around the Brooklands circuit in Surrey. The track was built using 20,000 sections, built over roads, water, wilderness and just about any other condition one could ... Read more →

Very First Drive: 2009 Bentley Brooklands John Neff

As the youngest of three brothers, I'm used to hand-me-downs. Hand-me down toys, hand-me-down clothes, and yes, even hand-me-down cars. Perhaps this explains when a vehicle arrives in the ...

Bentley sells 10,014 cars during record 2007 Alex Nunez

Click image for a hi-res gallery of our Autoblog Garage Continental GTC 2007 was good to the folks in Crewe, as Bentley Motors had its best year ever. (What, no VH1 special?) For the first time, the ...

Pebble Beach Week 2007: The beasts of Brooklands shake up Pebble Jonathon Ramsey

Exactly five score years ago, 200,000 tons of gravel and cement were arranged in a 2.75 mile, high-banked, egg-shaped loop in the English countryside. The land was was called Brooklands, and the ...

VIDEO: The Bentley's just so crazy about that jazz Noah Joseph

Somebody buying a Bentley Brooklands isn't so concerned with how it performs, how it stacks up to the competition or how much it costs. They're far more taken by the Bentley-ness of the whole thing, ...

Bentley Brooklands: Year 1 allotment sold out (officially) 2 years ago on Autoblog

Click image for high-res photo gallery This may be the least-surprising item in today's news. It was reported before, but now we have it from the horse's mouth: first-year production of Bentley's limited-run Brooklands mega-coupé is officially sold out. The car is totally handcrafted, and ...

Bentley Brooklands sells out 2 years ago on Autoblog

Click the image above to view our 47-image Brooklands gallery If you have at least $330,000 to spend on your next new car, and you've got an eye on the new Bentley Brooklands, you'd better get your order in before they're all gone. The first 140 are already spoken for, which equates to the first ...

Geneva Motor Show: Bentley Brooklands bows 2 years ago on Autoblog

Click on the image above to view our 47-image high-resolution gallery It's been several years since the boys at Bentley had a full-size – and we mean full-size – luxury coupe to top off its range of traditional offerings to the well-heeled, and with the official unveiling of the new ...

Geneva Motor Show: Bentley has us at hello with Brooklands coupe 2 years ago on Autoblog

click above image to view 23 high-res images of the new Bentley Brooklands coupe var digg_url = 'http://digg.com/design/Bentley_Brooklands_Coupe_bigger_than_Britain_itself'; Bentley describes its new Brooklands coupe that's being unveiled right now in Geneva as a "grand touring coupe with ...






Autoblog Podcast #154: Gobbling up the News

Chris, Sam, and Dan kick out a podcast just in time for the long holiday drive.

 
 

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