Factory Tours Archives - Mechtraveller https://mechtraveller.com/category/attractionexperience/factorytours/ Mechanically-minded travel Sat, 22 Nov 2025 10:32:41 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 The new Caterham car factory has opened, and they’re offering factory tours https://mechtraveller.com/2024/06/the-new-caterham-car-factory-has-opened-and-theyre-offering-factory-tours/ https://mechtraveller.com/2024/06/the-new-caterham-car-factory-has-opened-and-theyre-offering-factory-tours/#respond Wed, 05 Jun 2024 13:49:20 +0000 https://mechtraveller.com/?p=10213 Lightweight sports car manufacturer, Caterham, has opened its new factory. Still located in Dartford, Kent, the new state-of-the-art building will be home to Caterham’s production, engineering, motorsport and commercial teams. A multi-million-pound investment from owners VT Holdings – one of Japan’s largest retailer groups – will see Caterham increase its production capacity by 50%, to […]

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]]> https://mechtraveller.com/2024/06/the-new-caterham-car-factory-has-opened-and-theyre-offering-factory-tours/feed/ 0 Chantiers de l’Atlantique Factory Tour – Saint-Nazaire https://mechtraveller.com/2023/01/chantiers-de-latlantique-factory-tour-saint-nazaire/ https://mechtraveller.com/2023/01/chantiers-de-latlantique-factory-tour-saint-nazaire/#comments Sun, 22 Jan 2023 12:47:48 +0000 https://mechtraveller.com/?p=8618 Saint-Nazaire is an industrial port city and its history is inextricably bound up with its ship building industry. So it is no wonder that visitors are keen to see what goes on at the massive Chantiers de l’Atlantique shipyard, not least because its giant ‘products’ dominate the sky line. The history and development of Saint-Nazaire’s […]

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]]> https://mechtraveller.com/2023/01/chantiers-de-latlantique-factory-tour-saint-nazaire/feed/ 1 Lotus Factory Tours are back! https://mechtraveller.com/2022/04/lotus-factory-tours-are-back/ https://mechtraveller.com/2022/04/lotus-factory-tours-are-back/#respond Fri, 01 Apr 2022 15:26:30 +0000 https://mechtraveller.com/?p=7369 Lotus is reopening its Hethel production facility to the public. Factory tours at the ‘home of Lotus’ will start on Monday 4th April 2022. Lotus has been making performance cars at Hethel, just outside Norwich in Norfolk, since 1966. In November 2017 they suspended their factory tours while the factory underwent a £100 million upgrade. […]

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]]> https://mechtraveller.com/2022/04/lotus-factory-tours-are-back/feed/ 0 Morgan return to their 3-wheeled past https://mechtraveller.com/2022/02/morgan-return-to-their-3-wheeled-past/ https://mechtraveller.com/2022/02/morgan-return-to-their-3-wheeled-past/#respond Thu, 24 Feb 2022 22:56:54 +0000 https://mechtraveller.com/?p=7324 The Morgan Motor Company has just today, unveiled its latest model – The Super 3, a 3-wheeled sports car with 21st century design & tech. Morgan, now 113 years old, was famous from the outset for its range of three-wheeled sports cars, which they continued to make until 1952. Morgan 3-wheelers won many records in […]

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]]> https://mechtraveller.com/2022/02/morgan-return-to-their-3-wheeled-past/feed/ 0 The Ducati Museum Reopens https://mechtraveller.com/2020/10/the-ducati-museum-reopens/ https://mechtraveller.com/2020/10/the-ducati-museum-reopens/#respond Mon, 05 Oct 2020 16:06:19 +0000 https://mechtraveller.com/?p=6445 Keen to reconnect with its fanbase, Ducati is reopening its museum today (5 Oct) at their motorcycle factory in Borgo Panigale, Bologne, Italy. The museum’s new coronavirus protocols mean that visitors have to book online and register a specific date/time slot in advance. The 15-min time slots are available, each for a limited number of […]

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]]> https://mechtraveller.com/2020/10/the-ducati-museum-reopens/feed/ 0 Audi Factory Tours Go Online https://mechtraveller.com/2020/02/audi-factory-tours-go-online/ https://mechtraveller.com/2020/02/audi-factory-tours-go-online/#respond Thu, 13 Feb 2020 13:36:08 +0000 https://mechtraveller.com/?p=5898 Audi have launched livestream guided factory tours of their plant at Ingolstadt. The AudiStream tours, which went online yesterday, are pre-scheduled. You can select a tour, in English or German, of different vehicle production lines such as the A3 or A4, and watch selected production stages in real time. The tours are led by experienced […]

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]]> https://mechtraveller.com/2020/02/audi-factory-tours-go-online/feed/ 0 Nuclear Tourism in Lithuania https://mechtraveller.com/2019/06/nuclear-tourism-in-lithuania/ https://mechtraveller.com/2019/06/nuclear-tourism-in-lithuania/#respond Thu, 13 Jun 2019 13:19:43 +0000 https://mechtraveller.com/?p=4787 The hugely successful HBO series Chernobyl has triggered a surge of interest in nuclear tourism, not only to the Ukraine¹, but also to Lithuania where much of the TV series was filmed and there is a sister-reactor. Just one year after the catastrophe in Ukraine, a second reactor whose construction was similar to the one […]

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]]> https://mechtraveller.com/2019/06/nuclear-tourism-in-lithuania/feed/ 0 Visit the home of Airbus – 50 years old today https://mechtraveller.com/2019/05/visit-the-home-of-airbus-50-years-old-today/ https://mechtraveller.com/2019/05/visit-the-home-of-airbus-50-years-old-today/#respond Wed, 29 May 2019 09:33:51 +0000 https://mechtraveller.com/?p=4719 Airbus is celebrating its 50th anniversary today at its headquarters in Toulouse, France. The European aircraft manufacturer was formed when the original Airbus partnership agreement was signed at the Paris air show on 29 May 1969, and the company is celebrating with a flypast of Airbus aircraft over the city and their base at Blagnac […]

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]]> https://mechtraveller.com/2019/05/visit-the-home-of-airbus-50-years-old-today/feed/ 0 Car Manufacturer, FCA Italy, has created a Heritage Collection in Turin https://mechtraveller.com/2019/04/car-manufacturer-fca-italy-has-created-a-heritage-collection-in-turin/ https://mechtraveller.com/2019/04/car-manufacturer-fca-italy-has-created-a-heritage-collection-in-turin/#respond Mon, 15 Apr 2019 09:43:48 +0000 https://mechtraveller.com/?p=4424 This month, FCA Italy, the Turin-based subsidiary of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, finished converting a former 15,000 m2 workspace at their Mirafiori manufacturing plant into a home for 250 historic Fiat, Lancia and Abarth cars. Some of the cars have been arranged into specific themes. Each theme displays eight cars from different brands and eras… Small […]

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]]> https://mechtraveller.com/2019/04/car-manufacturer-fca-italy-has-created-a-heritage-collection-in-turin/feed/ 0 Grassmayr Bell Foundry, Innsbruck https://mechtraveller.com/2018/02/grassmayr-bell-foundry-innsbruck/ https://mechtraveller.com/2018/02/grassmayr-bell-foundry-innsbruck/#comments Wed, 14 Feb 2018 15:23:21 +0000 https://mechtraveller.com/?p=2980 The Grassmayr Bell Foundry in Innsbruck, Austria, is one of the world’s oldest factories, and they do factory tours! “We think of bells as living things, each with its own personality”, says Monika Unterholzner, whose family, the Grassmayrs have been making bells in Innsbruck since 1599, “and we talk about ‘giving birth’ to them. When […]

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