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The new Caterham car factory has opened, and they’re offering factory tours

Alastair — Wed, 05 Jun 2024 13:49:20 +0000

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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Chantiers de l’Atlantique Factory Tour – Saint-Nazaire

Alastair — Sun, 22 Jan 2023 12:47:48 +0000

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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Ducati factory tours are restarting

Alastair — Thu, 14 Apr 2022 15:52:07 +0000

Ducati is preparing to welcome its fans again at its Borgo Panigale motorcycle factory and museum outside Bologna, Italy. Visits to the museum and tours of the factory will start on 21st April. During the pandemic, tours and museum visits have been limited. Now, the Ducati Museum will be accessible from Monday to Sunday from […]

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Lotus Factory Tours are back!

Alastair — Fri, 01 Apr 2022 15:26:30 +0000

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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The Ducati Museum Reopens

Alastair — Mon, 05 Oct 2020 16:06:19 +0000

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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Audi Factory Tours Go Online

Alastair — Thu, 13 Feb 2020 13:36:08 +0000

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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Visit the home of Airbus – 50 years old today

Alastair — Wed, 29 May 2019 09:33:51 +0000

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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Grassmayr Bell Foundry, Innsbruck

Alastair — Wed, 14 Feb 2018 15:23:21 +0000

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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Record Visitors for The Henry Ford

Alastair — Mon, 22 Jan 2018 13:57:39 +0000

The Henry Ford had a record-setting year in 2017, welcoming over 1.77 million visitors. What is it? Well, it’s not exactly a museum or attraction. It describes itself as a “history destination that explores the American experience of innovation, resourcefulness and ingenuity that helped shape America”. Located in Dearborn, Michigan it comprises five attractions: Henry […]

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Car Tech in Saxony

Alastair — Mon, 18 Dec 2017 12:27:51 +0000

Perfect for petrol-heads! Saxony in Germany is highlighting new developments at two of its automobile visitor attractions for 2018. They suggest 2018 is the right time to explore Saxony as a place where automobile history was written, by heading first to the small town of Zwickau, which celebrates its 900th birthday next year. More recently […]

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