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There"s a fortune at...

There"s a fortune at stake for the three venues vying to host the 2006 British Motor Show. According to Heart of England Tourism, spending linked to the Birmingham NEC event this year netted the region í‚á£60million. As we reported last week, London exhibition centres ExCeL and Earls Court are up against the NEC this time around.



When I cornered Kazunori...

When I cornered Kazunori Yamauchi, the creator of the Gran Turismo video game, into co-driving with me in his first-ever "real world" race - a one-hour Mazda MX-5 endurance event - he ummed and aahed for a day or so before giving me a definite "Yeah, why not?!" I guess no one had really asked him before, because he is, in reality, a very good driver. But if I thought that my propositioning was anything special, it pales into insignificance when compared to what Yamauchi has been through.


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It"s a far cry from...

It"s a far cry from the 2002 event, when a row broke out about the event"s marketing strategy, which a government minister claimed was sexist.


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