If you spent your weekend anywhere near the New Forest, you might have heard the engines before you saw the cars. The Beaulieu Supercar Weekend took over the grounds of the National Motor Museum on 1 and 2 August, and for anyone who likes fast cars, it was a lot to take in over the two days.
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The centrepiece was the Prestige and Hypercar display on the Palace House lawns, which read like a wishlist for any petrolhead. Among the cars on show were a Ferrari F80, a Pagani Huayra, the LaFerrari and its Aperta sibling, the Aston Martin Valhalla and Valkyrie, and the Porsche Holy Trinity of the 918 and 959. The list went on: a Ferrari F40, an Aston Martin One-77, the SF90 XX Stradale, a McLaren MSO1, a Brabham BT62, a Lamborghini Miura, a Jaguar XJ220, a Toyota 2000GT, and even a BMW Batmobile. It was the kind of line-up where you could spend an hour just walking the lawn.
It was not a static show, either. Demonstration runs went past at 11:30am, 1pm and 3pm along Chestnut Avenue, and the day closed with the Sound-Off at 4pm in the Arena, sponsored by Nanolex Car Care UK, which is exactly what it sounds like. There was an F1 simulator where you could take high-speed test laps with an F1 driver at the wheel, and at 2pm, 15-year-old Ginetta Junior driver Oscar Stockley-King spoke in the Arena. For the younger crowd, the Mini Rovers gave children aged 4 to 10 a go on an off-road obstacle course in Land Rover Series 2 replicas for an extra £10.
New for 2026 was a live music programme running across both days, with John Burke and Tatt Hussein of The Woven Crows and Lost Post on the Saturday, TuneBox and Jemima and the Five on the Sunday, and DJ Adam Dale playing in the Driver's Marquee. The Sporting Bears raffle gave you a chance to win a seat in one of the supercars during the demonstration runs, with the money going to the Simon Says charity. There was also a Brookspeed display featuring the Ginetta GTA G56.
None of this would have happened without the clubs. The Alpine A110 Owners Club, Classic Corvette Club UK, GT40 Enthusiasts Club, Lotus Drivers Club, Mustang Owners Club of Great Britain, Mustangs Unleashed, Simply Mustangs UK, Sporting Bears, TVR Car Club, Ultima Owners and Enthusiasts, Ferrari Owners Club UK South Coast Area and Porsche Club GB 992 Register were all there on both days, joined on the Sunday by the Drivers Union, Ferrari Owners Club of Great Britain, Four Marks Supercar Club, SCC Private Members, South Coast Supercar Club, Porsche Drive Group and McLaren Owners Club.
It is worth remembering where this all sits. The National Motor Museum, set up in 1952 in the heart of the New Forest, holds more than 280 vehicles and is run by the National Motor Museum Trust Ltd within the grounds of historic Palace House. The weekend ticket covered entry to the event and all the museum's attractions, so the cars were only half the draw. If you missed it, it is one to keep on the radar for next time.
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6 August 2026
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