Westfield's Active Drift Experience is a welcome breath of fresh air at the London motor show. Cue sideways action galore

Westfield at the London motor show 2008

By Guy Bird and CAR reader reporter asp

Motor Shows

24 July 2008 10:20

And now read CAR reader reporter asp's review of the Wesfield stand. Be sure to 'Add your comment' afterwards and rate their efforts

What surprised me most on the Westfield stand?

Erm, nothing. Oh, I didn’t know they were linked/associated with GTM. Another stand remarkable though for not preaching it’s saving the environment.

Forget the PR spin. I reckon the real story here is…

More of the same. There are Jubilee limited editions of the Sport (Lotus 7 based) and the XI (Lotus 11 based). The fit and finish appeared better than my cynical expectation of them was. You can buy experience days in them, saves you spending months of evenings and weekends building the thing, only to wrap it round the first tree on a tricky corner.

Reader verdict

It’s exactly what you expect Westfield to be, there’s no need for motor show spin. Another potential reason for growth could be with people moving away from heavy polluting, poor MPG daily cars, to economical daily cars, a Ford Econetic, BMW 318d maybe, with something like a Westfield tucked in the garage for the weekend, I quite want one now.

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