ITrediciVaresi, ModenaVaresi TrediciThe last of the naturally aspirated twelves.
IILampo SpiderVaresi, ModenaVaresi Lampo SpiderThe one that goes out on the first warm weekend.
IIIElettraVaresi, ModenaVaresi ElettraSilent, and the most violent thing here.
IVRavenscourtCastellan, WarwickshireCastellan RavenscourtThe one we would take across France.
VWindroseCastellan, WarwickshireCastellan WindroseEight layers of roof, sixteen seconds.
VIR9Reiter, StuttgartReiter R9Three pedals, and the lightest car we own.
VIIKessel GTReiter, StuttgartReiter Kessel GTA homologation car that never left the paddock.
VIIIVent NoirAnselme, MolsheimAnselme Vent NoirSixteen cylinders, and remarkably calm about it.
IXType 12Thorne, HethelThorne Type 12Twelve were built. This is the fourth.Three routes we have driven enough times to know where the surface changes and which pub opens early.
All drivesSixty eight members, nine cars and a set of rules short enough to read in a minute.
Membership
Nineteen thousand square feet of hangar, four bays, and one chief technician who signs off every car that leaves.
Belgrave Nine started as a building with a lift in it. Ruaridh had spent four years running a works GT programme and had strong opinions about what happens to fast cars that are maintained by whoever is cheapest that month.
Priya Raval came from the same paddock, where she had been responsible for two cars that finished every race they started in three seasons. She has run this workshop since 2018 and has never once let a car leave that she had not driven herself.
Every car, every hire, in the three days before it reaches you. The sheet is signed and goes in the file with the photographs.
Full geometry check against the manufacturer's touring settings
Tyre pressures set cold, tread depth recorded to the tenth
Brake pad and disc measurement, photographed and filed
Fluid levels, including a coolant strength test
Battery health and charge rate under load
Undertray removal and inspection for stone damage
Paint inspected under a colour matched inspection lamp
Every panel photographed at fixed angles for the condition record
Interior deep clean, including the seat rails people forget
Glass polished inside and out, and the mirrors reset
Fuel filled or battery charged to full, without exception
Tracker and telematics confirmed live before the car leaves
A twenty mile road test on a set route, by the technician who prepared it
Final walk round with the member, camera in hand, before the keys change hands
The cars live in a climate controlled room at sixteen degrees and forty five per cent humidity, on trickle chargers, with the tyres set slightly high and the handbrakes off. Every one of them is started and driven at least once a fortnight, whether it is booked or not.
Curator members keep a car of their own here on the same terms. It is the only part of the business we have never advertised, and it is full.
Founder
Eleven years racing endurance cars, four running a works GT programme, and one spent working out whether this idea made any sense. He does the handovers in London and answers the phone at weekends, which he insists is not a complaint.
Chief technician
Runs the atelier and the three technicians in it. Responsible for the fourteen points, the condition records, and the standing instruction that no car leaves Enstone without being driven twenty miles first. Drives the R9 more than anyone.
Members are welcome at Enstone whenever the workshop is open, and so is anyone thinking about it. Bring good shoes, it is a working building.
Cars are prepared for three days before every handover, so the earliest date shown is seventy two hours out.
Extras
This is an indication, not an invoice. We confirm the final figure by email within one working day, and nothing is taken until you have agreed it.
We have provisionally held the car for your dates. Ruaridh or Priya will call within one working day to confirm the details and arrange the licence check.
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