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Motul steps up to become Official Lubricant
Partner of the Lancaster Insurance Classic
Motor Show, with discovery+
MOTUL’s latest partnership sees it appointed as the
Official Lubricant Partner of the UK’s leading classic car
expo - the Lancaster Insurance Classic Motor Show, with
discovery+
Announced in time for the 2021
event, which took place at the
NEC over the weekend of 12-14
November, it is the first year of a new
three-year minimum deal to further
cement Motul’s presence in the UK’s
historic vehicle community, coming
hard on the heels of the announcement
of Motul’s recent partnership with
the Federation of British Historic
Vehicle Clubs (FBHVC) - the umbrella
organisation for a vast number of the UK’s
historic vehicle clubs and associations.
In order to ensure yesterday’s
vehicles are fit to face both today’s and
tomorrow’s roads, Motul has developed
a comprehensive line of products for
historic vehicles, using, where necessary,
the very latest in technology. For historic
vehicle owners, the product range is
truly extensive and, with more than 270
car clubs and 70,000 visitors attending
the event, it represented another
opportunity for the historic vehicle
community not only to become better
acquainted with Motul’s comprehensive -
and expanding - product offering for the
sector, but also to benefit from the Motul
expertise on hand, to assist them with
running and maintaining these cherished
vehicles, using the latest solutions
available for historic vehicle lubrication.
In line with its recently announced
partnership Motul was one of the
participants in the FBHVC’s Village Green
area, taking part in the various activities
that the Federation staged over the
course of the show. Motul had have
several vehicles on display including an
original ultra-rare 1971 Datsun Skyline
GTR (KPGC10), Andy “Ace” Harrison’s
super-successful Mini race car, the first
of the wonderful BRM V16 continuation
cars and a fantastic Rickman CR 900,
which is based on the legendary Kawasaki
Z1.
For Motul the focus was on the recently
launched Club Motul, which aims to give
historic vehicle enthusiasts more direct
access to everything Motul has to offer:
technical assistance, product advice,
merchandise and opportunities to be
part of the growing number of events in
which Motul is involved.
The Historic Vehicle sector continues
to expand in the UK and now comprises
more than 1.5 million vehicles that are at
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