Great British Car Journey Reviews Summary

Car Exhibits and Historical Context

Pros:

• "A nice and growing collection of cars arranged roughly chronologically."
• "Packed with historic and more mundane examples of British Motoring history, well organised and curated."
• "Each of the exhibits has lots of information on interactive audio-visual guides supplied."
• "The accompanying audio/visual capability brings it to life."
• "A great selection of cars covering the whole history of the British motor industry."
• "Cars from an early age onwards all laid out so you can easily see them with an audio trail to help."
• "The information available through the tablet & headset is excellent if you want it."
• "Interesting background stories from the interactive electronic tour guide device provided on entry."

Cons:

• "The audio guide was a bit painful to listen to for my taste and I gave up bothering with it."
• "No baby changing facilities. Nothing to keep younger children engaged."
• "I was a bit disappointed in two things: It extols the idea of British designed and manufactured cars but between 6 and maybe 12 were not British made but German or Spanish."
• "No E-type and no Aston Martin for example."
• "Lacks interactive features such as tours, visits to the workshop and videos showing the cars."
• "The majority of the collection are the everyday cars, so often you only see the stupidly expensive super cars."
• "The only improvement I could see is if some of the vehicles had the engine compartment open with further technical information as a page on the tablet."
• "Displays were rather crammed in with hardly any space to walk around most of the exhibits."

Drive Experience

Pros:

• "I was gifted a driving experience and drove the Austin 7 and the Grenada. Two very different cars, but overall a great experience!"
• "Another feature is the ability to actually drive old cars 'drive your Dad's car' (at extra cost) which sounded fun."
• "Everyone we saw taking part in the Drive Dads Car experience had a beaming smile. Myself included!"
• "My husband test drove 3 cars, Rolls Royce, Allegro and Capri. We relived our youth and cars we've owned over the last 40 years."
• "The Drive Dad's Car experience is also good! I enjoyed my drive in the Hillman Imp!"
• "Attended a drive dad's car experience and can honestly say it was fabulous, a chance to get behind cars from my childhood and drive them."
• "This is a fantastic place to visit for anyone who is remotely interested in cars."
• "A fantastic birthday treat and a real trip down memory lane. If anyone how has an interest in British cars this must be a place to visit."

Cons:

• "A bit expensive but I look at it as a donation to keeping the cars running."
• "I fancied the offer of driving a couple of cars for £120.00 but not around the site. Had it been on the road I would have grabbed the chance."
• "For additional cost, you can book to drive a selection of older cars."
• "Would like a different route to get over 25mph and Into 4th gear."
• "Although the driving experience was very good, I would like a different route to get over 25mph and into 4th gear."
• "The drive dad's car facility is great, I chose to drive the Austin A30 which is even older than me."
• "For anyone who is remotely interested in cars, the audio guide gives an excellent insight into each exhibit."
• "If you live English cars and have a good few hours to burn, this is for you. The audio guide is great and I could have spent ages reading and listening about all the cars."