As well as being known as a centre of engineering excellence, the Gloucester HQ of Forge Motorsport can now add the nomenclature of ‘cool meet venue’ to its corporate CV – as the impressive turn-out for the company’s inaugural Forge Brunch Club Meet proved.

The remit was nothing more complicated than inviting a few good people and their rides down for that tried-and-tested formula of admiring each other’s motors while snacking on something good to eat. Burgers, cars – and great people. It doesn’t get any better than that, does it really?

When you see a stunning SDR V-Storm like this, you realise just what a clever designer, Simon Keys is. Great car.

Kicking off show proceedings, Forge had its own array of metal on parade for the impressive crowd present. Zac Miles’ own immaculate cover-car Mk1 Golf took centre stage, with some of the company’s on-going projects and development vehicles lurking away in the corners of the sizeable workshop.

Marques wise, there was a veritable smorgasbord to choose from with something for every taste, pretty much. A healthy line-up of tweaked and tuned BMWs lined up alongside both air and water-cooled VWs, while pristinely prepped track cars including a Peugeot 205, Jason Gwynne’s mental Mini equipped with a Vauxhall C20LET and Mark Huxley’s drift weapon Celica RA28 sat happily alongside sorted Japanese metal such as Nissan Silvias and Civic Type Rs.

The Retro crowd were also well catered for too, with Bruce Holder’s body-dropped Series 1 Land Rover, A mint RS Sierra Cosworth, a juiced Datsun Sunny, Rory Hamilton’s stunning BBS-equipped Mercedes W115 240D and even a stunning SDR V-Storm. In short, something for everyone!

Commenting on the event, Forge MD Peter Miles said, “We’re so pleased that this event turned out so well, with such a great bunch of people and such an eclectic mix of cars. Just how we like it! We’re definitely going to make the Forge Brunch Club Meet an annual event, but we’re also seriously considering running something a little more low-key every couple of months or so. We are all petrolheads here, so there’s nothing better than a car show that comes to your own front yard, is there?”

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