JapFest – Europe’s biggest gathering of Japanese cars – took place at Silverstone on April 9-10, attracting some of the largest crowds ever seen at the show, with the MX-5 Owners’ Club having a particularly impressive presence.
“We’ve brought one of pretty much everything – all four generations of the car,” said Iain Fleming, who organises the club’s events and exhibitions. “There are standard cars, supercharged cars, turbocharged cars – even concours-winning examples here.”
The biggest attraction of the club’s display, however, was a certain YouTube celebrity. ‘Phil’, owned by Alex Kersten of Car Throttle, proudly took centre stage, with large crowds gathering to take a closer look at the V6-swapped Mk1 track car.
“There’s not much that this car hasn’t had done to it,” Iain revealed, “all of which…
