See our Ariel Atom at Top Gear live

The Great Escape Classic Car Hire Ariel Atom will be on display at the Top Gear Live event at Excel in London from Thursday to Saturyday. You can find the car on the Ariel stand and to celebrate we'll be running some special Christmas discount offers at the show. Just come along, ask for Crispin and we'll take 10% off the hire price - for vouchers or bookings.

The Ariel Atom for hire from Great Escape is available from our London site. Discounted hire prices start at £310 for 24 hours, which includes 200 miles use, comprehensive insurance and AA breakdown cover. The car is an Ariel Atom 245 with optional seat heaters and windscreen.

To find out more about hiring the Ariel Atom for hire from Great Escape Classic Car Hire call 01527 893733 or visit http://www.greatescapecars.co.uk/.

BMW 1600ti ready for Silverstone

When Great Escape Classic Car Hire's Technical Director Tony Hunting brought the http://www.davidcornwallis.co.uk/ BMW 1600ti race car in for prepping at our Worcestershire workshop before its outing at Silverstone, it was a great opportunity for the team to get together before the camera with the car.

Great Escape MD Graham Eason, Operations Manager Russ Pemberton and Tony posed for a snapshot after the car had been fetled on the Great Escape ramp. The BMW runs in the Swinging Sixties championship co-driven by Tony with David Cornwallis, who owns the car and runs a company specialising in refurbished Thwaites dumper trucks. Great Escape provides sponsorship for the duo throughout the season.

The BMW's next outing is at Silverstone on September 16th when it will compete in the Swinging Sixties championship. The car required work to the exhaust and bodywork after a minor incident at Anglesey track.



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Russ joins the Great Escape team

Great Escape Classic Car Hire, the UK's largest classic car hire company, has appointed Russ Pemberton as Operations Manager based at its Worcestershire HQ. The new role has been created to improve customer service and coordinate hire activity across Great Escape's six locations.

Russ joins Great Escape after 32 years in the West Midlands police force. He is a lifelong classic Ford enthusiast and owns two immaculate Ford Escorts - a 1600 'big wing' rally car and a RS2000 road car. In his new role Russ will be responsible for the day to day operation of Great Escape including managing the bookings and enquiries office and organising vehicle logistics and maintenance.

The appointment of an Operations Manager reflects Great Escape's growth during 2011. Since 2009 the company has grown from a single site with 20 cars to 6 UK locations with a fleet of 50 classic cars for hire, the largest in the Britain.

"I am very pleased to welcome Russ to the team," says Graham Eason of Great Escape. "Our growth means we need someone like Russ to manage our day to day operations and ensure the business runs smoothly for the benefit of customers."

Great Escape was established in 2006 as a hobby business by Graham Eason. When Graham was made redundant in 2009 he was able to focus on the company's growth. Great Escape now provides cars for daily, weekly and weekend self drive hires, TV and advertising shoots and corporate events.

To find out more visit http://www.greatescapecars.co.uk/ or call 01527 893733.

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