Lotus Esprit to appear as part of `Cars of the Stars` exhibit in Northumberland, UK

25-Jan-2009 • Event

Cars that became almost as big as the stars who drove them in a string of top selling movies and soar-away success television shows go on display from this weekend at Woodhorn in Northumberland - reports the Morpeth Herald.

The 'Cars of the Stars' exhibition will feature a Batmobile, the Chitty Chitty Bang Bang racing car, Del Boy Trotter's iconic Reliant three-wheeler van, the red and white Ford Gran Torino driven by Starksy and Hutch David Soul and Paul Michael Glaser, the Ford Anglia made famous in the Harry Potter movies, the Herbie VW Love Bug used in the Lindsay Lohan film, the 'Back to the Future' DeLorean. the K.I.T.T supercar driven by David Hasselhoff in Knightrider plus a number of other exciting vehicles.

The display runs from this weekend until early May .

The cars have been borrowed from a collection of vehicles amassed over the past three decades by Cumbrian dentist-turned-artist Peter Nelson who runs the 'Cars of the Stars' motor museum in Keswick.

Over 30 years Peter has asembled about 100 cars and motor bikes including the biggest private collection of James Bond cars including the white Lotus Esprit driven by Roger Moore in 'For Your Eyes Only', which will form part of the Woodhorn display.

The exhibition will be accompanied by a series of events and activities for children both within the exhibition and elsewhere on the Woodhorn site. Visit www.experiencewoodhorn.com for details.

* Woodhorn is open Wednesdays to Sundays (plus Tuesdays during school and bank holidays) and admission to the 'Cars of the Stars' exhibition is Â£3.50 for adults; Â£3 concessions; Â£2.50 for children; and Â£10.50 for a family of four. Admission to the rest of the Woodhorn site and the country park is free.