Trip of lifetime

A FLEET of Land Rover Defenders worth £500,000 lined up in Thirsk yesterday, before a week-long, 3,000-mile road trip of a lifetime.
By The Newsroom
Published 15th May 2013, 01:01 BST
Charlie Fawcett, Managing Director of Twisted at Thirsk, with some of the landrover defenders taking part in the 2013 trans -European Gumball 3000 rally.Charlie Fawcett, Managing Director of Twisted at Thirsk, with some of the landrover defenders taking part in the 2013 trans -European Gumball 3000 rally.
Charlie Fawcett, Managing Director of Twisted at Thirsk, with some of the landrover defenders taking part in the 2013 trans -European Gumball 3000 rally.

Local firm Twisted spent three months building the vehicles for the 2013 trans-European Gumball 3000 rally which features some of the world’s wealthiest and most fanatical supercar owners. The vehicles offer a range of power options – 170bhp and 250bhp diesels and a 430bhp V8 petrol – enhanced sound-proofing and brakes, comfortable suspension and reversing cameras. Leather interiors are a luxury touch and camouflage paint jobs befit the rally’s Gumball Army theme. Skateboard legend Tony Hawk and Twisted’s managing director Charlie Fawcett, pictured, will be driving a Defender each and the others will be used as support vehicles.

Picture: Gary Longbottom.

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