Mercedes Benz World Day Out

pkempc · 27 August 2008 at 6:46PM

Just returned from a day trip to both the Brooklands motorsport and aviation museum and also the adjoining Mercedes Benz World centre.

We thoroughly enjoyed both attractions. At the museum you absolutely must get a ride in a vintage racing car around what remains of the banked circuit - at a £1 per person it was a real hoot! Also they have a London Routemaster double decker bus which nearly tips over as it trundles round- take a change of pants!:eek:

The Merc centre is free to enter with all the latest range from Smart cars to Maybachs to sit in. There's a short film & a 3D ride, cafe, restaurant plus all the ( pay for ) driving experiences. Highly recommended.

PS for those that aren't into planes & automobiles there's the usual out of town retail barns on the same site.

meester · 27 August 2008 at 7:45PM

pkempc wrote: »

Just returned from a day trip to both the Brooklands motorsport and aviation museum and also the adjoining Mercedes Benz World centre.

We thoroughly enjoyed both attractions. At the museum you absolutely must get a ride in a vintage racing car around what remains of the banked circuit - at a £1 per person it was a real hoot! Also they have a London Routemaster double decker bus which nearly tips over as it trundles round- take a change of pants!:eek:

The Merc centre is free to enter with all the latest range from Smart cars to Maybachs to sit in. There's a short film & a 3D ride, cafe, restaurant plus all the ( pay for ) driving experiences. Highly recommended.

PS for those that aren't into planes & automobiles there's the usual out of town retail barns on the same site.

Just to clarify, the former is a museum which costs money to get into, and is not associated with Mercedes Benz World, apart from being adjacent. The Mercedes Benz World is free basically you go and drool over the S-Class AMGs and marvel at the softness of the leather and open the doors and play with them, or gaze at the McLaren SLR from behind a rope, and you can watch people driving out the windows. They also do driving lessons for 14-year olds (or anyone big enough to reach the pedals)

If you want to do the driving experience, best book it in advance, you can do M-Class offroad, £100 for an hour, or drive an AMG for 60 minutes for £150, or do a handling course for £75 for 30 minutes.

The shopping's pretty grim, there's a Tesco/M&S, Argos, and Mothercare.

kv27 · 12 November 2008 at 4:57PM

i'm thinking of surprising my boyfriend with this. but how long do you get to do the driving? is the track one better than he off-road???

crates · 29 May 2011 at 5:22PM

Man oh man. I wish they'd bring this back.

My girlfriend (yes gf!) is enamored with the new S500 but we can't afford one. It would be amazing if they did another one like this next time we're in the UK. I suppose I'm just dreaming.

SimbaSimon · 29 May 2011 at 11:29PM

crates wrote: »

Man oh man. I wish they'd bring this back.

My girlfriend (yes gf!) is enamored with the new S500 but we can't afford one. It would be amazing if they did another one like this next time we're in the UK. I suppose I'm just dreaming.

Its still open by the looks of it.

http://www2.mercedes-benz.co.uk/content/unitedkingdom/mpc/mpc_unitedkingdom_website/en/home_mpc/MBWorldBrooklands.flash.html

rainandsun · 11 June 2011 at 3:40AM

nice.. i just wonder if they also showcase the Mercedes Benz repair on that auto show? i mean do they give insight on how the easiest about the engine and all the parts.?

Former_MSE_Andrea · 2 February 2016 at 1:27PM

Still going strong - free activiteis for the whole family over half term

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