A little taste of Italy

Italy.  It's all about the food and the cars.  Ok, and a few dodgy politicians but at The Getaway Driver we don't get involved in such things.  Nope, we love Italy for its cars and pasta, things that are right up our autostrada, so we created a special Italian themed package to celebrate the little bit of Latin in all of us.  And of course we called it Bella Italia.
Our Bella Italia experience brings together an Alfa Romeo Spider, one of Italy's - maybe the world's - best sports cars, and some fine dining.  We've also included some appropriately romantic roads to create a day out to remember for just two.  Just pick up the keys to your Alfa from your choice of Getaway Driver start points in Yorkshire, Suffolk, Cotswolds or East Midlands.  We'll provide a day's driving route and arrange a lunch stop at a great local Italian restaurant we know.  Bellissimo.  As they say in Italy apparently.
We can't guarantee the sort of sunshine that ripens olives and tomatoes but with the top down on an Alfa Romeo Spider and some great British scenery, frankly not much else matters. The experience starts at 9am and finishes at 6pm and will include about 120 miles driving.
To find out more visit http://www.thegetawaydriver.co.uk/ or call 01386 792056. 

Discover the E Type Story

2011 just happens to be 50 years since the Jaguar E Type was unveiled to an unsuspecting audience.  That was right at the start of the 1960s, before everyone really got swinging and a-groovin.  Back then motoring excitement was confined to those new fangled Fords with their transatlantic styling. 
So it's fair to say that those first viewers probably found the sleek curves and pronounced bonnet bulge a little difficult to cope with.  Even now, 50 years on, the E Type is a symphony of swooping lines with an impossibly low roofline.  It is still voted the most desirable classic car of all time and in many respects has been a noose around Jaguar's neck.  The company tried to move away from the E Type's influence with the svelte XJS but even today you can see the cat-like pounce of the E Type echoed in the current XKR's lines.
With the E Type casting such a long shadow here at The Getaway Driver we thought we'd dust off the baubles and bring out the bunting to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Jaguar E Type in our own special way.  Weve created The E Type Story, which is a driving experience with a twist.  Over a weekend The E Type Story gives you the chance to drive the original E Type and two of its successors - all in their ultimate guises.  So you drive a Series 3 V12 E Type, V12 XJS convertible and a supercharged V8 Jaguar XKR coupe.  The E Type Story is available from our Cotswolds site and includes 2 nights B&B accommodation locally.
We are offering a strictly limited number of 50 E Type Story packages for sale during 2011.  So buy now before they disappear.  For more details visit http://www.thegetawaydriver.co.uk/ or call 01386 792056.