It’s official!  The Subaru Houghton International is Europe’s biggest international horse trials, with some 358 riders competing in this year’sfour-day extravaganza in Norfolk, held between 27 and 30 May.

Guitar legends to perform live ‘Guitar Moment’ at the Goodwood Festival of Speed
Top names to include Jeff Beck, Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top and blues legend Jimmie Vaughn
Rock stars own distinctive cars on display for very first time, including Billy Gibbons’ 23 foot CadZZilla
Display of each musician’s rare signature guitars

From 2-4 July Goodwood will be creating the ultimate car ‘tuning’ show as the world’s greatest celebration of automotive culture – the Festival of Speed – strikes the right chord and celebrates Cars, Stars and Guitars with musical ‘moments,’ some stunning cars and a unique guitar display.

Emily Llewellyn, the UK’s top young female eventer and London 2012 Olympic hopeful, has become an official Subaru Brand Ambassador.

Based in East Sussex, Emily is the only rider to have ridden in seven consecutive European Youth Championship teams, winning a grand total of five gold medals.  She finished in 15th position (from a top international field of 84 entrants) at this year’s Badminton Horse Trials, and won last year’s Under-25 Championships.  Emily currently sits fifth in the British Eventing Top 20 Rider Table for the 2010 season.

As Car Crime Awareness Week (17-23 May) gets underway, police car crime experts are warning that many thousands of ‘cloned’ cars are still being sold illegally, to genuine buyers, who then stand to lose both their new car and the money they paid for it.

According to ACPO figures*, 1,300 cloned vehicles, worth more than £13million, have been recovered since 2006. Yet, this is likely to be just a tiny proportion of the problem, with over 100,000 stolen blank V5C Registration documents still in circulation, being used to clone stolen vehicles.

Prodrive technology helps soldiers extract maximum capability from their vehicles across a wide range of operational scenarios

Technology used to win the gruelling World Rally Championship could help drivers of military vehicles negotiate demanding terrains at higher speeds and with increased stability and safety. British motorsport specialist Prodrive developed the torque control technology that helped Subaru secure six World Rally titles and has now adapted the system to give military vehicles increased capability while also making them easier and safer to drive.

100 Impreza P1s descended on Prodrive at Banbury today, Sunday 9 May, to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the car, which hit Britain’s roads in 2000.

A further 300 Subaru Imprezas and 1000 fans also joined in the commemorative event.

Subaru has completed development of its ‘New EyeSight’ driving assist system – a unique active safety device that uses camera technology to help drivers avoid collisions.

Using two forward-facing cameras mounted either side of the rear-view mirror, New EyeSight incorporates a ‘Pre-Collision Braking Control’ feature, which sounds an alarm to warn the driver of a potential collision with a vehicle in front.  If the speed difference between the driver’s vehicle and that in front is below 30 km/h, and if there is no action taken by the driver, the system will also automatically slow or stop the car in order to avoid a collision or minimise damage.