Published: Wednesday, 1st September, 2010 5:00pm

Motor show has everything, from cars to fashion and pampering

Enda Crowe from Jacksons Garage telling one of the Irish International Motor Show girls about the Ford Focus...

Cavan Equestrian Centre hosts Ireland's premier motor show, with indoor and outdoor action, on Saturday 11 and Sunday 12 September this year.

It's the Irish International Motor Show and the programme includes everything the car buyer or enthusiast would want, and so much more, from a fashion show to stunt teams, from kidzone to luxury pampering and beach volleyball...

The list of exhibitors contains the main car makes, plus many specialist operators of all sorts, but it's not all about motors. Among the attractions are a fashion show hosted by the star of TV3's Xposé Glenda Gilson. The model will be showcasing all that's best in Irish fashion and bringing a dash of beauty and colour to show throughout the weekend.

There's something you might not expect to find as well - beach volleyball. The Irish International Motor Show is bringing the beach inland to Cavan Equestrian Centre with the exclusive Beach Volleyball Challenge. As an Olympic sport it's a fantastic spectacle where players leap like gazelles to make the vital scores. The show features a series of display matches from both gals and guys on the two days.

The country's newest stunt team, Full Throttle, will entertain the crowds in the outdoor stunt arena during the two days. Corr, Baxter, Jonny MCL and Hunky Dorry already have an all-Ireland following and deliver loads of tyre shredding excitement with their four Toyota Corolla AE86s - be sure to catch their dynamic show of precision driving skills and thrills.

The Rage Motorsport team will be on hand to offer more thrills with range of on- and off-road Rage buggies, capable of speeds over 100mph and acceleration of 0-60 in 3.5 seconds. The buggies offer a unique thrilling driving experience for private, recreational and corporate hospitality use. They're also used for competitive racing as the RX150 rallycross model features in its own class in rallycross.

The Rage team will also be offering sit-in rides over the weekend... let one of the stunt drivers take you around the purpose built course in double time. Monaghan rally ace Niall Maguire will also be in attendance with his competition cars and offering rallying wannabes valuable advice.

Onyx cars, a leading suppliers of prestigious and specialist vehicles, will be there too. It has a close relationship with Kahn and now with the new Onyx Concept 802, which the owners are excited about. This will field a new era for Range Rover and Porsche bespoke enhancements.

Away from the high octane action, the luxury Radisson Blu will be setting up an exclusive pamper zone, mostly for the ladies, but if any of the guys require beautification, the Radisson's expert spa staff will be on hand to try their best to take off the rough edges.

Exhibitors include: Autoglym; Botanica International; Brady's Cavan Ltd; Bradys Arva Ltd; Chequered Flag Motorsport; Donnery Opel; Doran Motors; Flack Brothers, Peugeot; FM Perfume; JB Logos; Moynehall Renault; No 9 Craft and Gifts; Paddy Rally; Puncture Safe Ireland; Rally School Ireland; The Dent Man.

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