Megaphonic, Boxengasse, Porsche

from Classic and Competition Car 143 August 2022

by Simon Wright

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Megaphonics, Boxengasse, Oxfordshire. 2022, By David Goose & Stuart Yates - Motorsport Imagery.

1992 Porsche 911 RS

1992 Porsche 911 Carrera 4 3600cc

Megaphonics 2022

Few sports car marques have the following that Porsche commands, with in particular the familiar outline of the 911 series being easily recognisable. Each year for the last four years, a one day event has been held in a farm yard in Wendlebury near Bicester, Oxfordshire to celebrate the Porsche brand.

The farm yard, is known as Boxengasse, a location for all things Porsche and the occasional other car brands. Boxengasse and Autofarm, one of the residents in the 25,000 square foot custom designed workshop and other facilities, runs the annual event, known for the first three years as OilCooled, but for the fourth year, it has been renamed Megaphonics. With over 45 years in business as Porsche specialists, there are few companies in the UK who have the expertise or passion for the Porsche brand that Autofarm possess. Megaphonics, held around Boxengasse’s stunning 100 acre grass estate and large lake shows the passion the businesses have for all things Porsche.

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Autofarm Workshop

The event has three main display areas, Autofarm /

Boxengasse’s own display area showing customer cars, cars being serviced / restored and cars being hosted for their owners. The second display area is for the main attraction, mostly for 911’s and 356 model’s and the various derivatives. The third area is for all other Porsche’s, including Taycan’s, Macan’s, Panamera’s, Boxsters and

1998 Porsche 930 Turbo S and 1954 Porsche 356 Pre-A 1500 Coupe

1980 Porsche 924 Carrera GTP driven by Jurgen Barth, Derek Bell and Tony Dron at the 24 Hours of Le Mans 1992 Porsche 911 Carrera 4.

the likes, but it is regarded as more of a car park than a display area. All non Porsche models park in a general car park away from the featured cars. With several hundred prized Porsches on display, this years event was held in good weather unlike the very wet 2021 Oil-Cooled event.

With several car club events being cancelled so far this year, apparently due to a lack of interest or attendees, its is

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1978 Porsche 911 SC, East African Safari Classic, 2021, Ken Block 1988 Porsche 911 Turbo

encouraging to see the Porsche 911 owners and enthusiasts getting firmly behind the Megaphonics event. This is not a local event with visitors travelling from all areas of the country to attend. Overseas visitors were not easily recognisable, but a Covid restrictions are relaxed even further, visitors from Europe in future must surely only increase.