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"Booking MoTs so far in advance is OK if you are a petrolhead who keeps ahead of all of the scheduled maintenance and listens to the news and hears that you have to book and MoT three or four months in advance," he said.

Originally from Bangor, his family and friends in the tattoo community as well as those in the car community - Mr Mann was also a keen petrolhead - remember him fondly.

His father describes him affectionately as a "petrolhead" and says he has driven through most of Europe, including the eastern European country which he developed a soft spot for.

The focus of the show has been changed dramatically, from a petrolhead's dream of the latest, sleekest and fastest four-wheeled machinery, to something designed to encompass all aspects of mobility - with tech companies, startups and bicycle manufacturers also being invited in.

“I’m a petrolhead through and through, but I think we have to accept the future of electrification beckons everyone,” he said at his home in Headley Down, a village in southern England less than hour’s drive from McLaren’s Woking headquarters.