In 1985 a very curious little boy with a knack
for all things mechanical, picked up a spanner, stood on tiptoes and
peered beneath the open bonnet of his father’s newly acquired sunset
orange 1972 Volkswagen beetle; that’s how he caught the bug(!) and he’s
been addicted ever since....
Who Are We?! With
over 10 years experience in the automotive industry, Outermotive is a
family business, offering services and products to customers
throughout the UK. Established in 2005, the business is located in
Warwick.
Services We Provide
The business provides individuals with a range of services including VW Camper Hire, VW Camper and Beetle Sales, a
Workshop for all your VW Professional Servicing and Repairs, Mot
Preparation and Restoration, also Parts and Products. We also provide a bespoke Parts Design Service, Freelance Race Engineering and Motorsport Support. Our
experience ensures that our customers get out on the road in style. Our
services are tailored to meet your needs every time.
Products
Offering Gift Vouchers, Accessories to your VW Camper Hire package, and
also classic VW parts, the wide range of VW related products that are
supplied by the business are ideal for customers to complete their
weekend on the road, and for VW enthusiasts to complete their
beloved projects! Available on our website at sensible prices, the
products can be tailored to requirements and parts can be designed and
made from scratch. Background Colin Shoobridge BEng (hons) has been involved in the Automotive industry for many years and runs the company with his fiance Karen, who always dreamt of one day owning a VW Camper!
Early Days Colin's journey into the world of motoring actually started before the 1972 sunset orange beetle, when in 1984 he found himself helping his dad to build a baja bug. Colin was just 6 years of age!! Since then, he continued to help his dad on various projects and finally came to own his very own bug in 1999, having spent many hours getting very excited at drag racing meets such as the infamous Bug Jam!
Qualifications With his passion for all things on 4 wheels it seemed only right to do a degree in Automotive Engineering at Oxford Brookes University, which after 4 yrs hard work earned him his degree with honours. From there Colin went straight into the workplace joining a Rally Team team and became involved in the World Rally Championship…. it should be added, all the while tending to his own projects on VW's outside of his working hours (which admittedly weren't many!).
In the Press In
fact during his first year in the workplace, Colin owned a VW Golf Mark
1 GTi which was parked up in the workshop of the Rally team! A journalist had come to do an article on the company and spotted Colin's car there.
The journalist then asked if he could also do an article on the Golf,
which was duly featured in VW Motoring Magazine!
Motorsport Career Colin went on to have a full and varied career in Motorsport working as a Senior Technician and Race Engineer. He worked with motorsport companies in the British Touring Car Championship, the World Rally Championship, the National Historic Rally Championship, the Porsche Carrera Cup, British Rally Championship, Le Mans 24 Hour Race, FIA and the British GT Championship.
So that leads us to here! Outermotive involves Colin's many areas of expertise, and of course including his passion for the all important VW's, we think you'll agree that Colin Shoobridge is more than qualified to look after the business!
Motorsport Career