Last Monday was the first day of my summer holidays. Me and a group of my friends from school went to the Mazda Production plant to find out how cars are made. There were 10 mums and dads and 13 kids, so we were quite a group.
First we got on a bus to the museum, and in the entrance hall there were some new cars and we were allowed to get in them.
Some, who will remain anonymous, kept peeping the horns, so this man had to come out and turn off the noise, but we all had a great time anyway.
Then it was into the museum.
We all listened avidly for at least 5 minutes to the lady telling us about all the cars.
There were lots of cool cars to look at, but there was an audible gasp from all of us when we turned the corner and saw this racing car, which won at Le Mains!
Then we found out how cars were made. This is a full size clay model of an RX8, which they made in the design process.
And this is what happens in a car crash at 56km/hour. Keep your seatbelts on everyone!
We weren't allowed to take photos in the actual factory, but we saw how robots and real people put the parts of the cars together, and how the finished cars were put on giant boats to be taken all over the world.
Then it was back to the lobby for another go on the finished articles.
This green Demio was popular!
The bigger kids liked the swish Roadster!
The games they had at the end were just like Mario Kart!
We can't wait till we're old enough to really drive!
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