AYGO GUMBALL
Toyota
supports the stars of Channel 4’s Shipwrecked in the first
Student
Gumball Rally
 The Aygo-ing’s
good for star competitors in the first Student Gumball Rally with Toyota
backing the participation of nine of the cast from Channel 4’s sun-and-surf
reality show, Shipwrecked.
The former
desert island-dwellers are being reunited for the rally challenge, sharing the
driving duties in a fleet of four dazzle-painted Aygos. Flagged off from Dover
Town Hall this Sunday (3 September), they will be among 150 cars and more than
500 students hitting a 1,500-mile, six-day course down to the coast of Croatia.
As one of the
top value new car buys for young drivers and with a high fun-to-drive factor,
Aygo will be in its element on the event. The backing for the Shipwrecked crews also builds on Aygo’s sponsorship of Channel 4’s T4 youth
programming strand.
 Shipwrecked’s
Sharks and Tigers are setting aside their island team rivalries to join forces
on the road and help raise funds for their chosen charity, the Teenage Cancer
Trust. Taking part will be Anna Singleton, Rich Biedul, Kev Brotherton, Sam
Bush, John Melvin, Laura Pratt, Crawford Anderson, Lucy Ba-kkioui and Chris
Brain.
As a rally, not
a race, the Student Gumball requires driving skill, pin-point navigation and
split-second time-keeping, qualities that might not spring to mind as being
part of the typical student’s profile. Out to prove the doubters wrong, the
event was fully subscribed within a month, drawing entries from the UK and
across the Continent.
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