Ascari needs no persuading

9:55am Friday 16th June 2006

With the company's all conquering KZ1 supercar all set to star in the big budget remake of the 70's crime caper, the Persuaders, the team from Ascari made the journey from their Banbury HQ to the southern shores of France to dazzle visitors to this year's Cannes Film Festival.

There to meet long standing business partners, Brass Hat Productions, as well as Ashok Amritraj, the producer of choice for the Persuaders movie, Ascari's Chris Burton sees the movie tie-in as the perfect opportunity to introduce the 500bhp Ascari to a global audience.

Ascari heads for Tinsel town, via Cannes

"For a low volume supercar manufacturer such as Ascari to compete with more established rivals, the opportunity to star in a big budget Hollywood blockbuster offers a huge boost to the company's profile.

If the KZ1 looks as good on the big screen as it does in the flesh then cinema goers are in for a treat."

Ben Stiller, Steve Coogan, Hugh Grant and George Clooney are just some of the names tipped to fill the legendry shoes of Tony Curtis and Roger Moore the stars of the original TV series.

Playing two millionaire playboys in the fight against crime, the new on screen heroes will follow on from where Curtis and Moore left off, with stylish clothes, exotic locations, beautiful girls and of course fast cars the order of the day.