Launch of V8 Website in May 2002
In 2027 it will be 25 years since the V8 Website was created and launched in May 2002. It has since been maintained by Victor Smith and from the start the focus has been on having an active website with a good flow of new webpages with news items, useful technical articles and notes and also information on V8 Register and MG Car Club events.

The webpage released just over a year later in September 2003 (see to the right) provided a prompt report on V8 Register members meeting up at an enjoyable Goodwood Revival event that year. 2003 was a significant year as it was the 25th Anniversary year of the launch of the V8 Register in October 1978. That anniversary was celebrated in June 2003 with a dinner in the the stunning new BRDC Clubhouse at Silverstone. Report

It's remained an active website with an average of of 4.8 new webpages released each week over the last four and a half years Links to all new items posted to the V8 Website are on our Recent Changes - the place to go to "see what's new"!
Chart & Recent Changes

Over the years the amount of information available on the V8 Website has grown and has a great deal of useful information and support - it's now 6.9GB on the webhost's server. The website has a useful search box in the top right corner of many webpages which enables users to use key words to hunt for material on the website. For example just type in the key words "V8 rotor arm" and see the links that pop up!

We also have two useful forums as membership benefits:
V8 Bulletin Board with good quality posts and responses.
V8 Register Facebook Group with access available to V8 Register members.
For details of how to apply for access to either forum: Link

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Launch was reported in the V8 Newsletter in the August 2002 issue of Safety Fast!


New V8 website
The new V8 Register website was launched at the end of May 2002 and in the first ten days had over 150 hits. Since then the hit rate has been building as more V8 enthusiasts become aware of the site. There are links with the MG Car Club website and with a number of other sites too, like the specialist RV8 website run by Jim Dolbel at www.rv8.com in Australia. Many members have been in touch saying they have found the "website loads quickly", "is very interesting" and "is a very good looking and interesting site" just to take three of the comments. The website has been designed for both prospective members of the V8 Register and for our existing members. There are links straight to the membership page of the Club's website for prospective members.

Do pop into the V8 Website and browse the 45 webpages where you will find full details of the V8 technical support offered by the V8 Register through the two series of workshop notes for the MGBGTV8 and the MGRV8, spares updates provided by Clive Wheatley and other V8 specialists, a copy of the listing of V8 specialists known as the V8 LIFELINE, a copy of the Rolling V8 Calendar of events and details of the V8 Regalia as a range of items.

There is also an online feedback and registration form which sends the data entered through to the V8 Registrar as an automated email from the webhost. So visitors can join the V8 Register online and members can update their details online too - for example changes of address! We also have a bulletin board which is gradually being used by members as a forum where messages with news of social events can be left or technical queries can be raised so other members can respond with their ideas or advice. Already some of the contributions to the workshop notes series have been posted there before being checked by our technical team and then put in the working drafts of the latest volume of either the V8 or RV8 Workshop Notes series.

Benefit with the launch of the V8 Website
Information and news could be more easily and promptly made available to V8 Register members in the UK and also many overseas.

Early webpage with a report on V8 members meeting up at the Goodwood Revival 2003

Webpage released in September 2003.

How many V8 Website visitors?

Hit rates two years after the launch of the new V8 Website
See report released in December 2004. Link

Recent report on the V8 Website visitor weekly activity level in 2026

Visitors for the week Monday 22nd to Sunday 28th June 2026 saw 9803 - up 10% on the previous week. That's an average of 1400 visitors per day - almost one a minute!
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Our aims for the V8 Website
We aim to have an active website which is interesting, lively and topical with a good flow of new items which provide useful technical information, interesting news items and information on events which V8 Register members will see as a valuable part of their MG Car Club membership benefits. We run the website on an "open to all" basis so potential new members can see the range and quality of the information and support we offer which we hope will encourage them to join the Club and V8 Register. See our Recent Changes webpage with links to all the new items posted to the V8 Website.
Recent Changes