Fast cars, big hearts: Starship Supercar Show sets new fundraising benchmark

Without a doubt, the third time was a charm for the Starship Supercars Show, as the 2025 event smashed records for ticket sales and money raised for the Starship Foundation. In a single weekend, more than 8000 car-fans flocked to the Giltrap Group HQ in Auckland’s Grey Lynn to get up close to a display of rare and wonderful cars with a combined value of more than $125 million.

The most important number is the $232,000 raised for the Starship Foundation through ticket sales and a charity auction, taking the total raised since 2021 to over $635,000.

Joanna Simon, CEO of the Starship Foundation, says, “A huge congratulations to the entire Giltrap team and all their supporters on the success of the third Starship Supercar Show. Thank you for helping us to provide the very best care, equipment and innovation to children from every corner of Aotearoa. We are so grateful for your support”.

The 2025 event not only attracted the biggest crowd yet, but it also drew car fans from as far afield as Fiji, lured to Auckland by the most extensive collection of rare and wonderful Supercars ever assembled in New Zealand. Several fans bought tickets for multiple sessions, with one fan posting online that they’d taken more than 900 photos during the show. Michael Giltrap, Executive Director, Giltrap Group, says, “The sheer joy on the faces of people who were greeted by an actual Formula One car as they walked in, to the excitement at seeing their dream car, was incredible.”

“Thanks to the generosity of the owners, we were able to put together a collection of 91 cars that was truly world-class. Some of these cars were worth several million dollars, but there was no hesitation in putting them on show, and in many cases, it was the owners who got in touch with us. I can’t emphasise enough, just how amazingly generous they, and the countless businesses, were in getting behind this event.”

From transporting cars around the country to supporting the charity auction and donation time, the incredible support from the business community helped the 2025 event raise a record amount for the Starship Foundation. Planning is already underway for the 2027 event. Stay up to date at www.giltrap.com