ISLE OF WIGHT, ENGLAND (05.19.26) – The Isle of Wight is a beautiful picturesque small island off the South Coast of England. Thousands of car audio enthusiasts from all over the mainland take the ferry for the one hour ride from Southampton each summer to attend the Isle of Wight Takeover. The Isle Of Wight Takeover 2026 took place on Sunday, May 17th.
The event was bigger this year than passed and they said attendance was up. They guess 8 to 10,000 people and the cars on site had to be between 800 and 1000. The Show cars came from everywhere and also had to be ferried across the bay to the island. Sales were amazing and Safe and Sounds Essex business grew substantially this year. The majority of the items sold were PowerBass products. Lee Glover and six members of Safe and Sound Essex staff were on hand doing live on site installs. Carl Huntington and Erik Harbour helped with sales in the stand.
The Safe and Sound Essex crew outfitted Ford OE Direct Fit speakers one after another all day long as they were doing installs in the booth. Other PowerBass products such as the BP-US62 under seat sub and loaded enclosures added to the sales total. Sales were flying out the door from the start of the show nonstop and the PowerBass and Image Dynamics equipped show cars were a huge hit” HARBOUR added.
Call Huntington and the great dealers like Safe and Sound oEssex have done an amazing job with the PowerBass line across the UK. We love seeing our super dealers getting out to events and helping their customers get great sounding Car Audio. We are always happy to be invited by our PowerBass partner Lee Glover along with the Isle of Wight event staff for this year’s great takeover show” Harbour, VP of Product Development and Global Marketing added.
The event staff put on an excellent show, hospitable and well organize, which made it fun for everyone in attendance. All are looking for 2027.
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