Goodwood Festival of Speed

Bentley is working on a hardcore version of its Continental GT inspired by the car's GT3 racing variant, and we could see it unveiled as early as this month. It is expected to be the most potent version of the Continental GT yet, meaning it will fill the space previously occupied by the Continental...

Lotus is celebrating its Formula One provenance with a special edition Exige S called the Exige LF1 (Lotus F1). The car marks the 81 victories in F1 that have been made by Lotus-branded cars, from the very first win at the 1960 Monaco Grand Prix up to the final one at the 2013 Australian Grand...

The Maserati MC12 GT1 is one of the most successful cars in endurance racing, having been driven to multiple victories in the original FIA GT series and the short-lived FIA GT1 World Championship. Powered by a 6.0-liter V-12 engine limited to 540 horsepower, the Maserati race car was capable of...

The latest iteration of the Acura NSX and Honda Civic Type R concept cars will be on show at the 2014 Goodwood Festival of Speed in the U.K. next month, marking the first time that the two vehicles will be shown together. Both are due to enter production next year, though show goers will only be...

Koenigsegg’s new One:1 supercar, billed as the world’s most powerful production car, made its official debut back in March at the 2014 Geneva Motor Show, but the car on show at the Swiss event was only a mock-up. Koenigsegg is still working on a prototype for the One:1 and the first...

Back in 2011, French automaker Renault set the front-wheel-drive lap record at the Nürburgring with its Mégane RS 265 Trophy, which lapped the notorious German circuit in a time of 8:07.97. That record sat comfortably in Renault’s lap until a couple of months ago when Spanish...

BMW will present an assortment of performance vehicles at the 2014 Goodwood Festival of Speed this June, including a special anniversary model. Unfortunately, the automaker hasn’t mentioned which anniversary it will be celebrating or the model that will form the basis for the latest special...

Sébastien Loeb is undeniably the living master of all things unpaved, and, as he proved at last year's Pikes Peak International Hill Climb, he can chuck a car around just fine on asphalt, too. Now, he's aiming for the top of the charts at the Goodwood Festival of Speed's famous hill climb...

The Acura NSX may be the most over-teased and under-delivered car of this century. For years now, we've seen concept after nearly identical concept--no, wait, this one's a prototype!--with no actual production car in sight. The next step in the Neverending Story Xperiment will come at Goodwood...

One of the world’s most historic race cars will be rolling up to the Goodwood Festival of Speed this year, helping to celebrate the 120th anniversary of Mercedes-Benz’s motorsport endeavors. The race car is a 1914 Mercedes Grand Prix car, a trio of which claimed a one-two-three victory...

This year's Goodwood Festival of Speed went off without too many hitches--though a few classic and modern supercars and race cars did make unscheduled stops to collect a hay bale or two. Here, we have a compilation of most of the supercar hardware in the paddock, arranged in a quick-fire drive-by...

McLaren’s new P1 supercar, the spiritual successor to the legendary F1, made its dynamic debut at the recent 2013 Goodwood Festival of Speed in the U.K., and on hand to drive the car up the event’s famous hill climb was none other than Formula One ace Jenson Button. As we previously...

One of the surprises of last weekend’s 2013 Goodwood Festival of Speed was this 1932 Bugatti Royale. Bugatti rolled out the rare auto (only six were ever built) to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Goodwood Festival of Speed, presenting it to visitors at the Cartier Style et Luxe concours...

Featured in the video above is Jaguar chief vehicle integrity engineer Mike Cross talking about the automaker’s latest Project 7 concept car based on the F-Type sports car. The one-off speedster made its world debut at the 2013 Goodwood Festival of Speed over the weekend, where Cross was able...

Porsche’s 918 Spyder, now with an output of 887 horsepower and 940 pound-feet of torque, made its dynamic debut over the weekend at the 2013 Goodwood Festival of Speed, providing a fascinating insight to the performance potential of its advanced hybrid drivetrain. The car’s...

McLaren’s Formula One ace Jenson Button took time out from his busy schedule to drive the company’s new P1 supercar at its dynamic debut at the 2013 Goodwood Festival of Speed this past weekend. Button not only drove the car but raced it up the event’s famous hill climb where he...

Before you file the Sin R1 as just another Corvette-powered supercar from some company you’ll probably never hear of again, take a moment and just factor in the car’s performance. Its maker claims the R1 is good for 0-60 mph in a Bugatti Veyron-rivaling time of just 2.5 seconds, and...

The Goodwood Festival of Speed is currently underway at Goodwood House in the U.K. and has already turned out to be a blockbuster, with the number of vehicles on show being the highest in the event’s 20-year history. More importantly, many of the vehicles on show are making their respective...

The completed version of Bentley’s Continental GT3 race car made its official world debut at the 2013 Goodwood Festival Of Speed in the U.K. this week, and we now have photos and video taken at its unveiling. The race car is based on the road-going Continental GT V8 and is an evolution of the...

Juan Manual Fangio is one of the original legends of F1, and perhaps the greatest. His W196 R 1954 F1 car is nearly as legendary, and now it belongs to a new owner. Fangio's Silver Arrow sold at a Bonhams auction at the Goodwood Festival of Speed today for £19.6 million, or about $29,650,000...