Goodwood Festival of Speed

  • James May's 1984 Porsche 911

    UPDATE: This 1984 Porsche 911 3.2-liter Carrera owned by ex-'Top Gear' host James May was sold during the past weekend’s 2015 Goodwood Festival of Speed for a little over £50,000 (approximately $78,225). The final bid was close to double the expected price. As far as Top Gear goes, the big news is that venerable BBC presenter Chris Evans has been named as Jeremy Clarkson's replacement—but it's not the only news. Later this month, Bonhams will be auctioning program alumni James May's 1984 Porsche 911 3.2-liter Carrera at Goodwood. As you'd expect from the fastidious "Captain...

  • 2016 Lamborghini Aventador SuperVeloce (SV)
    Lamborghini Confirms Aventador SuperVeloce Roadster

    Lamborghini has finally confirmed what we’ve known since March—that an open-top version of the new Aventador LP 750-4 SuperVeloce is coming. To be called the Aventador LP 750-4 SuperVeloce Roadster, just 500 will be built, making it even more exclusive than the coupe. “The...

  • Valentino Rossi at Goodwood FOS
    MotoGP Icon Valentino Rossi Thrills At Goodwood Festival Of Speed

    On or off a motorcycle, nine-time MotoGP champion Valentino Rossi is an entertaining character. Rossi arrived at the Goodwood Festival of Speed fresh off a victory in the Dutch Grand Prix. While "The Doctor" had started from pole position, the race came down to heroic last-lap efforts after contact...

  • Koenigsegg One:1 and the Regera
    Koenigsegg One:1 Meets The Regera At Goodwood: Video

    Koenigsegg had a major presence at the past weekend’s Goodwood Festival of Speed, with three of its supercars, an Agera, a One:1 and the latest Regera, thrilling audiences at the British event. In the video above we get a close look at the One:1 and the Regera models. ALSO SEE: 2016 Mustang...

  • Aston Martin Vulcan, 2015 Goodwood Festival of Speed
    Aston Martin Vulcan Makes Dynamic Debut At 2015 Goodwood Festival Of Speed

    England’s Goodwood Festival of Speed is over for another year, but there’s plenty of photos and video to digest still. One of the stars this year was Aston Martin’s Vulcan track car, which made its dynamic debut at the event and was also shown for the first time in a new livery...

  • 2016 Ford Mustang Shelby GT350R And Focus RS at the 2015 Goodwood Festival of Speed
    2016 Mustang Shelby GT350R And Focus RS Take On The Goodwood Hill Climb: Video

    Two stars from the new Ford Performance lineup, the 2016 Mustang Shelby GT350R and Focus RS, took on the famous hill climb during this past weekend’s Goodwood Festival of Speed in England. In the first video is the Mustang, driven by Ben Collins, professional racing driver and former Stig. It...

  • 2016 Mercedes-AMG A45 4Matic

    Even in this era of engine downsizing and ever-present fuel economy and emissions regulations, the power wars are alive and well. Audi fired the last shot in the hot hatch arena when it lobbed its RS 3 on the market with a 362-horsepower rating, and now Mercedes-AMG has retaliated with an updated version of its A45 4Matic producing a staggering 375 hp. The updated A45 is the flagship of the 2016 Mercedes-Benz A-Class range, which just underwent a mid-cycle update and is on show this weekend at the Goodwood Festival of Speed ahead of a formal debut at September’s Frankfurt Auto Show...

  • 1989 Mazda 767B crashes at the 2015 Goodwood Festival of Speed - Image via Robert Stokes/Jalopnik
    1989 Mazda 767B Le Mans Racer Crashes At 2015 Goodwood Festival of Speed

    Mazda’s motorsport heritage is being honored at this year’s Goodwood Festival of Speed, currently taking place on the grounds of Goodwood House in the south of England, and tragically one of the automaker’s legendary race cars has suffered a crash at the event. The car is a...

  • Lotus 3-Eleven, 2015 Goodwood Festival of Speed
    Lotus 3-Eleven debuts at 2015 Goodwood Festival of Speed

    Lotus has developed a hardcore, track-focused machine along the lines of its previous 2-Eleven launched in 2007. The new track car is called the 3-Eleven to signify its relation to the original Eleven racer of the 1950s as well as the previous Elise-based car, and this time around it is based on...

  • 2015 Goodwood Festival of Speed Central Feature honors Mazda’s motorsports heritage
    Goodwood Festival Of Speed Central Feature Honors Mazda's Motorsports Heritage

    It's that lovely time of year... when a large group of motoring and speed obsessed folks trek to the very large lawn of one Lord March in the south of England. It's time for the 2015 Goodwood Festival of Speed, and this year Mazda will be sharing a large share of the spotlight. The automaker's...

  • 2016 Ford Focus RS, 2015 New York Auto Show
    2016 Ford Focus RS Coming With 345 Horsepower: Video

    The Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] has made big promises to blow your enthusiast face off as of late. The Blue Oval is certainly delivering too, with the arrival of a new GT supercar, a new Raptor performance pickup, and the Mustang Shelby GT350 and GT350R duo. There's one machine noticeably absent...

  • Nissan Juke-R 2.0 concept, 2015 Goodwood Festival of Speed
    Nissan Reveals New, More Powerful Version Of GT-R-Powered Juke-R Crossover

    If indeed Nissan execs were displeased by the construction of the original Juke-R four years ago, they have a funny way of showing it. That’s because the Japanese automaker has unveiled a new version at the 2015 Goodwood Festival of Speed currently underway in the U.K., where the vehicle will...

  • Alain Prost-inspired McLaren P1

    The 2015 Goodwood Festival of Speed gets underway today in the U.K., and one of the stars of the show will be this unique McLaren P1 prepared by the MSO personalization department. Its special livery was inspired by motorsport legend Alain Prost, in particular the Frenchman’s patriotic livery worn on his helmet, and all the surfaces were color-matched to the original famous design. He may have his detractors but there’s no denying that Prost is one of the most accomplished race car drivers of all time and remains a motorsports figurehead even after all these years. He earned four...

  • Morgan EV3 electric 3 Wheeler prototype
    Morgan to premiere EV3 electric 3 Wheeler prototype at Goodwood

    We all know that the Morgan 3 Wheeler is one of the greatest tools that you can use to enter motoring heaven. It's an open-top, reverse-trike, motorcycle-engined marvel that's rooted in the past yet is still able to capture the imaginations of those in the present day. Looking towards the future...

  • 2016 Aston Martin DB9 GT
    Aston Martin Ups Power In DB9 With New GT Trim

    A successor to the Aston Martin DB9 is in the works but before its arrival the DB9 is benefitting from what’s likely to be its last round of updates. The big news is the addition of a new GT trim level which sees the DB9 receive the highest output in the nameplate’s history: 540...

  • 2016 Mercedes-AMG A45 S leaked
    2016 Mercedes-Benz A-Class Set For 2015 Goodwood Festival Of Speed Appearance

    Mercedes-Benz’s current A-Class made its debut at the 2012 Geneva Motor Show, and an updated version of the stylish hatch is due to go on sale in select markets towards the end of this year, the U.S. not being one of them. A formal debut for the updated A-Class range is scheduled for...

  • 2015 Peugeot 308 GTI
    2015 Peugeot 308 GTI: Forbidden Fruit

    The Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] Focus ST and Volkswagen GTI better watch out as French automaker Peugeot has unveiled a new 308 GTI that delivers upwards of 270 horsepower. The car is the high-performance variant of Peugeot’s 308 compact range and its development was handled together with the...

  • McLaren P1 at the Goodwood Festival of Speed
    All Three Tiers Of McLaren Road Cars To Meet At Goodwood Festival Of Speed

    McLaren will be making quite a showing at the 2015 Goodwood Festival of Speed taking place later this month, by bringing together its new three-tier road car lineup. And making their dynamic debuts at the event will be the latest 570S from the entry-level Sports Series tier along with the 650S Le...

  • Toyota GT 86 coupes dressed with classic Toyota racing liveries

    The Toyota GT 86, known as the Scion FR-S in these parts, harks back to Toyota’s legendary sports cars of the past. The “GT” moniker comes from the 2000GT of the 1960s, while the “86” leverages the name of the AE86 drift hero of the 1980s, so it's fitting that Toyota is using the GT 86 to pay tribute to some of the automaker’s classics. It's doing this with some special liveries applied to the cars for this month’s Goodwood Festival of Speed in the U.K. WATCH: 2016 Ford Mustang Shelby GT350R Sounds Brutally Beautiful: Video The company responsible for...

  • 1961 Porsche 718 RS-61 race car owned by Sir Stirling Moss - Image via Bonhams
    Stirling Moss Selling His Porsche 718 At Goodwood Festival Of Speed

    Legendary racer Sir Striling Moss is selling his 1961 Porsche 718 RS-61 later this month at the Goodwood Festival of Speed. The car will be auctioned off by the Bonhams and is expected to fetch over $3 million. Moss raced a very similar Porsche RS-61 back in the 1960s and has described it as a...

  • Peugeot 308 R Hybrid concept, 2015 Shanghai Auto Show
    Peugeot 308 GTI Tipped To Make 2015 Goodwood Festival Of Speed Debut

    The 2015 Goodwood Festival of Speed gets underway June 25 and one of the stars this year will be Peugeot, which plans to unveil a new performance-oriented 308 hatch that’s widely tipped to be the long-awaited 308 GTI. The new 308 variant will take part in the U.K. event’s famous hill...

  • Mazda 787B
    Goodwood Festival Of Speed To Celebrate Mazda This Year

    The Goodwood Festival of Speed likes to celebrate...speed. You knew that already though, and you also know it's a Must-Attend item, on many a bucket list, for any automotive enthusiast. ]ALSO SEE: Freeway Three Way: Corvette Z06 Vs. Challenger SRT Hellcat Vs. Mustang Shelby GT500 If you're a fan of...

  • Lewis Hamilton at Goodwood 2015
    Goodwood Festival Of Speed Goes Flat Out And Fearless In 2015

    The Goodwood Festival of Speed is one of those items marked on the car-lover calendar that remains a must attend event. It all goes down in late June or early July of each year on the grounds of Goodwood House in the south of England, and it features a mixture of the greatest cars and greatest...

  • Mercedes-Benz releases 360 degree video footage from Goodwood
    Mercedes Releases More Of Its Crazy 360-Degree Interactive Videos

    Modern motorsport coverage gives viewers plenty of angles to watch from, but doesn't give you every angle to watch from. But Mercedes-Benz recently released F1 car footage from Silverstone that got a lot closer, thanks to a 360-degree camera system that let viewers swing the camera around while the...

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