Goodwood Festival of Speed
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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 with defending champ Marc Marquez sent him off the track in the final corner. ALSO SEE: Aston Martin Vulcan Makes Dynamic Debut At 2015 Goodwood Festival Of Speed It was the 36-year-old Italian's third win in a season during which he hopes to secure a historic tenth MotoGP title. Given Rossi's...
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Koenigsegg One:1 Meets The Regera At Goodwood: VideoKoenigsegg 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...
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Aston Martin Vulcan Makes Dynamic Debut At 2015 Goodwood Festival Of SpeedEngland’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...
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2016 Mustang Shelby GT350R And Focus RS Take On The Goodwood Hill Climb: VideoTwo 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...
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2016 Mercedes A-Class Debuts, Mercedes-AMG A45 Now With 375 HP: VideoEven 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...
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1989 Mazda 767B Le Mans Racer Crashes At 2015 Goodwood Festival of SpeedMazda’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...
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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 the latest version of Lotus’ aluminum monocoque chassis found in cars like the Exige S and Evora 400. The 3-Eleven made its debut today at the Goodwood Festival of Speed, ahead of a formal debut in September at the Frankfurt Auto Show, and Lotus says it is the quickest production car to ever...
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Goodwood Festival Of Speed Central Feature Honors Mazda's Motorsports HeritageIt'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...
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2016 Ford Focus RS Coming With 345 Horsepower: VideoThe 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...
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Nissan Reveals New, More Powerful Version Of GT-R-Powered Juke-R CrossoverIf 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...
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McLaren Celebrating Its Motorsports Legends, Rolls Out Alain Prost-Inspired P1The 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...
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Morgan to premiere EV3 electric 3 Wheeler prototype at GoodwoodWe 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...
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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 horsepower and 457 pound-feet of torque. That’s 40 hp more than in the standard DB9 while the torque figure is identical to both. Under the hood is still the familiar 6.0-liter V-12 that is exclusively built for Aston Martin by the Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F]. The all-alloy engine is mated to a...
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2016 Mercedes-Benz A-Class Set For 2015 Goodwood Festival Of Speed AppearanceMercedes-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...
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2015 Peugeot 308 GTI: Forbidden FruitThe 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...
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All Three Tiers Of McLaren Road Cars To Meet At Goodwood Festival Of SpeedMcLaren 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...
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Toyota Pays Tribute To Classic Sport Cars With Special Liveries At Goodwood Festival Of SpeedThe 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...
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Stirling Moss Selling His Porsche 718 At Goodwood Festival Of SpeedLegendary 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...
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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 climb and later be on static display at the Peugeot stand where the French automaker will also show off its 500-horsepower 308 R Hybrid concept. ALSO SEE: 2016 Lamborghini Aventador SuperVeloce First Drive Video No additional details about the new 308 variant have been released but the 308 R Hybrid...
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Goodwood Festival Of Speed To Celebrate Mazda This YearThe 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...
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Goodwood Festival Of Speed Goes Flat Out And Fearless In 2015The 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...
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Mercedes Releases More Of Its Crazy 360-Degree Interactive VideosModern 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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1978 Budweiser Cosworth Indy 500 Car Thrills Goodwood: VideoThe Goodwood Festival of Speed is behind us for 2014, but the sights and sounds keep coming as car owners and sponsors post videos of their time on Lord March’s estate. CHECK OUT: Lamborghini Veneno Roadster Delivered In Germany: Gallery, Video With so many amazing cars, it’s impossible...
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Infiniti Q50 Eau Rouge Prototype Makes Dynamic Debut At Goodwood: VideoInfiniti took its Q50 Eau Rouge prototype to the 2014 Goodwood Festival of Speed last weekend, and we have video of the car during its run up Goodwood’s famous hill climb. Unfortunately, Infiniti chose to edit out the sound of the car, which is a shame since the car actually sounds quite...
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