Goodwood Festival of Speed

Not all companies can boast car guys at the top management levels, but Nissan vice president Andy Palmer seems to count himself among that crowd in Nissan's latest Goodwood Festival of Speed video. That may be strange to hear, given Palmer's apparent distaste for the Toyota 86, Scion FR-S and...

The Goodwood Festival of Speed should be on every gearhead’s bucket list. Whatever you have to do to get there, do it. Beg, borrow, stow away on an ocean liner. Get there. Motor Authority was fortunate enough to attend this year’s event, and though it was only for a few brief hours, we...

Rare is the classic car auction where 1950s Ferraris [NYSE:RACE] don't hit seven-figure sums these days, but an eight-figure number still has the impact to raise eyebrows. The latest to do so is a 1954 Ferrari 375-Plus, selling for $18.3 million at a Bonhams auction held at the recent Goodwood...

Over the weekend, Ferrari took part in the 2014 Goodwood Festival of Speed and brought a number of past and present models as well as some very special cars. One of the highlights was the green LaFerrari of Jamiroquai lead singer Jay Kay, who in the video above gives us some details about his...

What's the furthest you've ever driven on a single tank of gas? 300 miles? 400? 500 even? With modest fuel tank sizes and so-so economy, most cars sold in the U.S. won't go a great deal further than this. Some of the special diesel models sold in Europe will though, and a model that's certainly...

Mercedes-Benz is the featured marque of this year’s Goodwood Festival of Speed, and that means the annual event’s latest Central Feature sculpture is designed to honor the German automaker. A Central Feature has been present at the Goodwood Festival of Speed since 1997, and all of them...

McLaren has used the 2014 Goodwood Festival of Speed to reveal its all-new GT3-spec race car based on the latest 650S supercar. McLaren had said it was planning to showcase the latest track-focused car developed by its McLaren GT motorsport arm, and now we have it in the form of the 650S GT3. Just...

The latest automaker to reveal a striking concept for the Gran Turismo video game series' 15th anniversary celebration is none other than Aston Martin, which itself celebrated a major anniversary only last year: its centenary. Aston Martin’s new concept is the Design Prototype 100 (DP-100)...

McLaren unveils its latest merchandise collection at the 2014 Goodwood Festival of Speed.

Earlier this year, the official personalization department of McLaren, McLaren Special Operations, unveiled a 650S concept equipped with a number of unique elements aimed at improving both the car’s styling and performance. Now, just a day out from the start of the 2014 Goodwood Festival of...

Nissan’s stunning Concept 2020 Vision was originally designed for the virtual world of Gran Turismo, where it sits among a handful of equally-wild concepts designed in celebration of the popular video game’s 15th anniversary last year. However, Nissan was so pleased with the initial...

Land Rover has confirmed that the high-performance version of its Range Rover Sport that we’ve been seeing for months in prototype form is called the SVR. The British automaker has also confirmed that the vehicle will be presented, still as a prototype, at the 2014 Goodwood Festival of Speed...

The Goodwood Festival of Speed gets bigger and better every year, and there's no better sign of this than how many automakers use the show to launch special versions of their hottest performance models. This year it's the turn of BMW, which is marking the show with the debut of a 30th anniversary...

Poor Infiniti. It can slap its badge on as many race-winning Formula One cars as it likes and get a multiple F1 champion to sign off a V-8-powered SUV, but it's still not blessed with a particularly exciting reputation. Maybe its latest trick will work a little better: Dropping the 3.8-liter...

The Goodwood Festival of Speed is one of the racing world’s greatest celebrations, and has been since 1993. This year, Motor Authority will be there to take in all the sights, sounds, and speed—and share it with you. So why not ride along with David Coulthard to get a bit more familiar...

Land Rover has announced that it is bringing the fastest, most agile and most responsive SUV it’s ever built to the 2014 Goodwood Festival of Speed this week. And to build up excitement the British automaker has released some videos offering a taste of the vehicle’s menacing exhaust...

It was only a week ago that Jaguar Land Rover announced the formation of a new department called Jaguar Land Rover Special Operations, whose job will be to handle the personalization of vehicles as well as develop high-performance models and work on historic vehicles. Now, Jaguar Land Rover has...

McLaren has announced a global premiere for the 2014 Goodwood Festival of Speed taking place this month and has released this teaser image to whet our appetite. The global premiere will be a new track-focused version of one of McLaren’s supercars, developed by the automaker’s McLaren GT...

A hardcore version of Bentley’s Continental GT has been hinted at since 2011 but the possibility of the luxury cruiser being turned into a track weapon never really seemed plausible until a racing version of the car was revealed last year. Now, the Continental GT race car has spawned a...

At the 2014 Goodwood Festival of Speed later this month, Land Rover will show off a new accessories package for its Range Rover Sport called the Stealth Pack. The package is designed for the top-level HSE Dynamic and Autobiography Dynamic versions of the sporty SUV and consists mainly of exterior...