The gorgeous Jaguar Project 7 concept wowed crowds with its sumptuous lines as it made its public debut at Goodwood. Though based on the F-Type, and sporting a 405kW V8, it harks back to the 1950s D-Type Le Mans racer.
The gorgeous Jaguar Project 7 concept wowed crowds with its sumptuous lines as it made its public debut at Goodwood. Though based on the F-Type, and sporting a 405kW V8, it harks back to the 1950s D-Type Le Mans racer.
The gorgeous Jaguar Project 7 concept wowed crowds with its sumptuous lines as it made its public debut at Goodwood. Though based on the F-Type, and sporting a 405kW V8, it harks back to the 1950s D-Type Le Mans racer.
The Porsche 918 Spyder made its dynamic public debut. The plug-in hybrid can run from 0-100km/h in 2.8 secs, thanks to a mid-mounted 4.6 V8 mated to two electric motors for a total system output of 661kW.
Upgraded this year, the GTA Spano is a 350km/h supercar powered by a 662kW/1000Nm 8.4-litre supercharged V10.
The new McLaren P1 is billed as the quickest and most technologically advanced car ever to hail from Britain; 674kW, 900Nm, 350km/h and 0-100 in under three seconds.
Goodwood Festival of Speed 2013 sculpture.
Goodwood Festival of Speed 2013 sculpture.
RAF Red Arrows.
RAF Red Arrows.
Chariots of the Goodwood Festival of Speed.
London Steam Carriage.
The SP12 EC is a one-off Ferrari commissioned by Eric Clapton. It is basically a 458 Italia clothed in an elegant, somewhat retro body designed in collaboration with Pininfarina.
Ferrari 250 GTO.
The new 448kW Bentley GT3 race car made its public debut at the festival, and the public were enthralled.
Grandfather of Veyron: the Bugatti Type 59.
The Alfa Romeo Tipo B from the early 1930s was the first proper single seat GP car.
Jaguar C-Type.
Porsche 935-78 Moby Dick.
Volkswagen showed off a futuristic new car that is more frugal than fast. The XL1 is a limited-production diesel-electric hybrid that sips just 0.9 l/100km.
The Porsche 936/77, which won Le Mans in 1977, enjoyed a nostalgic run.
Jaguar C-X75 Concept.
Dynamite in a small package, the Renault Twizy F1 borrows heavily from the Formula Renault single seat racer.
Goodwood Soapbox racer Bugatti Prescott Flyer.
Rolls Royce Wraith.
The Ferrari F60 Formula One car.
Renault RE40, the car in which Alain Prost almost won the F1 title in 1983.
Mercedes-Benz W196 F1 car. A similar car, in which Juan Manuel Fangio won two F1 grands prix in the early 1950s, was sold for the equivalent of R295 million on Friday.
Alfa Romeo 4C.
Ultimate getaway vehicle? The 220kW Cosworth Ford Transit SuperVan 3 with former Ford racing driver Anthony Reid at the wheel.
Published Jul 16, 2013
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A dead-cert on the bucket list of many petrol-heads, the Goodwood Festival of Speed once again lived up to its reputation of being the largest motoring garden party in the world.
Far hotter than the British heat wave that festival-goers were treated to was the gluttonous array of supercars, concept cars and race cars - from the most modern of machines to legends of yesteryear - all seen in action on Goodwood's famous hillclimb event.
