Bentley Continental GT3: latest details
CEO Wolfgang Schreiber announces Bentley's return to motorsport, while unveiling Continental GT3 at Goodwood This morning CEO Wolfgang Schreiber heralded the beginning of Bentley's third era of...
View ArticleMeeting Norman Dewis
Norman Dewis is one of the most important people in sports car development, yet one of the nicest guys you'd hope to meet My highlight of the Goodwood Festival of Speed so far: meeting Norman Dewis,...
View ArticleRiding shotgun with Rene in a Twin'Run
We ride with the former F1 driver as he blasts the V6-engined Renault Twin'Run up Goodwood's hill A ride up the famous Goodwood hillclimb with racing legend Rene Arnoux is not something you turn...
View ArticleCitroen DS3 Racing cabrio "to cost £30k"
DS3 Racing cabriolet could go in to production; fewer than 200 will be built, each costing around £30,000 A limited run of fewer than 200 Citroën DS3 Racing cabriolets is likely to go on sale, with...
View ArticleEric Clapton displays one-off Ferrari SP12 EC at Goodwood
Exclusive Ferrari 458 Italia-based SP12 EC draws the crowds at the Goodwood Festival of Speed Singer and guitarist Eric Clapton has brought his exclusive one-off version of the Ferrari 458 Italia, the...
View ArticleTauro Spider V8 makes Goodwood debut
Compact Spanish roadster with 440bhp arrives in the UK The Tauro Spider V8 has made its first appearance on British soil at the 2013 Goodwood Festival of Speed. The model took part in the Michelin...
View ArticleRolls-Royce Wraith in action at Goodwood
Most powerful Rolls-Royce to date makes its dynamic debut Rolls-Royce has given its new Rolls-Royce Wraith a world dynamic debut at the Goodwood Festival of Speed.The Wraith is the fastest...
View ArticleToyota reveals new platform strategy
Japanese manufacturer will create new flexible, scaleable architecture for future models Toyota is developing a new modular architecture similar in concept to Volkswagen’s scaleable MQB platform.Known...
View ArticleYesterday's concepts of the future
The Goodwood Festival of Speed features a number of concepts from the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s, when space-age styling was de rigueur Don’t know about you, but it feels like designers have less of a...
View ArticleMikko Hirvonen tames Goodwood's rally stage
Nic Cackett rides along with Mikko Hirvonen in the 300bhp Citroen DS3 WRC Mikko Hirvonen is wearing the wrong shoes. Instead of dainty racing boots, today levering the pedals of his 300bhp Citroen DS3...
View ArticleAlfa Romeo 4C: a tonne of promise
A passenger ride at Goodwood reveals that the new Alfa Romeo 4C has the potential to be a proper sports car “I swear to you,” says the animated Italian to my left: “even wet, it will weigh less than a...
View ArticleTo the Goodwood Festival of Speed, by McLaren MP4-12C
Autocar's long-term McLaren MP4-12C has taken up residence in the supercar parking area at the Goodwood Festival of Speed It's a beautiful day in West Sussex, although from an early hour the bucolic...
View ArticleInnotech Aspiron revealed at Goodwood
Corvette-powered track car available to order now for £117,000 Innotech’s £117,000 track car, the Aspiron, has had its world public debut at the Goodwood Festival of speed.The car is offered with a...
View ArticleDriving the Jaguar D-type at Goodwood
We drive the very first Jaguar D-type, built in 1954 and capable of over 170mph, up Goodwood's famous hill climb “Did you have some kind of problem?” asks Tony Dron, writer, racer and, it must be...
View ArticleVolkswagen Taigun concept first drive review
The Taigun is Volkswagen's answer to the Ford EcoSport, but does it have what it takes to compete in the emerging compact SUV sector? The Volkswagen Taigun concept is a compact four-seater SUV that's...
View ArticleLexus plans BMW X1 rival
New compact SUV from Lexus to be aimed at BMW's X1 Lexus is planning to enter the booming market for compact premium SUVs with a model based on the CT200 hybrid hatchback.If the new car sells...
View ArticleCome to Goodwood...and bring the Morgan
Charles Morgan makes an offer that's very hard to turn down Bring, bring. Bring, bring. It’s the phone. “Hello. Charles Morgan here. I need you to take your test Morgan Plus 8 to the Goodwood Festival...
View ArticleInfiniti "needs visibility on the roads"
UK Infiniti Q50 sales are projected to match those of the firm's total sales in 2012 Sales of the Infiniti Q50 in the UK next year are expected to match the firms’ total registrations for the whole of...
View ArticleEx-Fangio Mercedes sells for £19.6m
A Mercedes grand prix car raced by Juan Manuel Fangio has sold for a record-breaking £19.6m A 1954 Mercedes-Benz W196R grand prix car has become the most valuable car ever sold at auction. The car,...
View ArticleLive video: Goodwood Festival of Speed
Goodwood TV is broadcasting the Festival of Speed live - watch the action as it happens on Autocar.co.uk This weekend's Goodwood Festival of Speed is playing host to more than 100,000 visitors...
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