The annual Goodwood Festival of Speed returns to the grounds of Lord March’s estate this weekend for a few days of gasoline-fueled fun and excitement.
It can be hard to keep up with the three-day event and everything that happens, so we’ll be keeping you in the loop with this post. The event will be live streamed all weekend long, but if you don’t have the time to watch every hour of it, you can simply check back here to see what you missed.
Pat Doran Crashes His 1986 Ford RS2000 Evo 2
British rallycross veteran Pat Doran had a pretty major crash in his Ford RS2000 Evo 2 on Thursday, grabbing a bit too much grass and binning it into the hay bales at the infamous Molecomb Corner.
New London Cab Makes its World Debut
There are few vehicles on the road more instantly recognizable than the classic London cab, so it’s a big deal when an all-new one arrives. The London Taxi Company showed off its new plug-in black cab at Goodwood on Thursday, sending it up the hill in almost complete silence. It’s the first all-new model from them since 2006, and what better place to show it off than Britain’s own Goodwood Festival of Speed?
Debut of the Aston Martin DB11 V8
Aston Martin pulled the veil from its 4.0-liter AMG V8 powered DB11 this week, just in time for it to appear at Goodwood. The new 500-horsepower model variant joins the 5.2-liter twin-turbo V12 DB11 in Aston’s model range and will go on sale later this year.
Aston Martin Vantage AMR Pro Sounds Bonkers
The Aston Martin Vantage AMR Pro takes the track-focused Vantage GT8 and turns it up to 11. It boasts a 503 horsepower version of the Vantage’s 4.7-liter V8, which is joined by race-inspired kit such as centerlock wheels, adjustable suspension, a built-in rollcage and a wildly aggressive aero kit. Just seven examples will be built, all of which will sound absolutely insane.
McLaren 570S Spider Debuts
The droptop McLaren 570S made its first public appearance at Goodwood on Thursday. If you’re familiar with the standard 570S, you won’t need much of an intro to the Spider — just know it features a retractable folding hardtop and retains the same structural rigidity of the hardtop. The first 400 cars will be special Launch Edition models.
The Bugatti Chiron Shows Us Its Party Trick
If you’re anything like us, the first thing you would do after climbing behind the wheel of the Bugatti Chiron is activate the launch control and learn what going zero-to-60 mph in 2.5 seconds feels like. After seeing the Chiron go up the hill at Goodwood, we at least know what such a feat looks like, and it looks Check out that massive air brake in action too. Whoa.
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