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Derek Bell runs the Bentley Continental Supersports at Goodwood [w/VIDEO]

At the Geneva Motor Show in March, Bentley unveiled its fastest most powerful road car in its 90 year history in the form of the Continental Supersports. Besides significantly reducing the weight of the existing Continental GT, the Supersports marked the first step of Bentley's move reduce its carbon dioxide emissions, in this case through the use of ethanol as a fuel for the 6.0-liter twelve-cylinder engine. The Supersports is the first flex-fuel vehicle from the British luxury marque. At this month's Goodwood Festival of Speed, Bentley ... Read more →

VIDEO: Unlikely Goodwood - Rod Millen's Toyota Tacoma charges up the hill Jonathon Ramsey

Last year, Rod Millen took his Toyota Tacoma Pike's Peak runner to the Goodwood Festival of Speed. Looking, sounding, and handling nothing like a Tacoma, and powered by – according to the ...

Pics Aplenty: Jaguar lets the cat out of the bag with XKR Goodwood Special Noah Joseph

With its aggressive stance, classic lines and deep-throated growl, it'd take a really breathtaking array of exotic machinery to let a car like the Jaguar XKR go by unnoticed. Unfortunately for ...

Goodwood Festival of Speed 2009 Mega Gallery John Neff

The Goodwood Festival of Speed took place last weekend at the Earl of March's home in West Sussex, England. Like every year, this event attracted throngs of auto fans from around the world, as ...

VIDEO: Ferrari Scuderia Spider 16M completes Goodwood hillclimb in 59 seconds John Neff

We'll have our own images from last weekend's Goodwood Festival of Speed for you in a jiffy, but until then we thought we'd share with you the fun that Ferrari had on the Earl of March's state. ...

Porsche enhances humans to set Guinness World Record for 48-hour distance run 5 months ago on Autoblog

What's the most common Pavlovian response to the name "Porsche?" Thinking of people running on treadmills, right? If you had a different thought, consider that treadmills were front and center at the Goodwood Festival of Speed this past weekend, where 12 runners set a new world record for the ...

Goodwood Festival of Speed featuring 135-foot monument to Audi 5 months ago on Autoblog

The Goodwood Festival of Speed takes place this weekend, and every year the Earl of March, who manages the 12,000-acre Goodwood estate that hosts the event, commissions a giant art piece honoring that year's featured marque. Audi is the featured marque this year, which is timely since the ...

Event Alert: July Calendar of Automotive Events 5 months ago on Autoblog

As we start the second half of 2009, the automotive industry remains in turmoil but the economy is finally showing signs of recovery. And once again, we have a full calendar of events to keep our minds on the positive aspects of our industry. Show season is in full swing so you'll find plenty of ...

Jaguar officially announces XKR Goodwood Special... in lime green 5 months ago on Autoblog

In a press release announcing the cars it would be taking to this year's Goodwood Festival of Speed, Jaguar's own Mike Cross has officially confirmed the coming of the Jaguar XKR Goodwood Special. We noted before that it would be louder and faster and detailed in satin graphite, but now we find ...

Jaguar to make a roaring lion? XKR Goodwood Special mooted 5 months ago on Autoblog

The details haven't been disbursed yet, but one of Jaguar's chief engineers has reportedly spilled the beans on a special XKR to be shown at Goodwood. Called, fittingly, the XKR Goodwood Special, it will get more power than the standard XKR's (shown above) 500 horses, and more audible snarl than ...

Porsche to break Guinness World Record using treadmills 5 months ago on Autoblog

The Porsche Human Performance Center is a part of Porsche's Driving Experience Center at Silverstone. At the latter facility they'll show you how to be the best racing driver. The former facility is to train you to become the fittest racing driver, with a team of instructors to assess and create ...

Hanna-Barbera's Wacky Racers take to the street ahead of Goodwood Festival of Speed 6 months ago on Autoblog

The love of motorsports starts at a young age for many racing fans, and countless enthusiasts owe their obsession to Hanna-Barbera's classic Wacky Races cartoons. The 60's-era animated series featured all manner of characters competing wheel to cartoon wheel in the most hilarious automotive ...

British Motor Show in trouble, could get moved 10 months ago on Autoblog

The British International Motor Show appears to be in trouble. The biennial show, which has seen its fair share of big debuts and publicity in its past two outings, might skip 2010 and instead next appear on the calendar in 2011. The show's profitability, a lack of manufacturer participation, and a ...

2009 Goodwood Festival of Speed theme: 'True Grit - Epic Feats of Endurance' 1 year ago on Autoblog

The Earl of March has announced that the theme of the 2009 Goodwood Festival of Speed (FoS) will be "True Grit – Epic Feats of Endurance." Think monumental drive and determination from motor racing legends like Jackie Stewart, who won the 1968 German Grand Prix with a broken wrist. That sort ...

Goodwood Festival of Speed: Dates for '08 2 years ago on Autoblog

While the auto show season is just beginning to ramp up, the Earl of March has announced the dates for next year's Goodwood Festival of Speed and Goodwood Revival. Those of you with extra frequent flyer miles or a very large couch collecting change can book your tickets now so you'll arrive in time ...

VIDEO: Goodwood - Wacky Racers in action 2 years ago on Autoblog

Click above for gallery of Wacky Racers and other random sights from Goodwood The last of the video clips from the Goodwood Festival of Speed, this is the parade of cars from the Hanna-Barbera cartoon, Wacky Races. Don't remember that great series? Here's a wiki link to bring you up to speed. (If ...

VIDEO: Goodwood - Endurance and other racers 2 years ago on Autoblog

Click above for an endurance racing gallery from Goodwood The longest of the video clips from the Goodwood Festival of Speed, this is a sort of catch-all for the other race cars that made it out to West Sussex this year. You'll see a sampling of endurance, open-wheel, rally and dragstrip cars in ...

VIDEO: Goodwood - The motorbikes 2 years ago on Autoblog

Click above for motorbike gallery from Goodwood The video camera we had with us at Goodwood was put to good use. This clip shows a few of the motorbikes that made runs up the hill. Straight-long wheelies and a vintage Norton are then followed by some acrobatics. Chris Pfeiffer amazed everyone with ...

VIDEO: Goodwood - The Supercars 2 years ago on Autoblog

Click above for supercar gallery from Goodwood We had a video camera with us at Goodwood and captured some footage of the supercars in action. This clip shows them exiting the paddock on their way down to the start line. While the F1 cars are prohibited from doing full speed runs for safety ...

VIDEO: Goodwood - Formula 1 cars 2 years ago on Autoblog

Click above for F1 gallery from Goodwood While we're the first to admit that we are better with a DSLR than a camcorder, we did have a video camera with us at Goodwood and captured a few passes. This particular clip shows some of the current F1 cars doing their thing and the parade down to the ...

2007 Goodwood Festival of Speed: Endurance racers 2 years ago on Autoblog

Group C racers were one of the featured classes at the Goodwood Festival of Speed this week. To show they appreciated it, those legendary Le Mans prototype racers made a pretty good showing. Mazda's 787B was on display, but didn't run, sadly. Being the only non-piston and only Japanese vehicle to ...

Getting ready for the Goodwood Festival of Speed 2 years ago on Autoblog

click above image to view more pics of the Acabion GTO The Goodwood Festival of Speed is right around the corner on the weekend of June 22-24, and guess what, we're going! Every year (here's last year) we've had to watch from across that transcontinental puddle we call the Atlantic Ocean as pics ...

'Toon cars to invade Goodwood festival of speed 2 years ago on Autoblog

The star of the new British kids' show Roary the Racing Car will be making a public appearance at this year's Goodwood Festival of Speed on June 22-24. Roary and his mechanic, Big Chris, will be joined by Sir Stirling Moss (who lends his voice to Roary in the show) in the Junior Festival of Speed as ...

Goodwood Festival of Salt 2 years ago on Autoblog

This year's Goodwood Festival of Speed will take place June 22-24. We're excited to report that we will have people on hand for this amazing weekend of historic racing demonstrations and we're looking forward to getting lots of pics to share with all of you. With this year's theme being, 'Spark of ...

More powerful Caparo T1 to make running debut at Goodwood Festival of Speed 2 years ago on Autoblog

click above image for additional wallpaper-sized shots of the Caparo T1 We've followed the gestation of the Caparo T1 supercar ever since we first heard about the streetable F1 car being designed by a pair of ex-McLaren engineers. Caparo has announced that after only about a year and a half of ...

Nissan 350Z GT-S is coming (to the UK)! 3 years ago on Autoblog

When a few rogue Nissan engineers in Britain decided to mount a supercharger onto the 350Z and debut it at the Goodwood Festival of Speed, we knew it was trick, but we also assumed it would never find its way to production. We stand corrected. AutoExpress' sources inside Nissan have confirmed that ...

First Drive: Nissan 350Z GT-S Concept and its flickable supercharger 3 years ago on Autoblog

The Nissan 350Z GT-S is a labor of love for seven engineers at Nissan's European technical facility who built the one-off in their own time. Their only restraint was to keep the Z usable, but beyond that the team went hog wild in crafting a concept that held its own running up the hill at the 2006 ...

Porsche at the Goodwood Festival of Speed 3 years ago on Autoblog

As the Goodwood Festival of Speed has officially gotten underway, we expect news (and hopefully some video) to start trickling out from the event itself.  For now, however, we'll just bring you up to speed on what Porsche has in store for festival-goers. Road Cars First off, they're letting ...

Colin McRae-designed rally car to debut at Goodwood 3 years ago on Autoblog

One of the most successful drivers in rally history, Colin McRae, has designed his own rally car that will be put into limited production after its debut at the Goodwood Festival of Speed this weekend. The Prodrive Subaru Impreza rally car pictured helped make McRae a household name, along with the ...

Ford bringing Gurney, GT40 to Goodwood 3 years ago on Autoblog

With less than a week to go before the 2006 Goodwood Festival of Speed, the announcements from participating marques continue to roll in. Ford will celebrate the 40th anniversary of its 1-2-3 finish at the 1966 24 Hours of Le Mans and its 4-year win streak at Circuit de la Sarthe by sending one of ...

Lamborghini Bullish on Goodwood 3 years ago on Autoblog

The updates on who's bringing what to this weekend's Goodwood Festival of Speed continue to come in, the latest being from Automobili Lamborghini. In the Cartier Style et Luxe paddock, examples of the utterly breathtaking classic Lamborghini Miura (above) will be on display. They'll be joined by ...

Lotus Type 119c soapbox running at Brooklands event 3 years ago on Autoblog

The Lotus Type 119c soapbox won the final running of the Goodwood festival of Speed Gravity Racing Club Soapbox Challenge in 2004. It hasn't been raced since, that is until this year in mid-July when Lotus will dust off the cobwebs and enter the Type 119c in the second annual Brooklands Museum ...

Ferrari shares its Goodwood plans 3 years ago on Autoblog

Ferrari is planning to have a formidable presence at the Goodwood Festival of Speed. The company's main attraction will be the new 599 GTB Fiorano, which will make its first and only public UK driving display at the speedfest. The Fiorano will be showing everyone what it's made of on the Supercar ...

Caparo T1 to be displayed at Goodwood 3 years ago on Autoblog

The Caparo T1 supercar unveiled in Monaco this past April will be making an appearance at the Goodwood Festival of Speed next month. The insectlike T1 should be quite an attraction, given its unique appearance, astonishing performance capabilities, and British heritage (the T1 is designed, ...

Riding with The King - Petty, '72 Charger headed to Goodwood 3 years ago on Autoblog

The Goodwood Festival of Speed always assembles a mind-numbingly impressive array of significant sports and racing cars, along with an equally gaudy roster of drivers. And sometimes, Goodwood is the place where those important cars are reunited with their equally important drivers. (Like in 2005, ...

Peugeot 907 Concept supercar to storm the Goodwood hill 3 years ago on Autoblog

Peugeot has decided to send its gorgeous 907 concept car to next month's Goodwood Festival of Speed, where the big GT will charge up the hill at full-tilt as it takes part in the Supercar Run. This is significant, because most aficionados never get to see concepts like the 907 do anything other ...






Autoblog Podcast #157: 'Twas a couple nights before Christmas...

Chris, Editor Paukert, and Dan send the Podcast off for the Christmas holiday in proper fashion

 
 

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