Speed on show: Best of the Goodwood Festival of Speed
By Scott Collie
July 03, 2017
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Goodwood Festival of Speed: It's safe to say this MX-5 is quicker than your average Mazda Miata
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Roborace had its autonomous car on show at the Goodwood Festival of Speed
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The Fiat Abarth 124 Spider takes on the famous Goodwood Festival of Speed Hillclimb
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The Bugatti Chiron made its first run up the hill last year, but it's back by popular demand
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McLaren sent its Can-Am car up the Goodwood Hillclimb
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Ferrari celebrated 70 years of car manufacturing at Goodwood this year
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Classic rallying lights on show at Goodwood
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There's fun for fans of cars and bikes to be had at Goodwood
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This installation at the Goodwood Festival of Speed celebrates Bernie Ecclestone's history in F1
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All the best bits from the Goodwood Festival of Speed
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The Ford GT swaps a V8 for an EcoBoost V6
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The Ferrari 488 GTB is another step towards an all-turbocharged future for Ferrari
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Audi brings a bit of V10 spice to Goodwood
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The new V8 Aston Martin DB11 is the first Aston to use an AMG engine
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The Noble M600 is British through-and-through
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The Pagani Zonda has been usurped by the Huayra, but it's still a showstopper
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The Chiron has a similar face to the Bugatti Veyron, but it's a much meaner looking beast
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The one-off Rolls-Royce Sweptail
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Alfa-Romeo put the Stelvio on show at Goodwood
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The new Alpine A110 is aimed directly at Porsche
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It's only a concept, but this electric Renault Zoe looks properly mean
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The AMG GT C is a drop top version of the GT R launched last year
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Lamborghini sent the Centenario up the hill this year
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BAC dressed the Mono up in a unique paintjob for this year's Goodwood Festival of Speed
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Although it's significantly less powerful than the Honda-powered McLaren F1 cars, the Clarity uses much less fuel...
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The 599 FXX is a track-only monster for the very wealthy
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The first mid-engined 911, the 911 RSR
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The Aston Martin Vulcan AMR PRO made its debut at the Goodwood Festival of Speed this year
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The Aston Martin Vantage AMR shows off its new gaping air intake
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The Bugatti Chiron takes on the Goodwood Hillclimb for the second year in a row
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The EcoBoost Ford GT is more efficient than its V8 predecessor
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Honda celebrated its Type R history at Goodwood
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The new Civic Type R is faster than this car, but I know which one I'd rather have
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The legendary Honda Integra Type R
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The Honda NSX Type R managed to stay out of the hay bales
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New Atlas spent some time in the Infiniti Q60 last year... but we'd be happy to try it again at Goodwood
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Maserati debuted a new GranSport at the Goodwood Festival of Speed
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The Mercedes G Wagen is favored by mafia bosses and Beverly Hills soccer moms
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Smoke hangs in the air around the Mercedes C63 AMG Black Series
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A Ranger on show at the Festival of Speed
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The Range Rover Velar makes its debut at the Goodwood Festival of Speed
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The Rimac Concept_One silently hustles up the hillclimb at Goodwood
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This quad-rotor MX-5 won the inaugural Goodwood Drift Competition
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Vaughan Gittin Jr hustles his Mustang up the hill at the Goodwood Festival of Speed
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This year was the first Goodwood Festival of Speed to host a drift event
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The RX-7 is driven by James Deane
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The amount of steering lock on offer from these drift cars is incredible
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Vaughn Gittin Jr puts on a smoky show for the crowds
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We'd say no tires were harmed in the making of this year's Goodwood Festival of Speed, but that would be a blatant lie
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The crowd was involved in selecting the winner of the drift contest at Goodwood
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Goodwood Festival of Speed: It's safe to say this MX-5 is quicker than your average Mazda Miata
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Where there's smoke, there's fire...
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Bernie Ecclestone's installation, complete with drift car donut in the front of frame
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Mad Mike Whillett gets his quad-rotor MX-5 sideways
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More smoke at the Goodwood Festival of Speed
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A dainty BMW 328 heads up the hill at Goodwood
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Classic F1 cars have a certain charm lacking in their modern counterparts
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Bennetton is no longer, but it's responsible for kickstarting the career of Michael Schumacher
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The legendary Porsche "Moby Dick" 935/78
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This BABS land speed car was built in 1926, and restored in 2005
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A classic Audi V8 on show at the Goodwood Festival of Speed
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The Goodwood Festival of Speed is home to some mental traffic jams
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McLaren always features heavily at the Goodwood Festival of Speed, and this year was no different
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The Porsche LMP1/8, as driven by P.H Raphanel
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Honda rolled out the RA272 for Goodwood
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This soaring structure is designed to celebrate Bernie Ecclestone's career in F1
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Red Bull Racing heads up the hill at Goodwood
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Formula E is a new challenger to world motorsport, and has a very different take on what a race car should look like
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Mahindra takes on the Hillclimb at Goodwood
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Audi is no longer racing at Le Mans, meaning we won't see crazy creations like this anymore
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Rear wings – they just don't make them like they used to
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The Brabham BT-52
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The Brabham BT-52 was a featured car last year
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The Brabham BT-52 has a unique wedgy nose
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Sometimes one wheel is better than two
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Modern McLarens are probably easier to drive, but the Can-Am McLaren has drama in spades
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John Player Special and Lotus is another classic Formula 1 combination
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Vanwall competed in 29 races
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An impressive aerial display at the Goodwood Festival of Speed
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Motorsport can be very glamorous, but Le Mans competitors are anything but at the end of a race
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The flame-spitting Beast of Turin
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Surtees is yet another name now gone from Formula 1
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The new Ford GT swaps V8 power for an EcoBoost V6
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Classic rally cars put on a show, including this Ford Escort RS200
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The new Honda Civic Type R takes on the Goodwood Festival of Speed
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Lamborghini's Centenario tackles the Hillclimb at the Goodwood Festival of Speed
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The Lexus LC500 looking very Japanese and angry at the Goodwood Festival of Speed
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The Lexus LF A is still a stunning piece of Japanese design
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Lamborghini puts the Aventador SV through its paces at the Goodwood Festival of Speed
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The Lamborghini Huracan Performante is a new type of Raging Bull
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The Maserati Levante looks a bit like a giant hatchback, but it's much faster than the average family runabout
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The McLaren P1 LM, backed by the Bernie Eccleston tribute sculpture
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McLaren's classic hue still looks good, even in 2017
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The McLaren 720S makes its Goodwood debut
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Mercedes has a catalogue of fascinating old performance cars to call on for Goodwood, including this AMG Hammer
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The Nissan GT-R Nismo is purpose built to destroy a racetrack
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This GT-R, on the other hand, is designed to destroy tires
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The Nissan BladeGlider is utterly unique, even among the field of cars on show at Goodwood
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Lord March clearly likes his estate with a side of donuts
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The Pagani Huayra BC picks up where the Zonda left off
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The Renault ZOE e-Sport uses a Formula E powertrain
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Radical upped the stakes again, with a 600 hp monster RXC for Goodwood
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The Rolls-Royce Sweptail is a seriously expensive one of a kind vehicle
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The unique Rolls-Royce Sweptail in profile
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The new all-electric British taxi is coming soon...
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Weather forecast for Goodwood: Foggy
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The naturally aspirated Audi R8 V10 Plus screams its way up the hill at Goodwood
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Aston Martin used Goodwood to show off its new AMR vehicles
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The Vulcan AMR PRO certainly stands out given its bright new livery
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This world-championship winning Mercedes F1 car was driven by Valtteri Bottas
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The stunning Ferrari 250 GTO
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The man of this year's Goodwood Festival of Speed, Bernie Ecclestone
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With no weather protection, the BAC Mono is very much a fair weather car
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The sculpture at the center of the Goodwood Festival of Speed is incredibly impressive
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The Spirit of Ecstasy, looking stunning at the Goodwood Festival of Speed
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More classic Formula 1 metal on display at the Goodwood Festival of Speed
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The Alpine A110 is aimed directly at the Porsche Cayman
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The Range Rover Velar looks sporty, but it's still a high-riding SUV at heart
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A snapshot of the incredible metal on show at the Goodwood Festival of Speed
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Few shapes in the motoring world are as iconic as Colin Chapman's original Lotus 7
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The legendary Audi Quattro takes on a rally stage at Goodwood
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NASCAR might be an American past time, but this Chevrolet SS looked good on the Goodwood Hillclimb
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This Eiffeland-Cosworth E21 was raced by Rolf Stommelen in 1972
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Mark Webber with the new Porsche 911 GT2 RS
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Goodwood paid tribute to Rallycross this year
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The giant aerial isn't for show – this is actually a 1:1 replica remote control car
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Well, July 4th is just around the corner
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The Honda RA300 takes on the Hillclimb at Goodwood
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Justin Law laid down the fastest time in the annual Goodwood Shootout
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The classic auctions at Goodwood were, once again, full of stunning, expensive classics
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The tall, heavy Beast of Turin car still gets up some serious speed
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Ferrari is celebrating 70 years of heritage this year
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It's incredible to compare the modern LaFerrari Aperta with the 1947 125 S
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A Mercedes lock up would usually be cause for concern, but there's no one breathing down Valtteri Bottas' neck here
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A throwback to the glory days of DTM from Mercedes
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Once again, Goodwood proves just how far removed modern racecars are from their classic predecessors
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The legendary W125 Silver Arrows, running a lot of positive camber
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The Mercedes SLS AMG Black Series takes on the Goodwood Hillclimb
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The AMG GT R was launched at the Festival of Speed last year
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The AMG GT R gets sideways off the line at Goodwood
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Mercedes has a history of moving smokescreens like the C63 AMG Black Series
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This C-Class DTM car rubbed panels with BMW and Audi competitors in a past life