The extreme version of the GT86 – the Toyota GT86 TRD Griffon – maed its debut at the Goodowwd Festival of Speed this weekend and we have video. [nggallery id=1539 template=customlinks] We’re still waiting for Toyota to make a more powerful version of the GT86 (and Subaru the BRZ), but we are starting to get more […]
Jenson Button drives the McLaren P1 up the Goodwood hillclimb (video) UPDATED
The 2013 Goodwood Festival of Speed is the dynamic debut for the McLaren P1 Supercar, and we have video of Jenson Button driving the P1 up the hillclimb. [nggallery id=1413 template=customlinks] Update: We’ve added an extra video of the McLaren P1 going up the hillclimb that shows more of the actual run (below) It’s all […]
Fangio’s 1954 Mercedes W196R F1 car sells for £19.6 million (video)
Juan Manuel Fangio’s 1954 Mercedes W196R Formula One car has sold for a world record £19,601,500 at Bonhams Auction at the 2013 Goodwood Festival of Speed. [nggallery id=1573 template=customlinks] The Goodwood Festival of Speed is all about cars and performance, but it’s not just cars on the ground and on the hillclimb. Goodwood is a Mecca […]
Top Gear Tonight: McLaren 12C, Ferrari 458, Audi R8 V10 Convertibles & Benedict Cumberbatch SIARPC
Top Gear Series 20 Episode 3 has the boys in Spain with the McLaren 12C Spider, Ferrari 458 Spider and Audi R8 V10 Spyder with Benedict Cumberbatch the star in a reasonably priced car. This weekend may be petrolhead heaven at the Goodwood Festival of Speed, but FoS visitors can have an extra fix of […]
Watch the Jaguar Project 7 F-Type go up the Goodwood hillcimb
The Jaguar Project 7 car – an F-Type R in all but name with D-Type design features – is at Goodwood this weekend and we have video of it in action on the hillclimb. [nggallery id=1565 template=customlinks] One of the surprises of the 2013 Goodwood Festival of Speed has been the debut of the Jaguar […]
Mercedes at 2013 Goodwood Festival of Speed – includes SLS AMG Black Series debut
Mercedes-Benz are out in force at this weekend’s Goodwood Festival of Speed, including the UK driving debut of the SLS AMG Black Series. [nggallery id=1572 template=customlinks] In case you hadn’t noticed, it’s the Goodwood Festival of Speed this weekend and car makers are out in force with their fastest supercars and classics. Mercedes always offer a […]
Bentley Continental GT3: Official details (video)
The Bentley Continental GT3 – Bentley’s racing Continental – was revealed at Paris 2012, but now we have official details and specs. [nggallery id=1571 template=customlinks] We actually had the reveal of the Bentley Continental GT3 at the Paris Motor Show last year, but at the time details and specifications were a bit thin on the […]
Jaguar C-X75 heading up the hillcimb at Goodwood Festival of Speed
Jaguar are taking their concept supercar – the Jaguar vC-X75 – up the hillcimb at the Goodwood Festival of Speed today. [nggallery id=1549 template=customlinks] Jaguar are pulling out all the stops for this year’s Goodwood Festival of Speed with not only their latest performance cars but the debut of the Jaguar Project 7, an F-Type […]
Hyundai increasing European production to 500,000 a year
Hyundai is increasing car production in Europe to 500,000 cars a year by upping capacity at its plant in Ízmit, Turkey. There’s an awful lot of sense in car makers designing and building cars for the markets they serve locally, and it’s a route Hyundai has followed in Europe, where the majority of their sales are […]
Suzuki Swift gets a tweak for 2013
The Suzuki Swift has been given a few tweaks to freshen it for 2013 with some small cosmetic tweaks and a slightly more efficient diesel engine. [nggallery id=1570 template=customlinks] Suzuki has had a couple of bites at PR for the updated Swift already this week, with news that the Swift can now be had with […]