LONDON — New cars from Aston Martin, McLaren Automotive, Bentley, Ferrari, and Ford will be among those making a public debut at this weekend’s Goodwood Festival of Speed. The outdoor event, set on the grounds of a historic mansion in Westhampnett, a hundred km (sixty-two miles) southwest of London, has become a key product exhibit while automakers cut their budgets for classic indoor cars, including Frankfurt, Paris, and Geneva.
Bentley may be showing its Flying Spur sedan publicly for the first time, while Aston Martin will show off the Volante convertible model of its V-12 DBS Superleggera sports car for the first time in public. McLaren will display its GT, a two-seater powered by a V-eight engine. This is the automaker’s answer to ultraluxury, amazing supercars for the street and long distances, and its Senna GTR song-focused hypercar. Ferrari will use Goodwood to show off two one-off cars, the P80/C, primarily based on the 488 GT3 racecars, and the open-roofed SP3JC, primarily based on the F12tdf. Finally, Ford will take the covers off its new Puma small SUV and reveal what’s predicted to be a quicker model of its GT supercar.
Automakers may even use the Goodwood event to tease automobiles no longer in production, sometimes driving prototypes up to the two-km hill direction. This is the centerpiece of the event. Aston Martin will run up the hill a camouflaged prototype of its DBX SUV with a purpose to be unveiled later this 12 months, even as Volkswagen will show its new ID3 mass-market complete-electric vehicle in conceal. Honda will run an undisguised prototype of its Honda E, a small, full-electric powered vehicle. Also, riding up the hill will be a disguised prototype of the brand-new Land Rover Defender off-roader.
Automakers construct intricate stands alongside the hill, displaying their version variety and growing VIP areas where owners can break out the crowds and get out of doors. Goodwood is supported by the automakers despite the excessive value because site visitors are generally more prosperous than the UK common and are visible as more enthusiastic. The motion part of the event brings further engagement on social media channels as brands and lovers alike put up footage of high-speed runs, tire burn-outs, and pix of iconic ancient cars.
Future Tech
The Festival of Speed also showcases future technology. This year, we will host the unveiling of the Airspeeder, described as a flying racing vehicle by its author, Australian start-up Alauda Racing. New Avenue cars are the best part of the mixture, drawing 2 hundred 000 humans over the 4-day occasion, which starts off on Thursday. The key enchantment is the contemporary and historical racing and rally automobiles, most of which may be seen driving flat out up the hill that for the relaxation of the year serves because of the driveway to the residence of the event organizer, Charles Henry Gordon-Lennox, the 11th Duke of Richmond.
The Festival of Speed has emerged as a key occasion on the calendar for ultraluxury brands, equaling California’s Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance held in August. “There is such a super ecosystem that it’s far like no other motor show on the earth,” Aston Martin CEO Andy Palmer said in an announcement. “Attending the Festival of Speed allows us to showcase our modern-day trends in electric and SUV generation while celebrating the wealthy history of our beyond.”
