Events
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Goodwood Revival delivers an automotive experience unlike any other, combining a car show, racing, carnival, and pop-up shops in one place.
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American Festival of Speed aims to be the US Goodwood Festival of Speed
The American Festival of Speed aims to capture the magic of England's Goodwood Festival of Speed outside of Detroit.
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2020 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance canceled due to coronavirus
The 2020 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance joins the long list of automotive events canceled due to the coronavirus.
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Inaugural Mille Miglia Green is this weekend
Volkswagen's entered three cars, including a pair of retrofitted classic Beetles, in the first Mille Miglia Green.
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Watch the electric 2020 Porsche Taycan reveal, here, now
Witness the electric 2020 Porsche Taycan be unveiled via the livestream right here.
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2019 Goodwood Festival of Speed in pictures: One for the history books
A new hill climb record, automaker anniversary celebrations, and a spate of new car announcements marked the 2019 Goodwood Festival of Speed.
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The collection displays cars from cult classics and mainstream films such as "Transformers," and "The Man from U.N.C.L.E."
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"Speed Kings" is theme for 2019 Goodwood Festival of Speed
“Motorsport has always been about pushing man and machine to the very limit, and this year, Goodwood will celebrate the people and machinery that set the benchmark or raised the bar,” the hosts of the annual Festival of Speed said in announcing the theme for the 2019 event —...
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Rennsport Reunion VI: A living, driving, racing museum
In the movie “Night at the Museum," Ben Stiller plays a night watchman who gets caught up in all kinds of hijinks when the museum’s exhibits come alive. Stiller’s Larry Daley character interacts with heroes like Teddy Roosevelt, Sacagawea, and Christopher Columbus. That’s...
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2018 Goodwood Revival: Polishing the past, preparing for the future
Color slowly fades from sunset at the Goodwood Motor Circuit like an aging photograph. The sun sets low on the southern England horizon like the high desert. Bright yellows edge toward a brassy orange, tip toward a sultry red, and effortlessly disappear from the day. The pits and paddock drip with...
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What to expect at the 20th Goodwood Revival
For the 20th consecutive year, a truly amazing automotive event is set to ring loud and proud around the Goodwood Motor Circuit. From Sept. 7 to 9, the Goodwood Revival revs up for another year of classic racing and general motoring celebration. Back in 1998, the Duke of Richmond brought auto...
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Land Rover sets world record for fastest mile in a car on 2 wheels
Those who attended the 2018 Goodwood Festival of Speed last week caught numerous firsts and debuts The list included the first self-driving car to tackle the hill climb, the new Toyota Supra on its dynamic debut, and Land Rover with a world record stunt. The British brand set a world record for the...
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As I bent down to snap yet another photo of yet another bright-hued supercar, I heard a deep voice over my shoulder. “I’ve got a model of that car,” boomed the throaty British accent. MORE: VW ID R claims electric car record at Goodwood with 43.05 run I looked up and saw a shirtless middle-aged man holding a bottle of Goodwood Ale stretch his hand toward the blue TVR Tuscan I was photographing. “Hell, I’ve got a model of most of these. It’s as close as I’ll ever get,” he laughed, stumbling in the general direction of a line of Porsches. I was in...
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This Week's Top Photos: the 2018 Goodwood Festival of Speed Edition
This year's Goodwood Festival of Speed was one of the biggest on record. There were quite the number of attractions at the British event, and not just from the local automakers. One of the real highlights was a collaboration between California's Singer Vehicle Design and Williams Advanced...
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Subaru's created the Goldilocks of winter driving schools
There’s no shortage of winter driving schools hosted by automakers these days. Each of these schools is the same basic concept with various twists on the details. Subaru, the brand known for all-weather capability, now offers its own. With Flatout Sweden and DirtFish Rally school...
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Mercedes-AMG's Winter Driving Academy highlights differences in brand's performance drivetrains
Mercedes-AMGs are known for big, brutish power that loves to go sideways. But what’s power without control? To highlight the difference in how various AMG powertrains maintain—or lose—control, Mercedes-AMG offers a winter driving academy dubbed the AMG Winter Sporting event. Chief...
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The wild and wonderful from the 2017 Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance
Imagine spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on a complete, thoroughly researched, multi-year restoration of a historically significant car and not even placing in your class. That's the reality of the annual Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance. Each year, the most prestigious car show in the...
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The Quail celebrates the postwar sports car, 1945-1960
Monterey Car Week draws everything from microcars to one-off coachbuilt classics of the 1920s and 1930s, all of them crowd-pleasers for the thousands of visitors swarming tasteful venues centered on Pebble Beach. But it was sports cars that lured two generations of drivers into the appeal of exotic...
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The 1929 Mercedes-Benz S Barker Tourer that claimed the Best of Show honors at the 67th Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance almost didn't make it to the show. Owner Bruce R. McCaw of Bellevue, Washington, struggled with the idea of restoring it for several years. “The question was whether or not to restore it. I always hate to restore something that doesn’t need it. But we finally found enough pictures that we knew the car needed to be restored,” said McCaw. ALSO SEE: Vision Mercedes-Maybach 6 Cabriolet concept: Does this hood make me look expensive? Even at that it was a close...
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Great Ferraris from The Quail
The Monterey Car Week is an orgiastic feast of the eyes for any car fan. It's an exclusive week-long celebration of the automobile, with events seemingly trying to upstage each other in terms of exclusivity and cachet. Aside from the actual Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance itself, where the Best of...
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Vin Diesel announces "Fast and Furious Live" show, promises extreme action
So, over-the-top onscreen cinematics aren't enough for "Fast and Furious" fans? Never fear, Vin Diesel is here to announce "Fast and Furious Live" and promise incredible stunts and "extreme action" will ensue. Diesel took to Facebook Live to announce the new project, but only in name. It's unclear...
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Gordon Murray design exhibition to celebrate 50 years of iconic cars
Gordon Murray has been more than a landmark figure in the automotive industry: at times, he has simply defined how supercars are engineered and designed. Now, his career to date will come to a crescendo at the Gordon Murray design exhibition. The exhibit will take place on November 3, 2017, at...
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Top 11 ways up Lord March's driveway at the Goodwood Festival of Speed
More than 250 cars, trucks, and motorcycles made the 1.16-mile blast, past the Goodwood House, into Molecomb Corner, and continuing into history. By the books, Nick Heidfeld driving a McLaren MP4/13 is the quickest way, but we have a 11 other ideas for making the march up to Lord March's estate...
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Here's your 2017 Goodwood Festival of Speed day two gallery
Timed runs up Lord March's driveway won't start until this weekend, but already the 2017 Goodwood Festival of Speed is off to a flying start. This year's celebration includes a cavalcade of drift cars, hyper expensive exotics, 70 years of Ferraris, Formula 1 racers from several decades, and that...
Aaron Cole