Another Goodwood Festival of Speed pic thread

[Lucky]

Well, having just lost two days of my life to sorting out around 800 photos I thought I'd bring you my humble offerings from the Sunday of the Festival. In advance, I'd better say this is cut and pasted from my thread on another forum, so sorry if you've seen any similar pics or whatever elsewhere, but frankly life's too short for me to type up all this drivel and a zillion links again lol Just sorta fast forward through the passe bits, yeah?

Is everybody sitting comfortably? Good, then I'll begin...

The first thing you reach on arriving (after the mahooooosive car park...well, field) is the Moving Motorshow. Which is essentially a bit of a gimmick. It's basically a huge shed where manufacturers display their current models and a few choice classics and punters can book test drives in them throughout the day... for about ten yards each way. Generally it leaves me rather cold, partially cos modern cars leave me mostly unmoved and partially cos you get there first and want to get in and see the "real" cars so tend to breeze past without giving it your full attention. However...

New Porsche 918 Spyder did hold the attention


Not least because it's a Porsche that doesn't look like every other one since 1950


and it has got these rather natty little camera "mirrors"


I'm sorry, but I'm here to tell you the new California is utterly fugly. It just is. Get over it. Blasphemous bastardisation of the name, could even be heresy I reckon


Hahhhhhnda stand had a nice 1st gen Civic celebrating... errr I'm not sure actually, fifty years or something. Maybe


This is a "deluxe", too, which presumably means you got a wing mirror with it


New Toyota/Scooby crossdresser GT86 thing is actually quite funky, a bit like a mini LFA. If you squint. Unfortunately, every pic I took of it came out cack so you'll have to take my word for it. Here's a nice detail of the boxer/86 logo to make up for it


BMWs are another marque that generally fail to move me much, but you'd have to be dead in the soul not to feel a slight tumescence in the prescence of one of these


Can't be many cars that were obsolete almost before they turned a wheel and yet had such a profound effect on a companies' heritage and reputation


If you leave the Motorshow gimmick and turn left instead of going straight over the bridge to the infield, you'd come to the Cathedral Paddock which holds about 40% of the proper entrants. One of the first things to meet the eye here (apart from the thick mud and storm clouds overhead lol) is the "fastest lorry in the world";


a 1929 "blower" Bentley, a 4.5 litre supercharged cad of a vehicle


this is why you needed passengers in early road races, you needed someone to make sense of the random gauges for you lol


I love the very gentlemanly clock, though, and the mileometer that counts down to Paris


There weren't so many of the really vintage cars as some years, which is fine cos it's hard to get too excited about a wicker picnic hamper on pram wheels with a two-cylinder ditch pump engine hanging of the back. There were a few real old critters though. Here's an Era. No, not that sort of Era


The world's first genuine single-seat racing car, the straight-eight supercharged 1932 Alfa Tipo B


As you'd perhaps expect, Alfa had some utterly gorgeous cars there, like this lovely pair of little GTAs


One of only 40 1750 Giugario-styled GTA-ms ever built. Hard to look at the modern Giulia and not wonder why they don't just still make ones that look like this


and the rather arresting 3000CM spyder one driven by Fangio


Here's another old 'un, a 1914 Sunbeam Indiannapolis. This 4.9 litre straight six finished 4th in 1916. From the days when engines were made of brass


and carburettors were made out of plumbing

[Lucky]

Apologies for snippets of info shamlessly cribbed from the programme lol. Well worth the £12 hahaha

It's a funny mix in the Cathedral paddock, the vintage cars rub shoulders with classes containing Group C, sportscars, modern GTs and even some classic rally cars like


this bonkers '74 Lancia Stratos in the best Gaspers livery


not sure why the different-length exhausts. Tuned lengths or parking accident? You decide


Just a single year away was this lovely A110 Renault-Alpine which won the first manufacturer's rally title




and Renault's new Alpine concept was alongside, built to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the original car


this thing's mental, a mid-mounted v6 turbo with an electronic clutch, sequential box, Koenigsegg-style doors and bonkers aero


including this crazy rear exhaust/diffuser treatment


sincerely hope it gets made without being watered down and sanitised. At least Renault do have a history of slightly mad road cars, like R5GTTs and v6 Meganes. Here's hoping...


Not too much in the way of old Ferraris in the sportscar classes though this is probably worth a mention


complete with a numberplate that'd probably cost more than any two cars from the public carpark


but no matter how rare, old, and prestigious the car, it still has to be fettled using pliers and spanners. And even a hammer lol


and whilst we're on sportscars, perhaps one of the purest and most iconic shapes ever


the Ford Mk IV. Perhaps not as achingly pretty as the original GT40 but still gorgeous. This is the car that Dan Gurney won leMans in '67 in, the only all-American driver/car win. He invented the now-traditional celebration of the spraying of champagne during the victory presentation, apparently


Here's the appeal of the FoS, not only can you get right up close and personal with the cars, but also the drivers if that's your bag. Here, Tarquin and Mungo share a wizard jape whilst waiting to take the GT40 up the Hill


This looks stunning, the Maserati Tipo 151/3 from 1964


Although the beautiful "breadvan" styling was apparently unstable at speed, causing a fatal crash during leMans testing in '65


The Shelby Daytona Coupe recently the subject of a good documentary on BBC4, built by the world's fastest chicken farmer specifically to beat Ferrari in GT racing


This '67 Mustang Trans-Am finished fourth at Daytona in 1968 behind the three Porsche 907s. It was famously cut out of the finish photo. Politics?


and another American hoss, the later '68 Boss 302 Mustang

[Lucky]

I sincerely hope it's my laptop making those reds look terrible rather than Photobucket dropping their resolution again :mad:

Dang. Nope, it would appear it's Photobucket ruining my life. Again

Shall we have a couple of arbitrary arty type pics then?




We were quite lucky with the weather, it had peed down over night and there were some heavy sharp showers, but they cleared out late morning and it was good the rest of the day. It did rain when it rained though


...which brings us neatly to the concept of Jaaaaaaags, innit. There were loads of cool ones, as you'd expect, including some unusal American racers such as this E-type


and bonkers wide XJS


side exit FTmfW y0


The wonderful curves of the D-Type prototype


not sure if these are the drivers names or instructions ...as in "straw bales or rostrum" lol


and those sportscar/saloon jags segue neatly onto these;


an array of the iconic Group C Jaguars XJs from their dominant period late '80s. Such an inspirational shape and colourscheme combination to those of us of an age


nice to see they're not too precious about priceless artifacts like this too. Nothing more annoying when you've paid over 50 quid for an entrance ticket than seeing rows of cars shrouded in tarps


So that brings us on to some of the other Group C cars (damn I'm good at this hahaha) such as the brave failure of the Toyota 90C-V which was blighted by poor reliability but very nearly won the last ever Group C race at leMans '94. This one wasn't running on the Hill.... reliability issues again?


The Sauber Mercedes C9 that was designed to give young drivers a break in Group C racing, and brought on such minor names as Michael Schumacher to mention but one


The slightly unusual (and excellently-named) Nimrod Aston Martin which showed promise but was hamstrung by financial woes (like most British things)

[Lucky]

Can't really think of a good link from Group C to touring cars and saloons, so I'll start another post here and hope no-one notices lol. In my defense I've had four hours sleep after a night turn, see if you can do better :p

Right then, this made me sad


beacuse it appeared to be a madly wide-arched Mazda RX-7 FB . Which, indeed, is because it is


...but it's got a Cosworth engine. Fail. And the driver was a totally miserable fella who obviously didn't want to talk about it. Or indeed, talk. Shame


so lets have a picture of a Cossie YB where it ought to be shall we?


yeah, in a Sierra RS500. Pretty


Stars and stripes Manta is, errrm, well. It's ahh... hmm


Sticking with GM saloons, there were some insane Vauxhall Firenzes, the "Baby Bertha" running a 5-litre Holden V8


and some seriously wide bodywork


side exit FT... etc etc


and the "Old Nail", the original DTV (Dealer Team Vauxhall) legend that won over 60 races


As well as this stunning Magnum




The Zakspeed Capri is a bit of a mad thing


bearing as it does almost no relation to a Capri at all lol


This rather frightening turbo monster lump ended up in the Zakspeed F1 car


plumbing looks a bit complex


Rubbing shoulders in here were also some one-off monsters like Rod Millen's Pike's Peak-decimating Toyota Tacoma (and I believe, outright record holder on the Goodwood hillclimb). It's essentially nothing like any real Toyota, but more like a spaceframed pickup with a cover and a stupidly powerful turbo engine wedged inthe back and one-off carbon bodywork


The driver has to drop in through a tiny hatch in the roof which is the only way to access the minute cockpit


Side exit...ahhh, you know the drill

[Lucky]

I was quite glad we visited the Cathedral paddock first because later in the day the inestimable Mr Millen decided to rather sternly stuff it into the bales near the top of the Hill following a rather scary tankslapper. Ooops. Broke


The endurance racers at the Festival were scattered all over the place, presumably to stay near their teams or crew, so in the corner under the trees was one of the few competition Mazdas at the FoS


a turbo 2-litre sequential boxed MX-5. Call me a hairdresser's motor now, would ya?


...and a full GT-1 edition GTR35


which looked hard as a coffin nail, and I love the wing vents. Slight offset fail though lol


So leaving the green shade and damp of the tree-lined Cathedral paddock behind we wend our way out between laurel hedges and find ourselves in the Supercar Paddock, the place where everyone becomes five years old again. First thing to greet our eyes is a wet Datsun


followed shortly by a 300-grand wet Toyota. Who ever would have thought


I've not seen an LFA in this royal blue before and it's a nice enough colour, but does hide the curves of the car somewhat. The white ones I've seen before make the most of the styling, and tbh if it was my 300k I'd want a bit more shock and awe for my shekels


zing!


The Zagato-styled Alfa Romeo TZ3 looks funky enough from the front, complete with Alfa trademark grille and Mazda RX-7 copied double bubble roof


and it has loads of nice detai touches and lovely heritage-friendly teledial wheels


but by Christ it all goes horribly wrong when you get round the back


and while we're hanging around the back end...


the new McLaren (that's so boringly named I can't even remember it or be bothered to look it up, it's some random letters and numbers) manages to make the wrong end of several thousands of pounds and several hundreds of horsepowers look... well really underwhelming tbh. I want to love this car but I just can't. There's no love in it, it's all a technical drawing project and it seriously needs some visceral vavooom. I do like the LED strip lights that blend into the strakes of the diffuser vanes, but that's a sad indictment if that's the nicest thing I can find to say


...unlike the Spyker C8 Aileron Spyder which is just utterly drug-induced madness from any angle


and has a far cooler logo too


Plenty of carbon goodness and aero righteousness festooning the bum of the new Evora GTE

[Lucky]

Lamborghini Aventador looks...well, looks like every other Lambo since the Diablo, really. Not that's necessarily a bad thing


Dunno if it's me going weird but maybe it's the angle or whatever but every time I look at this pic it reminds me of a ...*ahem* lady garden


Brakes bigger diameter than the wheels on my FD


California (again) but I've already said it's borkingly ugly so I didn't take any pics of it. Here's one of the engine, if you must


The Camaro SS would get attention in any other scenario but sorta blends into the background a bit in this company


Ginetta G60 looked excellent in gunmetal grey, nicely understated and let the lovely shape do the talking rather than shouting about it


I like this colour a lot


Speaking of colour, how about this for an idea? The eye-wateringly expensive Noble M600 finished in "raw" coloured carbon


...complete with colour swatches for you to peruse and choose your own shade of carbon


Have to say, the quality is flawless, must take someone hours to lay up the weave so immaculately. Especially when you see the wobbly, flawed, wrinkled tat full of air bubblesthat aftermarket companies often pass off on carbon goods






Maserati Granturismo Sport looks lovely in white, and sounds even better than it looks


Koenigseggs always grab the attention, again seeming to suit white really well


...and again, carbon ceramic brakes bigger than my FD wheels lol


...mind you, even the Audi R8 can boast that. I guess it's that cocks actually own and drive these and you see them on the road every so often I kinda get out of the idea of them being a supercar, but I suppose it is essentially a Lamborghini in a TT fat suit


Ruf CTR3 Sport Porsche thing looks ace in orange and carbon


Wiesmann GT MF5 is... distinctive. Sorta Morgan meets Gumpert.


Cute li'l lizard emblem is sweet though



Moar to come, got to nip out and do some real life stuff for a min

[Lucky]

Righty ho, there's no avoiding the elephant in the room any longer. This;


Can you tell what it is yet, lol?


No? Here's another hint then


Yeah, you got it ages ago, well done. Clever, aren't you? It's the uncomfortably-named new Pagani, the Huarya


Now, I've a major issue with this car, and not just the name which sounds like someone dry retching after a night on the Bacardi


as you can see,every single part is styled and designed and lovely, even the mirrors are organic leaf-like objets d'art. There's a carbon Pagani logo for everything, even the windscreen wiper


The attention to detail is second-to none


and the same mania for detail extends to the interior, which is pure shock and awe


although not an especially calm place to spend time, I suspect. Trying to pick the relevant information out of these hectic clocks whilst controlling a 200mph+ behemoth probably isn't easily done


leather "carpets" probably take a bit of looking after too lol


but by God there are lovely touches everywhere you look, like the "floating" gear assembly with gorgeously engineered linkages on show



So, what's my problem, you ask? Every single part of the car taken in isolation is heart-stoppingly wonderful and of the highest quality, what could possibly put its fly in the custard? Well, quite simply my problem is this;


How, when everything in isolation is so beautiful, HOW THE HELL DID THEY MAKE THE OVERALL CAR LOOK SO GOPPINGLY, HIDEOUSLY, WRETCHEDLY, FOULLY UGLY?


Jesus wept, it's disgusting

[Lucky]

The other mega-million apex predator supercar of course is the Veyron


Of which there were only two this year. They spent much of the morning under covers until the rain cleared. Which I think is a total p***take, myself. Telling me someone who buys a £1million car can't afford to pay a flunky to clean it? Whereas the punters who've paid fifty quid minimum for an entrance ticket expect to see the cars, not a bloody logo on a cover. And that fifty quid presumably represents quite a percentage of their disposable income in some cases. Yep, it's another political rant, but why would some rich **** bring their car along to show it and then not show it?


Anyway, once the covers came off they were needless to say, rammed with people trying to see so hard to photograph. I have to say, Veyrons don't do it for me anyway, beyond the amazing techincal achievement they represent. I find the actual cars just rather vulgar, overblown Audis


and they seem to be owned by fools who need to over-egg the pudding by chrome-wrapping them or painting them in digusting paintschemes like this one. I mean, Max Power wheelstyle, anyone? WTF? Which is a shame really, but I guess the stigma is similar to all those red-brace owned Porsches of the 80's, you can't help but feel they're bought by people who want to have them because of what they say about them, rather than the car as what it is in its own right. Sad


Right, enough class war. Leaving the supercar paddock behind we wander out onto the lawn before Goodwood House itself, and the Cartier Style et Luxe concourse d'elegance display. Before that, though, there's the small matter of Chris Evans' selection of Ferraris. Every year he provides a load of his private collection and auctions a ride up the hill in them for charity throughout the day. Which is nice of him


and to be fair, it's hardly a shabby set of motors


The F40 probably gets the lions' share of the looks


perhaps not surprisingly. This is for me the acme of Ferrari development, all other since have just been... fashion. One of the few things I agree with Clarkson on lol


but this represents purity. It's a car made to go fast. The end. If it doesn't contribute to going fast, then it isn't on the car. All except weight, which does contribute to going fast by not being on the car lol




Beastly thing. Ugly but in a beautiful way. Form following function, as it should be


but still enough flair and detail to make it look great


but for me my favourite of Evans' cars (no California this year) and probably my favourite Ferrari evar


...is the GTO


I guess it's my time of life, but this is the Matchbox car I needed as a kid, this is how all Fezzas should look. In my head, anyway


perfect from any angle


Here my man Ada illustrates neatly the problem with the FoS...by God it's hard to get the picture you want. There are so many people you have to be well fast and hope it comes out or well patient and time your shot perfectly. Either way you stand a good chance several shots will be wrecked by proletarian fools blundering right through it at exactly the wrong moment. Very frustrating, but also immensley satisfying when you get it. I hope you understand how much we've sufferd for our art to bring you these pics lol

[Lucky]

Right then, we meander onto Lord March's lawn and mingle with the cars of the Style et Luxe. Every year has a theme, and rather disappointingly this years' was the Queens Jubilee. Boooo! Y'know, I've nuttin against the Queen, I've like got all her stamps and that and so long as she doesn't bother me I won't bother her, but as to her cars, well. Let's be honest, she's got rubbish taste and not just in hats. Sadly, this meant the concourse d'elegance was stuffed with gargantuan limousines and random cars she might have actually looked at once.

fair to say, it left me mostly unmoved. But as you loyal roving reporter it's my job to try and file as full and frank a report as possible so I'll try to pick some of the bones out for y'all. When I say most of the cars were anonymous giant limos like this Humber Super Snipe maybe you'll understand the problem


but even dull cars like this have nice touches if you look closely enough


..but Jesus, there was an Austin Princess Van den Plas, FFS. What the hell can you do with that? Here's a nice jaguarrrr instead


Probably the most interesting cars were the ones Her Maj had used for state visits to other countries, such as this Citroen SM Cab (like, yeah, why not give her the Maserati-engined one!?)


which like all the best Citroens is pure bonkers art deco madness inside


It's all about the details, baby


Utterly mahoosive Mercedes went on for about two weeks. You could die from exhaustion just walking round it


And if you like them big it don't get much more gargantuan than the presumably ironically named Lincoln "Cosmopolitan" which was anything but


it has the most apposite appelation "bubbletop" appended to its name. Like, no kidding


It gave me an Ada a chuckle doing "back and to the left" jokes which earned some disapproving looks. People ought to have a sense of humour about Presidential assassination in this day and age of legitimised "regime change". Murder seems an acceptable method of state succession now. Or is that only when "we" do it?


It even had big seachlights with interior handles for aim. Awesome. Clock goes up to mad big numbers, surely the car doesn't. It would create collapsars in its wake with the mass distortion effect of getting something so big to move that fast. The only other thing nearby that weighs as much and moves so quick is the Moon


of course it wouldn't be a Jet Age Yank car without an utterly innapropriate jet emblem lol


but to be fair, for all its comedic oversize Yank bluster, it was an awesome thing with top attention to detail


and speaking of detail, the all-alloy Roller showed some British bling bling


and even rocked leather-covered bumpers. Like, dat is pure ghetto, blud, innit


imagine being Her Maj's poor coachman who had to polish this bloody lot


Nice horn

[Lucky]

Whilst we're on about Rollers, there were a few variations on the good ol Spirit of Ecstasy. The old favourite we all know and love...


...a rather odd signals mascot version. Maybe the Queen's favourite Beatles album was Help?


...and probably my favourite was the kneeling one


...just cos it's subtle and different whilst still instantly recognisable. I'd have missed it completely if Ada hadn't pointed her out to me


Of course, there were also Royal warrants and pennants a-plenty. Here's one against a typical English summer sky lol


One of the more interesting features was a display of Charlie boy's child's toy cars. No plastic push-along rubbish for the Ear to the Throne. These are spot-on mini replicas of Astons and the like.




Maybe I'm perverse (OK, I am perverse) but my favourite out of all was the Queens' estate Vauxhall Cresta Friary.


probably because it reeks of old skool cool and it's such a wonderfully bizarre and incongruous thing for a Queen to have owned. Presumably Philleeeep used it when he was out machine-gunning any wildlife that moved out on the estates