Today sees the 20th anniversary of The Goodwood Festival of Speed 2013 in Sussex.
The three day event is a much anticipated festival of the best of motoring and this year’s Festival of Speed also marks the 50th anniversaries for the Porsche 911, McLaren, Lamborghini, along with the 40th anniversaries for the WRC and Le Mans' 90th.
Motoring enthusiasts will be treated to a show of all of these cars and can even see how they fair on Goodwood's famed hill-climb and expanded rally stage. And if that’s not enough to whet the appetite, Porsche 911 will be taking centre stage at Goodwood House, with a specially commissioned sculpture.
Along with the array of stunning cars, the 20th Goodwood Festival of Speed will also see some of the most exciting modern supercars entering the Michelin Supercar Run, with a record number of debuts at this year’s Festival of Speed.
McLaren aficionados will be very pleased to see the world debut of the McLaren P1, along with its rival, the Porsche 918 Spyder and the Jaguar C-X75.
The 20th Goodwood Festival of Speed will be taking a peek at the cutting edge of automotive design and innovation, with the cars like the Giugiaro Parcour, Peugeot Onyx, Jaguar Project 7, Renault Twin'Run and Volkswagen XL1. The Festival will also be hosting a first looks at Eric Clapton's Ferrari SP12 EC, the Rolls-Royce Wraith and Alfa Romeo 4C.
Along with the usual exhibition of pioneering historic race, grand prix, American greats and touring cars from yesteryear through to current cars, the Festival of Speed will be paying homage, with a celebration of land-speed-record cars.
For the connoisseurs, The Festival of Speed, there will a demonstration of an array of rare and exotic concours vehicles including icons from the 60’s like Aston Martin and Ferrari, GTs from the 50s, some of the most iconic Porsche 911s and some rarely seen concept cars from motor shows across the decades.
