The Goodwood Festival of Speed will return this Thursday (9-12 July), and it's shaping up to be one of the highlights in the motoring calendar.
A variety of the world’s most anticipated new cars will descend on West Sussex, offering a first chance to see them up close – and some of them in action too.
Among the highlights are the Toyota GR GT, the Alpine A110 Future – a test mule giving an initial glimpse at the sports car’s electric reinvention – and Gordon Murray's dramatic S1 LM, among plenty of others.
Read on for our guide to all the highlights and new cars at this year’s Festival of Speed.
Alpine A110 Future
This is your first glimpse at the next-generation Alpine A110, which is making the landmark switch to electric power. Although it wears similar bodywork to the outgoing petrol A110, it's underpinned by the new EV’s platform, hinting at big changes. Just check out those wide wheel arches.
Everything you need to know about the Alpine A110 Future
Aston Martin ‘S’ cars
Aston Martin’s ‘S’ badge denotes more power, pace and angrier styling. Such versions of the DB12, DBX and Vantage will be running up the Goodwood hillclimb, demonstrating their dynamic overhauls.
Read our full road test of the Aston Martin Vantage S
Aston Martin Valhalla
The Valhalla is Aston Martin’s first crack at a series-production mid-engined car. It’s a plug-in hybrid with a 4.0-litre V8 at its heart and three electric motors for combined outputs of 1064bhp and 811lb ft. It will crack 62mph from rest in 2.5sec and go on to 217mph. Get one on your driveway for a whopping £850,000.
Read our Aston Martin Valhalla review
Auto Union Lucca
We’ll forgive you any confusion over this car’s inclusion among all the new metal here, but it is technically brand new. This is Audi Tradition’s faithful recreation of a racer built by Auto Union, its precursor. Back in 1935, it was the world’s fastest road car, managing 203mph on a section of the Italian Autostrada near the city of Lucca. Sure, it’s not quite the 301mph done by the Campbell-Railton Blue Bird in September 1935, but that was on the Bonneville salt flats, not a road. This is your chance to witness a slice of V16-powered history.
Bentley Flying Spur facelift
Bentley’s luxury limousine has a fresh face, moving away from the long-established quad-headlight design in favour of two lamps. The high-performance S variant returns, powered by a twin-turbocharged 4.0-litre V8 and a single electric motor for 671bhp.
Everything you need to know about the new Bentley Flying Spur
Bentley Supersports
The manifestation of Bentley’s push to create what CEO Frank-Steffen Walliser calls “more extreme” cars, the Supersports is a dramatically modified version of the Continental GT. It's the first rear-driven Continental of the modern era and ditches the hybrid hardware found in other GTs in favour of an unassisted twin-turbocharged 4.0-litre V8. It puts out 657bhp and, at just under 2000kg, is the lightest Bentley since 1940.
