The Goodwood Festival of Speed is not only about cars up the Hill or manufacturers' stands trying to entice potential customers. In a most agreeable setting on the lawns of Goodwood House there is also the Cartier Style et Luxe Concours d'Elegance. There are a number of categories all vying for the vote of various celebrity judges plus the honour
"Things May Come, Things May Go but the Art School Dance Goes on Forever........" As with the Dance so with the Goodwood Festival of Speed, despite the financial storms battering the whole economic system the FoS sailed on majestically this past weekend. A huge crowd, sunshine most of the time and a fantastic show of some of the geatest motor
Wind the calendar back to June 2007 and Toyota were in birthday mode. The location was Goodwood House and the 2007 Festival of Speed. Two anniversaries were being celebrated, 75 years had passed since Kiichiro Toyoda established the Automobile Department of Toyoda Automatic Loom Works Ltd. This was the company that would eventually grow into Toyota
The say a picture is worth a thousand words but this one is almost beyond value, you could not buy these cars at any price, they are truly constructed of Unobtainium. Ferrari 330 LMB (one of only four built) leads Ferrari 250 GT SWB "Breadvan", Ferrari 250 GTO and the poor relation a Jaguar E type "lowdrag coupe""..........
Hundreds and Hundreds of cars to choose from at the Goodwood Festival of Speed…………what was your top 12 asked the Sainted Editor? Well ask the question tomorrow and you might get a different answer but this morning my whims lead me this way………in no particular order. Accentuate the Positive, Eliminate the
The Goodwood Festival of Speed attracts some of the coolest cars on the planet and some of rarest. The Cartier “Style et Luxe” exhibition had two sub themes that combined these two qualities, cool and rare. Titled “Dawn of the SuperCar” and “The Shape of Things that Never Came” the participants drew crowds who appreciated
...Well maybe but so it would also appear is the appeal of James Bond or 007 as he is known in the trade. This year sees the centenary of the birth of Ian Fleming, author of the original books and ex-naval intelligence officer, and to celebrate this there was a small exhibition on the lawn of Goodwood House amongst the Cartier Style et Luxe Concours
Mention the Festival of Speed to any petrolhead and the image most likely that will come to mind is of Derring Do on the Hill Climb……..you know, tyre smoke and opposite lock……….well that still goes on but these days the Festival is a whole lot more than rubber and oil. We used to have a motor industry in the UK but
Back in the days when we all knew our place there was a fixed social season in London, where all true gentlemen would gather, “The Right Crowd and no Crowding” Many of the events on the season were sporting in nature, Royal Ascot, the Boat Race, Wimbledon, Cowes Week, Henley Regatta etc. etc. After the demise of Brooklands, motorsport was