Tag Archives: Goodwood Festival of Speed

A rare look at the 1965 Honda RA272 Formula 1 racer as it makes landfall in America

Posted on August 14, 2024 by Dan Hsu

A Mazda PR rep once told us that every car in their museum in replaceable, even the original Chicago Auto Show Miatas, except one: the Le Mans-winning 787B. For Honda, that equivalent must be the 1965 RA272, the first Honda … Continue reading →

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Calsonic R32 Skyline GT-R replica gets the beans at Goodwood Festival of Speed hillclimb

Posted on July 19, 2024 by Steve Chang

The dust has settled at the Goodwood Festival of Speed and the fastest cars from the week’s hillclimb are now known. Coming in in the top ten was a replica of the Group A Calsonic R32 Nissan Skyline GT-R, one … Continue reading →

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Honda Prelude production confirmed, at least for Europe

Posted on July 9, 2024 by Steve Chang

Honda has confirmed that the Prelude name will be resurrected for a production car. The company announced that the upcoming sports coupe will be sold in Europe, but we’re still waiting to learn if it will come to the US. … Continue reading →

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Travis Pastrana’s Subaru GL Wagon takes on Goodwood

Posted on August 26, 2022 by Steve Chang

Subaru has released a short film about taking their 1983 Subaru GL Wagon to the Goodwood Festival of Speed. The 15-minute video goes behind the scenes and into the mind of driver Travis Pastrana as the team set out to … Continue reading →

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A 1983 Subaru GL Wagon was one of the fastest cars at the Goodwood Festival of Speed

Posted on June 29, 2022 by Steve Chang

Okay so it’s not really a Subaru GL Wagon in any real shape or form. It’s Travis Pastrana’s “Family Huckster”, a late-model WRX STI with carbon fiber panels formed to resemble a Leone-based wagon. Said to be powered by Subaru … Continue reading →

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VIDEO: Honda RA301 at Goodwood Festival of Speed

Posted on July 17, 2018 by Ben Hsu

Fifty years ago, Honda introduced the RA301 race car at the 1968 Spanish Grand Prix. It hailed from the first generation of Honda’s Formula One efforts, and was powered by a 3.0-liter V12 in an aluminum body. The original car … Continue reading →

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VIDEO: Toyota Supra and Nissan GT-R50 make their debuts at the Goodwood Festival of Speed

Posted on July 12, 2018 by Ben Hsu

The Goodwood Festival of Speed is happening in England right now, and there’s a couple of neo-nostalgics headed up the hill. Here’s the first running footage for the A90 Toyota Supra and the Nissan GT-R50. 

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VIDEO: Watch Adam Carolla hillclimb Paul Newman’s 300ZX

Posted on December 22, 2016 by Ben Hsu

The Drive just concluded their video series following Adam Carolla’s journey to England as he enters his freshly restored, ex-Paul Newman Nissan 300ZX in the Goodwood Festival of Speed‘s hillclimb. Restored in the UK (a proper British restoration, not one of … Continue reading →

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EVENTS: A tribute to Mazda at the Goodwood Festival of Speed

Posted on July 14, 2015 by Ben Hsu

You know it ain’t no ordinary car show when you tilt your head up to see a pair of Mazda race cars in the sky. Twisting on a lattice of white steel, the Central Feature at the 2015 Goodwood Festival of Speed was … Continue reading →

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NEXT VERSION: Can you name these classic Toyota racing liveries?

Posted on June 3, 2015 by Ben Hsu

In preparation for the upcoming Goodwood Festival of Speed, Toyota UK has prepped six GT86 (known here as the Scion FR-S) sport coupes in racing liveries from the company’s past. Can you name them all (answers below, no peeking!)? 

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NEWS: Mazda is 2015 Goodwood Festival of Speed’s featured marque

Posted on February 19, 2015 by Ben Hsu

Mazda will be the featured marque at the Goodwood Festival of Speed this year. It will have been eight years since a Japanese marque has taken center stage. One of the world’s premiere automotive events, the FoS takes place on the estate … Continue reading →

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