Every year in July, a country estate is converted to the ultimate motorsport display: the Goodwood Festival of Speed. Modern and classic race vehicles, as well as an eye-watering collection of road cars, take to the road and climb up the famous hill. The event calls itself “the largest celebration of motorsport history and culture anywhere in the world,” and we wouldn’t argue on that.
This year, the Goodwood Festival was host to several commemorations, including the 50th anniversary of the Jaguar E-type. The E-type, hailed as the most beautiful car ever built, was rendered in a 28-meter tall sculpture in front of Goodwood House. The 150-ton statue was built from steel tubes 1200mm in diameter. The tubes, appropriately enough, were provided by Tata Steel, also a unit of Tata Group, which now owns the Jaguar and Land Rover brands.
Aside from the E-type, other Jaguars that roared up the Goodwood Hillclimb included the C and D-type, the XK120, and the C-X75 electric concept vehicle.
Other marques were well represented, including Aston Martin, Audi, Honda, Ford, and Porsche. Lamborghini showed its new Aventador supercar. Ferrari had several cars take to the hillclimb, including a beautiful 288 GTO and 375 MM, as well as the brutal F40. The fastest climb was recorded by, surprise, Toyota—using a specially built Celica. The Celica was powered by a 700 bhp (800 bhp on nitrous oxide overboost) modified Corolla supercharged and turbocharged engine.
We wish we had been there to take these photos ourselves. Perhaps one day…
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