Oh man here is the list of some of the cars to be at Goodwood FOS 06:
The Sunday Times ‘Driving’ Supercar Run promises the latest supercars from all the key manufacturers. Heading up the entry will be the unrivalled Bugatti Veyron, together with the UK unveiling of the new Ferrari 599GTB. In fact, Ferrari is planning to have quite a broad range of cars in action, including 612 Scaglietti and the sensational FXX. Audi is hoping to have its new R8 road supercar at the Festival, based on the Le Mans car – while Porsche will exercise the new 997 Turbo, to say nothing of the incredible Cayenne Turbo S. Peugeot are promising their amazing V12 907, too. More extraordinary cars from bespoke manufacturers, such as the 200 mph Freestream T1, are also expected, even in pre-production form. The amazing Freestream – designed, developed and built by a squad of ex-McLaren engineers – is not due in production until later in the year. Joining it will be Prodrive’s one-off P2 concept car, designed and built entirely in-house at Prodrive in under nine months, just to show what they can do! Based on Subaru STi running gear, it’s a 2-litre turbocharged well-equipped two-seater sports car.
While more mainstream high performance products like the new BMW Z4M coupe will be on show, so too will large manufacturers’ technology-leading concepts. Nissan is planning to bring its Urge – a radical, lightweight two-seat, motorcycle-inspired concept designed and built by Nissan in California as a market tester from sub 350Z. It will be joined by other high-technology models, including, we hope, the incredible Acabion motorcycle based eco-sports car from Switzerland.
“The inclusion of very high-efficiency, cutting edge technology vehicles in the Sunday Time Supercar Run and elsewhere at the Festival of Speed is very important to us,” explains Lord March, founder and host of the Goodwood Festival of Speed. “It is a hugely exciting area and one we are very keen to promote, not only with our larger industry partners, but also for smaller manufacturers. Such clever and interesting small sports cars contrast appropriately with the established ‘big bangers’ that we know and love. There’s room for it all at the Festival of Speed and there is an important educational and aspirational job to be done.”
In all, nearly 50 great supercars will be in action on the Hill. From the new Mercedes-Benz CL to the Lamborghini Murcielago LP640 and Maserati GranSport MC Victory, it will certainly be a true feast for the senses.
The course car for the Supercar Run this year with be the sensational new Range Rover Sport Supercharged HST with full Stormer pack – the radical options pack allowing the Range Rover Sport customer to drive the closest thing there is to the Range Stormer – the company’s first ever concept vehicle shown at the Detroit Show
in January 2004.
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