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Goodwood Festival of Speed to celebrate a long list of anniversaries

Goodwood is set to celebrate a long ist of automotive and motor sport anniversaries and key moments at this year’s Festival of Speed, which takes place on 11-14 July.

In addition to this being the 20th anniversary event, the 2013 Festival of Speed will also be commemorating:

Lotus Evora Sports Racer unveiled


It’s been a busy year for Lotus; the arrival of the acclaimed Exige S; featured marque at the Goodwood Festival of Speed; a new flagship retail store in Regent Street; third place in the F1 Drivers’ Championship and fourth in the F1 Constructors’ Championship; and amongst various racing exploits, another series win for a Lotus with an Evora GTC taking the MSA British Endurance Championship.

Aston Martin GTE to appear at Goodwood


Fresh from its podium finish at the Le Mans 24 Hour, the Aston Martin Vantage GTE will be at the Goodwood Festival of Speed this weekend to tackle the hillclimb course. It will be piloted by works driver Stefan Mücke who said: “I’m really looking forward to going to Goodwood for the first time. It’s an iconic event and it will be an honour to follow in the tyre tracks of so many famous and respected drivers.

Land Rover celebrates 1,000,000th Discovery at Goodwood

Land Rover is celebrating its one millionth Discovery at the Goodwood Festival of Speed this weekend, following the completion of a 50-day 10,000 mile expedition from Birmingham to Beijing.

The 1,000,000th Disco was produced at Jaguar Land Rover’s Solihull plant earlier this year and to mark the milestone undertook a cross-continent adventure.

Mazda MX-5 with 205 bhp to debut at Goodwood


Mazda will show the most powerful road-legal MX-5 at Goodwood Festival of Speed in order to gauge public reaction to the concept. Mazda is considering making limited numbers of cars available in the UK if it looks like there will be sufficient demand.