The things I would do for a Scarlet GTE ,that looks fantastic. 
##Assoluto Fatalita Vulcano makes its debut at Goodwood
It has only been a year since the Fatalita V debuted and yet buyers have already asked for a more hardcore version. In response to a few complaints by a certain journalist at the Anitiyan Motor Show, claiming that the Fatalita has become dulled by its electronics, the Vulcano is a more hardcore version for those who desire the ultimate driving experience, eschewing modern aids such as power steering and active suspension for a more raw feel.
Power is up to 780 hp from the original 700, while weight went down to 1390 KG. New carbon fiber brakes ensure maximum braking performance even in heavy track use, and Pirelli Trofeo R tires allow the Vulcano to achieve a sub 7 minute Nordeschleife time despite being down on power to weight compared to most of the heavy hitters in the class. It showâs its impressive performance in Goodwood where it is capable of matching a Zenshi LM racing carâs time.
Maximum Output: 781 HP @ 8300 RPM
Maximum Torque: 710 NM @ 7100 RPM
Kerb Weight: 1390 KG
Transmission: 7 Speed F1 sequential Manual with Electronic Differential
0-60: 2.5 seconds
1/4 mile: 9.66 @ 150 MPH
Top Speed: 210 MPH
250m Skid Pad: 1.61 G @ 140.6 MPH
Nordeschleife: 6:56.02
Automation TT: 1:53.08
Goodwood Hillclimb: 48.26
The asking price will be US$295,000 and will be offered to longtime Assoluto customers first.
Various historic and current models will also be making an appearance and a Hillclimb Attempt
2014 Assoluto Crinale
Hillclimb time: 46.40
1988 Assoluto Crinale
Hillclimb Time: 52.88
2017 Assoluto Infinito 815
Hillclimb Time: 51.28
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#Merciel At Goodwood 2017: Part 2- Corsaire GTE
##2018 Merciel Corsaire GTE Proto
We said at Geneva that Merciel will be making a return to GT racing following a 10 year hiatus, and in 2018, Merciel will one again return to GT racing with the new 2018 spec of the Merciel Corsaire.
The new 2018 GTE Proto taking on the hill this afternoon.
The new CorsaireGTE is fitted with a 3.5L Turbocharged i6 found in the Corsaire i6 Sport. With the new turbocharger, the 3.5L i6 produces a whopping 716hp and 780 Nm of torque. The car was also fitted with a 7 Speed Sequential gearbox derived from the one found in the Merciel 216 Rallye. All this allowed the car to go up the hill in an impressive time: <img src="/uploads/default/original/4X/5/0/7/507aa5a9da5403278b7269b54878b3a9f73fb971.jpg"width=â288â height=â38â>
Also making an appearance is Mercielâs ATCC car, the 2017 Merciel Verona.
##Merciel Verona ATCC EV2
While the car had some less than satisfactory results in the last season, Merciel-Shell Touring Car Team have made some alterations to the current Race model to form. With a new retuned race engine, producing 269hp, 240Nm of torque and redesigned aerodynamics, the new EV2 model is significantly faster than last seasonâs ATCC model.
Running up the hill with our current driver Andrew Robson, the new EV2 ran a respectable time of:
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#Day 4
Itâs the last day at the Festival of Speed 2017, but the drama and excitement have not let up even for a moment.
AL Autos opened Sunday with a number of their more significant models, these being the Berlina and the Actio, and a new model, the Novem. The car may appear to be squinting a bit and the back is far too overdone for its own good, but theyâve managed to squeeze in another new V8 bi turbo producing 944 hp . Itâs good for 0-60 in 2.5 seconds and tops out at 231 mph, but couldnât match a number of cars that are, on paper, less powerful and not as fast than it on the climb.
Orchid launched the newest version of the Jespar today, with this 3rd gen being powered by a 3.0l i6 producing 510hp. It cleared the course very quickly, and with so much power and performance for just ÂŁ54k, it looks like this yearâs show has produced yet another bargain performance car. An original Lyrel from 1976 was also taken up the course to (partially) celebrate the companyâs 70th birthday.
Outside of the hill climbs, Harris launched a new version of the Conqueror, this being the 5th generation of the British limousine. The 600hp V12 super sedan appears to have taken its design cues from the previous gen Honda Accord at the front and advice from an 8 year old boy whoâs just seen his first F&F movie at the rear. They then continued their obsession with cars in portrait with side views of their cars by announcing a load of updates and facelifts, though no one could actually see the impact of them due to the lack of photos.
With the show drawing to a close, the finale of this yearâs festival was kicked off by an unexpected late entrant from Erin who were keen to cash in the GTE battle being fought at this years show. It wasnât enough to beat the Zenshi Raizan though; that thing remains an exceptionally fast car and arguably the most impressive car at this years show.
Shortly after, one of the more anticipated displays kicked off; Merciel brought a truck load of rally goodness, kicking off with the 112 Vite Rallye. It was hardly quick, but its thrummy 4 pot engine was unmistakable and joyous to hear. However, it was the 1985 124 Vite Rally Group B racer that really stunned most. This legendary French rally machine made one hell of a racket, as well as plenty of crackles and bangs as it passed in front of the house. Rounding off this trio was the new 216 Vite Rally, the star of this yearâs WRC. The dinky French hatchback is practically annexing the whole championship, and looked great today on the climb in its Red Bull colours. But that wasnât all; Merciel fulfilled their promise of announcing a return to GT racing with the Corsaire GTE Proto, in blazing light blue and 716 hp under the bonnet. More unusually though is that this Proto version is powered by an i6, perhaps suggesting a return of this layout to GT racing. Rounding off their show was the 2017 ATCC spec Verona (though this one is an updated and improved variant), wearing its Shell sponsored livery. The weaker showing during last season was put to bed as it flew up the course.
Gryphon Gear then prepped for their slot, and rolled out a ⌠GBF Procurro SR6? I had to check the guidebook to work out what this thing was. This particualr version of the curvy hypercar-thing is called the Bellua âGG Tuneâ Competizione. Itâs purpose appears mostly to be to show a new side of GG in terms of working alongside other companies, which of course means it packs a 9 litre, 1500hp V8, and hence is very fast, happily keeping up woth the best of this years showing. Iâm not sold on the looks; the rear is gorgeous but the front makes it look like its constantly about to sneeze, but I am going to be keeping this car and its small team of creators on my radar. What the purpose or intentions with the SR6 are, I donât know. But hey, when was the last time GG making ultra fast cars just for the hell of it was ever boring?
The end of the show was to be an Assoluto spectacular, with a whole host of their creations going up the run. The Fatalita Vulcano was the star of the show, a new, more focused version of the Mk V version of the supercar, delivering a very impressive time. Following this was the even faster 2014 Crinale and its relative the 1988 Crinale, showing that even the hypercars of yesteryear are not to be messed with after the '88 version cleared the climb in little under 53 seconds. The new Infintio 815 was the last car up the climb, finally getting to see it stretch its legs and flex its muscles having been kept closed up for most of the year at the various auto shows its appeared at.
And with that, the Festival of Speed 2017 was done. Inbetween all of this, I had the chance to meet with the prestigious Bonham Owners Club, totally under my own accord and not at all because my job was on the line.
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#An Afternoon with the Bonham Owners Club
It is one thing to have a car, but another to truly own one. Itâs safe to say that the dedicated members of the Bonham Owners Club are true owners of their classics; passionate and caring about their cars, knowledgeable and ready to do anything to ensure they stay running. Itâs what makes their group one of the largest and most respected owners clubs in the UK, and they never miss a chance to be at a big car event. The display at this yearâs FoS was a display of the very best of this clubâs membership, and I had the privilege to get up close and personal with the many cars on display.
Classic Bonhamâs may have about as much reputation for reliability as any other British maker, but that doesnât put off these gentlemen. Geoffrey H. Stanbury, a 68 year old retired civil engineer, is the proud owner of a 1975 Bonham Kashmir, the 4.2l i6 model, in a recently resprayed maroon red with gold coach lines and original 20 spoke wheels. âMy grandfather used to drive me and my sister to and from Blackpool in his '72 model, and I fell in love with it instantly. It is by far and away the most comfortable car Iâve ever ownedâ. He continues to talk in extortionate detail about the many engineering advancements that were made on this particularly model, including the fully independent rear suspension and use of in-bore brakes to reduce the weight on the axle ends. I decided not to tell him that the benefits for ride comfort this supposedly provide have been debunked many times over in the yearâs since the carâs release, and that no, I really do not give a shit that this was one of the first cars with electronic cruise control.
Geoffreyâs wife, Miranda, says its truly his pride and joy. âI sometimes wonder what happened to our marriage when I see him tinkering with his Bonham instead of helping out around the houseâ. And boy, does he tinker! âAn afternoon spent ensuring the vacuum lines are all still in good order and that the carburetor is clean is an after well spent, ha!â he jokes. Miranda rolls her eyes.
The Bonham Owners Club is not your usual owners club. Theyâre very much about getting your hands grimy, dealing with the all too common roadside brake downs and waxing your motor many more times than you really need to, but thereâs also an air of poshness about them. Itâs less amber ale and stout down The Royal Oak, and more pinot grigio and G&Tâs at the country club. These were hardly cheap cars back in their day, and they certainly arenât today, especially the sportier models. Many of the owners I spoke to bought there cars for cheap years ago, when classics were at a low value across the market, and have managed to make a very tidy profit thanks to the rise in demand for such vehicles. Of course, many more hold on to their beloved cars.
One of their more affluent members, and the chair of the southern england division of the club, is none other than my grandfather, Gordon Anderson. He in fact has a number of Bonhams, including a 1978 Kashmir with coachwork done by Mulliner Park Ward, as well as two mid-eighties Chaucers that he never fails to tell me how much better they are than their German rivals from the time- [/quote]
âGavin, I may be old, but I can still see what youâre typingâ. Gordon had insisted that Gavin come back with him to the Goodwood House, because naturally, Gordon knew Lord March quite well.
âGordonâ Gavin began.
âGavin, you know how to address meâ
âGrandfatherâ he said begrudgingly, âI need to type out this article before the end of tonight and I would really appreciate if you didnât disrupt me.â
âOh come come, I can assist you with it. Iâve been a member of the owners club for many years you knowâŚâ
âYes, grandfather, I am very aware.â
âDonât you be rude with me mister, or Iâll be on the phone to your mother right away about your escapades with your new girlfriendâ Gordon said, with a grievous tone.
âSorry, my girlfriend?â
âYes, I saw you two togetherâ
Gavin sighed. âGrandfather, that was Madoka Matsusaka of Airborne, she was speaking to me about the Japan trip I went onâ
âAirborne, eh? Never knew you had a taste for Polish womenâ
âOh thatâs quite enough. I didnât come to Goodwood to be lectured by you on how to be an uptight gentleman or whatever, and I certainly donât need to hear your backwards thoughts on womenâ Gavin raged.
âAh, come on! I can advise you on that, I know how toâŚâ
âSTOP. Please. Iâm allowed to talk to a woman without hitting on themâ
âYou wouldnât have said that when you were 17. I remember when you came home from that party after Alice, or Alicia, whatever her name was, slapped you because you trying to compliment herâŚâ
âPlease, kindly, do not continue.â Gavin said, sternly.
Silence came across the room.
âIâll see you at dinner round mumâs next Sundayâ - And with that, Gavin picked up his bag and laptop and left the room.
It wasnât that Gavin and Gordon didnât get along, it was more just that since heâd tried to follow in his grandfatherâs footsteps, Gordon had become very impertinent and always took the chance to exert his views on something, regardless of how backwards a view it was. Still, his journalism advice was usually very helpful - Gordon didnât get invited to these events for nothing; he is very well respected after allâŚ
And with that, coverage of this years Festival of Speed comes to a close. Thank you to everyone who posted something, itâs been a lot of fun writing this. Gavin will see you at the next car event heâs invited to. Bye for now!
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What a fitting conclusion to the festival - it could not have ended any better! I wonder what next year will bring?
Actually, also, the RWD Turbo Sedan Sorena went down in 56.94 seconds. Under 57 seconds!
Huh, we were a bit too late in revealing the rest of our lineup it seems. No matter. Itâll happen, since we always save the best for last 
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I wonder if there will be prizes for best cars 
#One of the first 2017 Lilith models sold spotted at Goodwood already
This year marked the first year GG produced what some may call a âproperâ sports car entirely of their own making, the likes that werenât a giant âI can go faster than youâ dick waving contest, but something that regular rich people could buy and hopefully drive as opposed to needing the finances of an oil baron and the skills of an F1 driver. It had been a few years in the development, starting from a pilot program using borrowed parts, to some development partnerships, and finally the V8 equipped Lilith, slated to compete (at least in performance) with the likes of the Ass(hehe)oluto Fatalita, was rolling off the line to the tune of a car a day, at the low low price of 94k AMU (letâs say 200k AUD before LCT, or 135k USD).
As horrified rivals and industry pundits had predicted, demand for a GG car that was both liveable but also potentially faster, without any superfluous bells or whistles, for less was sky high, and the first 350 units were preordered even as the final details on the model were still to be determined, which meant that after all that, GG still had to vet their buyers to separate the true believers from the looky-loos. One of their first actual deliveries went to a certain well-regarded speed demon who was close enough to being a local at this festival, Mya Gardin, who had arrived in her Mephisto Red #003 Lilith, shod in Trofeo Rs for the occasion.
and boy was it a looker! Original photo had an Enzo Ferrari on it, sourced from Flickr account 1000clicks
Myaâs presence and her choice of ride was particularly welcome, not least because as it so happened, Lilithâs nemesis, the Fatalita, had also shown up in the proverbial leathers and latex and not much else. It was a perfect time to see whether the more powerful but heavier Lilith was able to stand up to the test, and at that, it proved to be a good match.
#Gryphon Gear Teases their upcoming âUltra Carâ
It was supposed to be one of those things that advertised itself. The GG crew had no intention of marketing the beast that heralded the end of the world, Jormungandr, aside from simply having it on a rather simple display and having them sit around in their black suits with the flaming legs and soak in the sights of the GFoS. Those who were in the know would surely recognise what they were sitting on, and flock to them.
⌠yeah no thatâs not how it would ever pan out. How it did pan out, like everybody thought, was that Kai would be left feeling vaguely dissatisfied at only doing the Hillclimb in a car built on a 22k budget, see all the cars with more power or a better handling package beat it, and then want to prove them all wrong.
âBut the carâs not actually going to be ready until next year!â came the predictable protest.
âWhich is why Iâve spent the last two hundred or so hours test driving the thing? We all know it can drive perfectly fast.â came the predictable rebuttal.
âNot perfectly fast, it still canât crack 500!â
But the argument had already been preempted for Jormungandr had been not only registered for a first look display, it had also been registered for the Hillclimb. Thus, when it rolled off the paddock and towards the course, it started getting more than second looks.
Probably not least because of the candy pearl paint. Original photo was official media of Bugatti Chiron reveal at GFoS 2016.
Even in imperfect tune as it was, the car was plenty in running order. With over 2100bhp on tap from its massive 10.1L V12 (with a moderate amount of boost), a proper aero kit, no superfluous luxuries in the cabin and semi-slicks still in development to crack the magic 500km/h, there was no question it could hustle. The only question was whether itâd hurtle off the track at speeds the hill had never before seen, because if it did, no amount of hay bales was going to stop it.
Fortunately Kai, with his over 200+ hours of testing, kept it nicely together for a scorching time, which was good, because we sure as hell didnât want to lose to Contendiente!
and thatâs on 335 rears!
We expect performance development to be completed sometime next year, and the process of ratification another several months after that, at which point weâll be taking orders. Only 25 will be built, and it will probably be the most expensive new hypercar ever sold to date, just saying. Oh, yeah, and this car is very intentionally the giant whale dong in the âI can go faster than youâ dick waving contest. Sure, you can sort of street it and itâs actually not that uneconomical if you tried. But who the hell cares.
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Just to add some perspective⌠hereâs what a sub 50 second lap looks like from the driverâs POV
Absolutely bloody mental.
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Pretty sure our track is longer, so weâd be going faster than that.
Also
THAT THING IS SO GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD
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Ayy! That was Oliver J Webb at the wheel, poor guy whoâs ByKolles LMP1 went out on the first lap at this yearâs Le Mans
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That is so âI wanted this nameâ 
It was. The two Aston drivers were here too, one was in a Ford GT, not sure about the other.
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Welcome to the voting for the Goodwood Festival of Speed 2017 awards. In this poll, we will be voting for the best car of the show.
You can vote for your own cars. Best of luck to everyone!
This vote will only consist of new cars that have been revealed at the show.
#Best In Show
- Baltazar Quark RS530 Concept
- 2018 Contendiente Enemigo
- Vinson Dynamics LG-97 Thunderbolt
- Bonham Vision GT
- AL Autos Velox
- 2018 Toronto 705 LS
- 2017 Zenshi Raizan X1 LMGTE Prototype
- 2018 Contendiente Misil
- 2018 Sachiuri Sagitta GTE Prototype
- AL Autos Novem
- 2017 Harris Conqueror MkV
- 2017 Merciel 216 Vite Rally
- Orchid Jespar
- Gryphon Gear/Genua-Beneventi Fabbrica Bellua âGG Tuneâ
- Assoluto Fatalita Vulcano
- 2018 Merciel Corsaire GTE Proto
- Gryphon Gear Jormungandr
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ITâS TOO HARD TO CHOOSE!!!
No itâs not.
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Thank you everyone who voted!
It gives me great pleasure to announce the winner of the Best In Show category for the Goodwood Festival of Speed 2017âŚ
Best In Show: Bonham Vision GT
Congratulations @Leonardo9613! With a 3-vote advantage over the 2017 Zenshi Raizan, the Bonham clearly led the group. With smooth, flowing lines, and the promise that it could hit the streets soon, the Bonham VGT will soon be playable at households worldwide. How fitting, then, that it wins the competition of its home country.
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Itâs no surprise that I voted for the Bonham Vision GT - everything looks just right! Thatâs the best use of the not-Vulcan body Iâve seen so far.
Woohoo!
Thanks to everyone who voted for the Bonham and thank you, Evan for doing all of the artwork, they added so much to the presentation. Without them, the story would possible be a lot different.
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