Every year, one of the world’s largest and most impressive collections of cars and bikes rocks up to a posh country house in the English countryside; with motorsport great and classics rubbing shoulders with the latest EVs, the Goodwood Festival of Speed should be on every car nut’s bucket list.
This year’s show was a scorcher, with the usually luscious green lawns having turned to straw halfway through the first day – but that didn’t stop the car world from turning out in force with a bunch of upcoming and newly-revealed models.
These are the new arrivals that stood out to me the most:
Audi Nuvolari
A show of hands, please: is Audi’s limited-run hybrid supercar an ultramodern future classic, or the unloveable offspring of an R8 and a Tesla Cybertruck? Now that I’ve seen one in the metal I’m convinced it’s the former. The Nuvolari gives proper sci-fi vibes with its aggressive lines and titanium paint scheme.
It sounds like a proper monster underneath, mating a 4.0-litre twin-turbo V8 that revs to 10,000rpm with three axial flux electric motors, for a total power output of 987bhp. That’s enough pep for a 0-60mph sprint in just 2.6 seconds and a 217mph top speed.
Mercedes-AMG CLA 45
Meet the AMG entry-point for the electric age. The CLA is comfortably one of Stuff’s favourite EVs right now – especially in load-lugging Shooting Brake form – and this version has seen the wick well and truly turned up. Three motors (one at the front and two at the rear) produce 671bhp, which is enough for 0-62mph in three seconds flat from a standing start.
It’s got simulated manual shifting, a drift mode, an active aero rear wing and a synthetic soundtrack inspired by the rorty four cylinder AMG A45 S. Yet it can be surprisingly sensible when it needs to be, the 94kWh battery able to deliver as much as 416 miles from a charge. The Shooting Brake can squeeze 450 litres of stuff in the back; the sedan isn’t far behind at 390 litres. Both have a bonus frunk under the hood too.
No word on pricing or a launch date yet, but expect it to be a fair bit higher than the $47,000 / £45,000 the regular CLA starts at.
Renault R5 Turbo 3E
Renault’s electric reimagining of its R5 Turbo cult hero has been a long time coming. The firm first revealed the mad tri-motor EV in March 2025 but customer deliveries won’t kick off for another year yet. This year’s Festival of Speed was my first time seeing one with a regular paint job, rather than the lairy neon yellow racing livery Renault used for the prototype version.
I think it looks even meaner in blue, the single colour really highlighting the bonkers body kit and hugely extended arches. It’s the electronics underneath that make it a supercar-beater: two hub motors sit within the 20in wheels, while clever software dishes out the 540 available horsepower to give either immense straight line speed or smoke-billowing drifts.
Only 1980 will be sold globally, but you’ll need a considerable £135,000 (there’s no official US price) to get your name on the waiting list.
TAG Heuer Formula 1 Chronograph X Goodwood Festival of Speed
It’s not just cars launched at Goodwood Festival of Speed – we’ve now got new watches as well thanks to TAG Heuer. The Formula 1 Chronograph X Goodwood Festival of Speed marks the brand’s second year as Official Timing Partner of the hillclimb event, and it’s a proper tribute to British motoring culture.
Limited to just 500 pieces, the 44mm chronograph pairs a British Racing Green sunray brushed dial with a green ceramic fixed bezel, finished off with red accents on the second hand and chronograph pushers for a bit of high-octane flair. There’s even a little nod to Max Chilton’s 2022 hillclimb record, with a red marking at 39 seconds on the dial referencing his 39.08-second run in the McMurtry Spéirling.
It’s available now, priced at £4250 in the UK (but not available in the US).
Denza Z Coupé
One thousand, five hundred and eighty two horsepower. Hopefully spelling it out gets across what an insane amount of oomph the BYD premium brand’s electric hypercar is putting out. You’ll hit 0-60 in 2.25sec, quickly followed by a call to your chiropractor.
The Racing version, which adds the mahoosive rear wing and sits on semi-slick tyres, drops that even further to just 1.96sec. It’ll go on to a 217mph top speed. There’s also a spider drop top. Driven more sensibly, the 76kWh battery should deliver up to 254 miles of range.
As with pretty much all Chinese EVs there’s very little likelihood of it appearing in the US. A UK launch is planned though: pricing is estimated at £140,000 for the Coupé and closer to £170,000 for the Racing.
Porsche
Famous Porsche customisers Singer, Gunther Werks and Lanzante all made appearances at Goodwood, but it was one of the firm’s own efforts that turned my head. Porsche’s Sonderwunsch department made this one-of-one, Buzz Lightyear-themed 911 GT3 RS o celebrate the launch of Toy Story 5, and will be auctioning it off for charity.
The 992.1 generation car is painted white with Green Yellow and Lizard Green accents, while the rear wing is styled around Buzz’s pop-out wings. Space Ranger logos on the magnesium wheels and rebranded “Lightyear” tyres complete the look.
Kimera K39
I tried to limit the cars on this list to EVs, but had to make an exception for Kimera’s wild K39. The firm is best known for restomods of Lancia rally classics but this is an all-new creation that’s aimed more at the road. I spot a hint of Ferrari F40 in the side profile.
Comparisons to the ultimate 80s supercar continue underneath the carbon-fibre monocoque, with a 5.0-litre twin-turbo V8 that sends power exclusively to the rear wheels, via a manual transmission. Koenigsegg has supplied the oily bits, extracting 1000bhp from the motor.
There’ll be fewer than 100 ever made, and if you have to ask how much, you probably can’t afford it.
MG Go!
MG’s Goodwood presence was a little oddball this year; there were more dancing humanoid robots than cars on the firm’s stand, but the Go! concept car still stood out. It’s a sneak preview of what the next-gen MG2 electric supermini might look like when it enters production in 2027.
The design team has taken a little design inspo from the classic 1980s MG Metro Turbo. While technical details are thin on the ground – it’s such early days the demo car didn’t even have an interior – MG will surely be pitching the hot version as a more wallet-friendly alternative to hot hatch EVs like the Mini Cooper and Renault 5/Alpine A290 duo.
I think it looks fab, with big wheels, a low stance, chunky bodykit and an OTT rear diffuser. What are the chances of all of that making it onto the final production car?
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