Goodwood Festival of Speed 2021: all the new cars on show

A pictorial guide to all the new car launches taking place this year at Goodwood

Autocar

9 July 2021

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The ever-popular Goodwood Festival of Speed is back for 2021.

Following last year's pandemic-related hiatus, we're back in West Sussex taking in all the sights, sounds and smells of Britain's biggest motoring event. Crowds are at full capacity and several landmark unveilings and dynamic debuts will be taking place. Here’s our guide to the festival’s biggest unveilings:
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Alpina B8 Coupé

Buchloe's performance take on the BMW 8 Series Gran Coupé brings the firm’s characteristically understated bespoke styling, Brembo brakes and a reworked chassis set-up, along with a mouth-watering twin-turbocharged 4.4-litre petrol V8. The new B8 Coupé offers 613bhp and 590lb ft for a top speed of 201mph - a real 'Bahnstormer.
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Aston Martin Valkyrie

Aston Martin’s 1160bhp, multi-million-pound V12 hypercar made its festival debut this year, with F1's Lance Stroll at the wheel up the hill climb. It showcased its blistering performance, accelerating from 0-60mph in under 2.5 seconds thanks to its naturally aspirated 6.5-litre V12 engine.
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BMW 2 Series Coupé, BMW iX and BMW i4

Three new models from BMW are starring at this year’s FoS, with the all-new 2 Series Coupé dropping its camouflage for the first time on Thursday. Munich’s smallest two-door coupé returns with a choice of rear- and four-wheel drive and a 369bhp M240i range-topper. The all-electric iX SUV is also making its UK debut, alongside the firm’s new Tesla Model 3 rival: the i4 saloon.
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Chevrolet Corvette C8 RHD spec

The American firm has revealed the first ever right-hand drive Corvette, driven by a 6.2-litre V8. Plans for both convertible and coupé models to enter the RHD market were revealed last year.
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Ferrari SF90 Spider

The Ferrari SF90 Spider took to the hillclimb for its first appearance in the UK. The car is said to offer “record-breaking performance" courtesy of its 769bhp twin-turbocharged 4.0-litre V8 and pair of electric motors. Overall, it produces 986bhp and is the most powerful series-production convertible in the world.
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Genesis G70 Shooting Brake

Hyundai’s premium brand revealed the Europe-specific Shooting Brake variant of its G70 saloon, but no further details were shared about which powertrains we'd see in the UK. A 2.0-litre turbocharged petrol four-pot and a 3.3-litre twin-turbocharged petrol V6 are offered in the saloon in other global markets.
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Kia EV6

Kia’s striking new flagship is appearing publicly in the UK for the first time, showing off its radical new design cues and unprecedented levels of performance for the firm. The range opens with a 226bhp rear-wheel-drive model and is topped by the EV6 GT, with a 0-62mph sprint of 3.5sec.
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Kimera Evo37

Italian motorsport outfit Kimera Automobili showed off a prototype of their modernised take on one of the most successful rally cars of all time: the Lancia 037. Named the Evo37, the firm claims it's capable of 498bhp and 406lb ft from a turbocharged four-cylinder unit. That should be enough to get the Evo37 from 0-62mph in around 4.0sec. Two cars were on display at the event, and both featured a preliminary interior with one sporting a unique 'no paint' livery.
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Lotus Emira

Lotus’s long-awaited final ICE-only model is one of the stars of the show at Goodwood, with the firm also featuring as the subject of the show’s central feature. The car will be offered with a choice of a four- or six-cylinder engines and has been described by company boss Matt Windle as “a Lotus you can live with”.
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Maserati MC20

The MC20 made its debut as part of the festival’s Supercar Run hill climb event, showcasing Maserati's new 630bhp twin-turbocharged V6 Nettuno engine. The Italian company says the MC20 can achieve 0-62mph in just 2.9sec and hit a top speed of 202mph.
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McLaren Artura

The Woking-based supercar manufacturer showcased its new era of electrification at this year’s festival. The plugin hybrid Artura made its debut at the festival, with a 205mph top speed and 3.0sec 0-60mph acceleration. The firm claims the supercar is capable of up to 19 miles on battery power alone with combined fuel economy exceeding 50mpg.
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McMurtry Spéirling

A bespoke, electric sports car, the Spéirling was presented with striking looks and a 60kWh battery that wraps around the cockpit, as opposed to the skateboard set-up favoured by most manufacturers. The firm claims the rear-wheel drive car is capable of a 0-186mph time of under nine seconds.
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Mini Pacesetter

Billed as an extreme version of the Mini Electric, the Pacesetter was designed as Formula E’s new safety car. The firm is planning the zero-emissions, John Cooper Works-inspired hot hatch up the festival’s famous hillclimb. It achieves 0-62mph in 6.7sec and could preview a production-spec performance version of Mini's first proper EV.
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Pininfarina Battista

Automobili Pininfarina's hyper-EV shares powertrain tech with the Rimac Nevera. The nascent firm claims it will be the most powerful road-legal car yet produced in Italy, with four motors delivering up to 1900bhp and 1696lb ft. It also says it will be capable of a sub-2.0sec 0-62mph time and a top speed of around 217mph.
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Rimac Nevera

The Croatian manufacturer handed a public showing to the Nevera for the first time since its official name was unveiled. The 1888bhp all-electric hypercar, originally codenamed 'C_Two,' took on the festival's famous hillclimb as part of the supercar run.
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Toyota GR 86

The successor to the GT86 debuted at the festival as the third member of Toyota’s sporting GR line-up. It has almost identical dimensions to its predecessor and a similarly low centre of gravity. A 2.4-litre turbocharged boxer engine shared with the new Subaru BRZ (which isn't Europe-bound) packs 232bhp and 184lb ft and musters a 0-62mph sprint time of 6.3sec.
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Lamborghini Aventador Ultimae

Lamborghini's final internal combusion V12, the striking Aventador Ultimae took to the firm's exhibition stage. It'll pack 769bhp from a 6.5-litre V12, and it's been described as a celebration of the iconic V12 super-sports car and combustion engine in a final production model."
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McLaren Artura

The Woking-based supercar manufacturer showcased its new era of electrification at this year’s festival. The plugin hybrid Artura made its debut at the festival, with a 205mph top speed and 3.0sec 0-60mph acceleration. The firm claims the supercar is capable of up to 19 miles on battery power alone with combined fuel economy exceeding 50mpg.
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Polestar 2

The experimental Polestar 2 was officially unveiled, designed to showcase what a sportier version of the electric Polestar 1 could look like. The uprated car has a power output of 470bhp, but still runs the same twin-motor, four-wheel drive set-up found in the Polestar 1. The firm is yet to supply performance figures, but claims it will achieve 0-62mph in less than 4.7 seconds.
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Volvo C40 Recharge

The Swedish firm presented the all-electric C40 Recharge to the UK. Production is set to start in Autumn this year, with prices starting from £57,400. It becomes the firm's first all-electric model, with Volvo's Lex Kerssemakers describing it as "the future of Volvo."

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