Best cars at Goodwood Festival of Speed 2014

<p class="p1">With it’s large footprint and flamboyant doors, the SLS AMG doesn’t seem like the perfect race car, but this GT3 version set the pace in the recent Nurburgring 24h event, before being pipped by the Audi R8 LMS.</p>

<span face="Times New Roman" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span>Powered by a 220bhp 2.5-litre stright-six, the 250F was made famous when Juan Manual Fangio drove it to two F1 victories in 1954.</span></span> <!--EndFragment-

<p class="p1">The Austin MINI Cooper S Paddy Hopkirk drove to victory in the 1964 Monte Carlo rally is easy to miss, but a thing of beauty.&nbsp;</p>

<p class="p1">Famous for its skeletal Atom road car, powered by a 2.0-litre Honda VTEC engine, Ariel take its first step in the world of two wheels with the £20,000 173bhp Ace.</p>

<p class="p1">Special edition of V8 Vantage is built to celebrate success in the Nurburgring 24h race and features contrasting colour scheme taken from the race cars, along with 10bhp extra under the bonnet.&nbsp;</p>

<p class="p1">Bentley Speed Six – affectionately known as Old Number 1 – won Le Mans in 1929 and 1930.</p>

<p class="p1">Limited to just 300 examples, the GT3-R is the fastest accelerating Bentley ever, weighing 100kg less than the Continental GT V8 and 572bhp from its 4.0-litre twin turbo V8.</p>

<p class="p1">We don’t drive the Mustang until later this summer, and you won’t be able to buy one until early 2015, but Ford gave punters an early glimpse of the convertible version at the show.&nbsp;</p>

<p class="p1">All-electric racer features 178bhp motor with 90bhp push to pass function, and covers 0-62mph in 3 seconds with a 142mph top speed. Total weight is just 800kg including driver.&nbsp;</p>

<p class="p1">Inspired by the D-type that celebrates its 60th anniversary this year, the 567bhp Project 7 will be limited to 250 examples and built by JLR’s new SVO division.</p>

<p class="p1">1984 XJS V12 Group A Coupe was driven by the likes of Tom Walkinshaw and Martin Brundle.</p>

<p class="p1">Maserati celebrated it’s centenary at Goodwood earlier this year, but previewed its future with the Alfieri concept a Jaguar F-Type rival confirmed for production in 2016.&nbsp;</p>

<p class="p1">This 1970 concept car had bodywork made from plastic and a mid-mounted rotary engine – this car was only fully restored to the condition you see here in 2008.</p>

<p class="p1">Currently setting the pace in the 2014 F1 world champion ship, the Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 car drew huge crowds at the show.</p>

<p class="p1">Built in 1933 using and airplane engine, the Napier Railton is famous for setting the Brooklands lap record with an average speed of 143mph.</p>

<p class="p1">This forward-thinking concept features classic coupe proportions and rear wheel drive, but a small capacity engine; Nissan’s vision of how to engage with a younger audience.&nbsp;</p>

<p class="p1">Armed with this incredible-looking machine, loosely based on the 2008 crossover, Peugeot has teamed up with Red Bull and Total to take on the notorious Dakar rally in 2015.</p>

<p class="p1">Although we now know what the production-ready Twingo looks like, this TwinRun concept is still significant – it previews how a sportier Renaultsport version could shape up.</p>

<p class="p1">The most sought-after of all vintage ‘Stangs, the GT-350 is powered by a 302bhp 4.7-litre V8 tuned by Caroll Shelby.</p>

<p class="p1">Designed as a one-off GT1 race car, the Speed 12 featured an 840bhp 7.7-litre V8 and competed in over 50 races before regulation chages meant it couldn’t compete at Le Mans.&nbsp;</p>

<p class="p1">Finished in Rebel Blue paint the V60 Polestar was easy to spot on the hill climb course, and sounded great thanks to its 345bhp 3.0-litre straight-six.&nbsp;</p>

<p class="p1">A whole crop of fantastical concept cars, designed for the Gran Turismo racing franchise, were on display at Goodwood. VW’s effort is a low-slung GTI Roadster, powered by a 500bhp 3.0-litre twin-turbo V6.&nbsp;</p>