Renault and Skoda Bringing Classics to Goodwood

The Goodwood Festival of Speed will begin on July 11, and there will be some very odd but fun cars at the event this year and many interesting rally cars going through the Forest Rally Stage. For example, RenaultRenaultFrance, 1898 > present189 models
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is bringing its rare Alpine A310Alpine A310France, 1971 > 19847 versions
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Group 5 rally car, and SkodaSkodaCzech Rep., 1895 > present57 models
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is bringing the 1101Skoda 1101 Gen.1Czech Rep., 1946 > 19522 versions
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Sport that it raced in the 1950 24 Hours of Le Mans.

Skoda will be displaying its Fabia S2000 rally car, 1981 130RSSkoda 130 RSCzech Rep., 1975 > 1980 that won the European Touring Car Championship and 1950 1101 Sport, and it will be giving the new Octavia vRS is public debut.

Renault’s collection of classics dwarfs nearly any other automaker including important cars from Formula 1, sports car racing and rallying.

Highlights of the race include Renault’s first turbo F1 car, the 1978 RS01Renault RS01France, 1977 > present2 photos
, the 1978 Le Mans-winning Alpine A442BAlpine A442BFrance, 1978 > present1 photo
, 1977 Group 5 Alpine A310 rally car, 1983 RE40 F1Renault RE40France, 1983 > present2 photos
car and 1984 Renault 5 Maxi TurboRenault 5 Turbo 2France, 1983 > present1 photo
. Drivers will include F1 champion Alain Prost and rally legend Jean Ragnotti.

Four of the current Renault-powered F1 cars - the Lotus E21Lotus E21United Kingdom, 2013 > 20136 photos
, Red Bull RB9Red Bull RB9Austria, 2013 > 201310 photos
, Caterham CT03Caterham CT03United Kingdom, 2013 > 201313 photos
and Williams FW35Williams FW35United Kingdom, 2013 > 20135 photos
– will also be on display.

This year there will also be a display area for land speed record cars, and Renault is bringing its 1956 Etoile Filante that used a 270hp gas turbine to set a turbine land speed record at the Bonneville Salt Flats.

If you can make it, it seems like a great year for the Goodwood Festival of Speed.