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#GRRnews 🚘📬 A guide to the fastest cars you can buy on a modest budget of £5k. Germany dominates here like a Scottish Euros match; but others do get a look, including a surprising entry at the top of the list. #goodwood #goodwoodelevenses The Goodwood Group #autos #autosport #automotive #automotiveindustry #automotiveinnovation #cars #racing #sports #classiccar #classiccars #motorracing #motorsport

#GRRnews 🚘📬 Of late, fast Fords come in an almost exclusively American flavour; with the latest S650 Mustang GT, Dark Horse, and ballistic GTD almost single-handedly carrying the torch in Europe and the UK. #goodwood #goodwoodelevenses The Goodwood Group #autos #autosport #automotive #automotiveindustry #automotiveinnovation #cars #racing #sports #classiccar #classiccars #motorracing #motorsport

#GRRnews. Got a big load that needs shifting, but still want a car you can love and enjoy? Then keep reading. #goodwood #goodwoodelevenses The Goodwood Group #autos #autosport #automotive #cars #racing #sports #classiccar #classiccars #motorracing #motorsport

#GRRnews 🚘📬 The usual OEM rules apply: all the cars here produce their VMAX from the factory or as a dealer add-on, the aftermarket need not apply. #goodwood #goodwoodelevenses The Goodwood Group #autos #autosport #automotive #automotiveindustry #automotiveinnovation #cars #racing #sports #classiccar #classiccars #motorracing #motorsport

#GRRnews. Much of the criticism of an old-school SUV, their lofty handling and poor efficiency, isn't such a factor in modern incarnations. #goodwood #goodwoodelevenses The Goodwood Group #autos #autosport #automotive #automotiveindustry #automotiveinnovation #cars #racing #sports #classiccar #classiccars #motorracing #motorsport

Car vs. Bridge Jump: Durability Test Edition. Rate this car's toughness 1-10! #auto #car #automotive #carlife #performance #challenge

#GRRnews 🚘📬 Lightweight sports cars for this list are out the window: because if you can find a Lotus Elise for £10K, you probably don't want to buy it. #goodwood #goodwoodelevenses The Goodwood Group #autos #autosport #automotive #automotiveindustry #automotiveinnovation #cars #racing #sports #classiccar #classiccars #motorracing #motorsport

#GRRnews 🚘📬 Icon is an overused word; but the Ford Mustang is up there as one of the all-time greats. #goodwood #goodwoodelevenses The Goodwood Group #autos #autosport #automotive #automotiveindustry #automotiveinnovation #cars #racing #sports #classiccar #classiccars #motorracing #motorsport

#GRRnews. Still in 2024 too many continue to underestimate how great some American cars are; flogging out-of-date stereotypes about low quality, poor engineering, bad handling and so on. #goodwood #goodwoodelevenses The Goodwood Group #autos #autosport #automotive #automotiveindustry #automotiveinnovation #cars #racing #sports #classiccar #classiccars #motorracing #motorsport

It's nice to aim for the stars and always focus on the big hitters, the hypercars, the 24h races, the optimised aero and immensely complicated hybrid powertrain systems etc. but I regularly find photos, magazines and flyers that remind me of why I entered engineering: because I was into radio controlled cars and kit cars. Yes, I spent my week-end mornings drawing the car that I would build and to this day I'd probably prefer looking around a well-engineered kit-car than some $4m car that I couldn't afford even with a loan of 199 years. Excessive price kills desirability if you ask me. This is an old flyer of Lee Noble's M15, a car that was canned by the investor. Not the prettiest, not as successful as the others, not a competitor to Ferrari but this was developed to be as comfortable and quick as the Porsche 911 of the time, so it had 450 HP from a longitudinally mounted V6 twin turbo and a £70k price tag (2005/6). And it has an expensive Graziano gearbox which had been developed for the Ferrari Enzo. For those who enjoy a bit of pub chat, it's quite cheeky if you can say that your £70k car has the same gearbox as an Enzo, minus the hydraulics for the paddle shift. I wish I could say my Boxster shares the gearbox with the Carrera GT! If you remember how Sir Alan Sugar used to advertise his Amstrad PC's or Lamborghini advertised his products in the '60s, I think you will like how the flyer was made. ;-) I think we need more affordable interesting sports cars. Cars like Cayman GT4 are rapidly becoming unaffordable and legislation would make it difficult for the creativity of Colin Chapman or Lee Noble to shine today.