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‘What on earth is that?’ - Monster machines at the Festival of Speed

After several years of balmy weather over the Festival weekend, it was perhaps inevitable that the weather gods would strike, and turn Lord March’s back garden into something akin to an automotive Glastonbury. However, while A-listers of a musical persuasion were performing to mud-soaked revelers a hundred or so miles to the west, automotive royalty was serenading its diversified following with a combustion-engined concerto in West Sussex.

To green hell and back with the Mercedes-AMG GT R

A more fearsome and muscular animal to the softly styled regular AMG GT, the potent R version is crammed with technology gleaned from the GT3 racing car. This includes, most obviously, a drastic new aerodynamic package, a heavily reworked double wishbone suspension system, and – much like many of its competitors – rear-wheel steering, the first of its type fitted to a Mercedes.

What not to miss at the 2016 Goodwood Festival of Speed

The Festival’s emphasis on anniversaries appears to be stronger than ever this year, with centenary-celebrating BMW chosen as the featured marque. As such, Gerry Judah’s perennial sculpture (incidentally his 20th piece constructed for Lord March’s front garden) will feature the BMW 328 Mille Miglia Roadster, the Brabham-BMW BT52, and the Le Mans-winning BMW V12 LMR prototype. Meanwhile, countless Bavarian beauties new and old will take to the hallowed hillclimb.

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