Spectacular Porsche Museum Cars Arriving at Goodwood Festival

This year’s edition of the Goodwood Festival of Speed is sure to be the best one ever, as Porsche will once again showcase an exciting array of new, iconic and historic models. The 2011 Festival’s chosen theme is “Racing Revolutions – Quantum leaps that shaped motorsport”, a perfect fit for Porsche given its close ties with engineering innovation.

Over 100 years ago, company founder Ferdinand Porsche was working on hybrid automobile technologies and the Semper Vivus of 1900 mixed electric wheel hub motors and petrol engine, giving credit to the claim to be the forerunner of today’s hybrid. The retro-hybrid makes its UK debut at this year’s Goodwood Festival of Speed.

Porsche first applied turbocharging to the 917/30 Spyder race car in 1973, after which itbrought this technology to the street in 1974 on the 911 Turbo. To commemorate this and many other achievements, the Porsche Museum in Stuttgart will be bringing the fearsome 1,200 hp Porsche 917/30 to Goodwood, as well as the more recent all-wheel drive turbocharged 961 from 1986.

The rare 718 F2 single-seater from 1960 will also be demonstrated, and the racing legends will share Goodwood's attention with some Porsche models that you can actually order and spec up today. The Festival sees the debut of the 500 hp Porsche 911 GT3 RS 4.0 in the Supercar Run alongside the ultimate turbocharged 911, the 620 hp GT2 RS. In the First Glance category, the 550 hp twin-turbo Panamera Turbo S will make its first public appearance.

The Porsche Cayenne will also be in action at the Porsche Experience Centre Goodwood area, alongside a display celebrating 60 years of Porsche in the UK as well as showcasing the current Porsche range line-up.