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Top 5 fastest ever Goodwood Festival of Speed hillclimb cars

Published 08 August 2024
By Sunday Times Driving
Many a car has set a hill climb time at Goodwood. Few, though, can hold a candle to these five blisteringly fast runs.
VW ID.R electric racer has broken another track record – and the onboard footage is spectacular

Video: Spectacular VW ID.R Tianmen record run

It had already conquered Pikes Peak in America, the hillclimb course at Goodwood Festival of Speed and the Nürburgring Nordschleife, and now the...
Published 14 October 2019

Volkswagen ID.R blitzes the Goodwood hill climb

The Volkswagen ID.R is the fastest ever car up the Goodwood hill, despite missing out in the Sunday Shootout, according to a clarification.
Published 08 July 2019
The Mountain Decides: Watch Romain Dumas, Travis Pastrana, Rhys Millen in beautiful, thrilling Pikes Peak 2018 documentary

Watch this thrilling Pikes Peak 2018 documentary

Jeremy Hart first went to Pikes Peak in 1988. The chance to return 30 years later to make a film about the legendary event was too good to miss.
Published 11 September 2018
Volkswagen ID R smashes Pikes Peak hill climb record

Volkswagen ID R smashes Pikes Peak record

The all-electric Volkswagen ID R prototype racing car has smashed the outright record at the Pikes Peak hill climb course by a whole 16 seconds.
Published 25 June 2018
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VW's new ID R electric racer is as fast as F1 car

The Pikes Peak hillclimb is widely believed to be one of the most dangerous motor sport events in the world, and no place, you'd imagine, to whee
Published 23 April 2018