Unveiling the Lamborghini Revuelto: A Superstar at the Goodwood Festival of Speed 2023

Year after year, what for many is the motor event par excellence, 'Goodwood Festival of Speed' leaves us spectacular images with which to dream. And it is that in addition to unprecedented presentations of new models for competition or road, world-renowned drivers or cars from all eras, authentic jewels on wheels come together here.

We're talking about the supercars and hypercars you won't see anywhere else (unless you're a billionaire collector, of course). Much less, thundering at full speed. From the greatest race cars in history to the latest and greatest performance machines, the 'Michelin Supercar Run' is a petrolhead's delight.

This year we have seen a particularly diverse selection in this category, with multiple premieres of works of art and engineering from Lamborghini, Pagani, Bugatti, Aston Martin, Czinger, Porsche, and many more, along with cars that are already part of the history and everyone's heart. Praise you, Lord March.

How could it be otherwise, this year on the 'climb up the hill' near the 'Goodwood Estate' in the English municipality of West Sussex, an incredible spectacle has been experienced? One of the 'Supercars' that has left us speechless has been the Bugatti Bolide: Bugatti's last goodbye to its legendary W16 engine, one of the most complicated blocks in the world.

With more than 1,800 CV, this beast of only 1,240 kg and a power-to-weight ratio of 0.67 kg/CV, is capable of overcoming the 500 km/h barrier. There is nothing. Contrasted with the Bugatti's thunderous W16, the howl of the McLaren Solus GT's 840PS V10.

An uncompromising single-seater whose sound and performance take us back to Formula 1 racing more than two decades ago, when 'V' configurations of more than eight cylinders were common in the 'Great Circus'. The car is inspired by McLaren's Vision Gran Turismo, which was once the private preserve of the virtual world.

This year the latest generation of iconic Pagani and Lamborghini models could not be missing. Both those from San CesariosulPanaro and those from Sant'Agata Bolognese have delighted us in recent times with their spectacular creations and rivalries as antagonistic as Zonda and Murciélago or Huayra and Aventador, less opposed.

On this occasion, both the Pagani Utopia (a kind of return to analog for Pagani, since the brand recovers the option of the manual gearbox for its V12 biturbo) and the Lamborghini Revuelto have delighted the spectators and attendees of the FOS.

As for the Lamborghini Revuelto, we can't think of a better way to look to the future of the bull brand, since the brand's first plug-in hybrid supercar has a V12 HPEV heart (for the acronym in English 'High Performance Electrified Vehicle', which not PHEV).

V12 engine, three electric motors, and a total power of 1,015 hp that allow it to do 0 to 100 km/h in 2.5 seconds and 0 to 200 km/h in less than 7 seconds, beyond reaching a top speed of more than 350 km/h. Undoubtedly, a great letter of introduction topped by the spectacular climb up the hill of the unit that has fallen in love at Goodwood.

The incredible PaganiHuayra R and the LanzanteZonda R could not be missing on the hill either, together with the latest variants of the Lamborghini Huracán including the Sterrato or the STO, more oriented towards circuits. Let's enjoy that V10 while we can.

Obviously, in this edition of the FOS, the Aston Martin Valkyrie Spider could not be missing, a convertible with F1 technology that only breaks with the Aston Martin tradition by having the engine in a central position, but also by its name, very Viking.

It is a real beauty that under the rear hood, equips a 6.5-liter naturally aspirated V12 developed by Cosworth that delivers 1,014 hp at 11,000 rpm and delivers a maximum torque of 740 Nm at 7,000 revs. It has the help of a hybrid system that, as a whole, allows the Valkyrie Spider to reach 1,176 hp and a maximum torque of 900 Nm.

Capable of exceeding 330 km/h with the top down (and 350 km/h with the top up), it is the fastest road-approved Aston Martin convertible to date.

Together with him, Aston Martin has brought a Coupé to Goodwood, the first prototype of the new Spider and one of the 25 AMR Pro specials for the circuit. But we stay with the Spider, to get closer to that hypnotic V12.

Another of the most spectacular debutants and at the same time the most special of the 'Supercar Run' was the incredible Ferrari KC23, a unique car in the world.

This one-off is commissioned by Special Projects based on the Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo (considered the most successful racing car in the history of the Italian brand): a thoroughbred essentially intended to be used on the circuit, with a captivating design.

Other Cavallinos making their way back up Goodwood Hill included the brutal Ferrari 296, a Ferrari Roma, or the wonderful V12-powered SP3 Daytona and 812 Competizione. Last, and certainly the loudest, is the Ferrari 599XX.

Also worth mentioning is the selection of cars that the Lanzante coach brought to FOS 2023, such as a McLaren P1 convertible (whose image opens this post) or a far-from-discreet Porsche 930 Turbo with an F1 engine. Speechless.

The icing on the cake was put by one of the last Porsche reimagined by Singer, the DLS Turbo Study. A work of art that is pure poetry for lovers of the most exquisite resto-mods: a spectacular reinterpretation of the legendary 1977 934/5, a racing variant of the precious 911 Turbo, Porsche's rear-engined wunderkind.

With sculptural lines (keep an eye on the rear) and a treasure under the hood in the form of a flat-block 3.8-liter twin-turbo six-cylinder with 4 valves per cylinder (associated with a six-speed manual gearbox) this beauty of more than 700 CV, it is capable of reaching 9,000 rpm.

Also returning to the hill were the monstrous KoenigseggJesko, the screaming Gordon Murray Automotive T.50, and the statuesque Hispano Suiza Carmen. Without a doubt, an edition of the Goodwood Festival of Speed is difficult to beat.