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Tanner Foust to take on infamous Pikes Peak hill climb with 700bhp Radford special

Published 09 May 2023
By Shane O' Donoghue
British coachbuilder Radford has announced that it will be competing at the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb in June.
Five fastest ever Goodwood Festival of Speed hill climb times

Top 5 fastest ever Goodwood hillclimb times

Many a car has set a hill climb time at Goodwood. Few, though, can hold a candle to these five blisteringly fast runs.
Published 27 June 2022
Ken Block Hoonigan Climbkhana Ford F-150 Hoonitruck Tianmen Mountain Road

Video: Watch Ken Block hoon up Heaven's Gate

Ken Block has returned to his stunt driving roots, by taking on one of the world's toughest mountain roads in a 901bhp Ford pick-up truck.
Published 19 November 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

Watch Hammond retry Rimac hillclimb

Richard Hammond has a crack at righting his Grand Tour wrongs, by trying not to crash his electric Rimac supercar in The Grand Tour Game.
Published 09 January 2019

Video: Honda Mean Mower V2 unleashed at Goodwood

The Festival of Speed has seen many a bonkers machine attempt the hill climb course, but few have been as mad as this 150mph Honda lawn mower.
Published 16 July 2018
Classic Ford Mustang will attempt first ever autonomous Goodwood hill climb run

Classic Mustang in autonomous Goodwood attempt

The technology firm Siemens will conduct the first ever autonomous hill climb run at Goodwood, in perhaps the most unlikely of cars.
Published 11 July 2018
Racing driver shows sublime car control in rally-ready Porsche 911

Video: Rally driver's sublime car control

It's been a while since works Porsches went rallying, but privateers have shown the Porsche 911 is a great car to tackle a special stage in.
Published 11 July 2018

2018 Goodwood Festival of Speed preview

Even without the silver jubilee milestone, 2018 looks set to be yet another bumper year for the Goodwood Festival of Speed.
Published 10 July 2018
Autonomous Roboracer to tackle the Goodwood hill climb course

Self-driving Roboracer to tackle Goodwood

A self-driving racing car will attempt the tricky Goodwood hill climb at next month's Festival of Speed, making it the first autonomous vehicle t
Published 27 June 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