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Mercedes-Benz at the Goodwood Festival of Speed
11th April, 2008 | ||||||
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England's Goodwood Festival of Speed has been supported by Mercedes-Benz as a main sponsor right from the start. The event has developed into one of the most significant events on the worldwide classic calendar. This is where the aura of the Mercedes-Benz brand, developed over more than 120 years, comes into its own in the presence of spectators whose competence and enthusiasm is quite unique. At this year’s Goodwood Festival of Speed, Mercedes-Benz will be out on the track outside Goodwood House with Grand Prix cars from 1906 and 1908. The brand will also exhibit outstanding supercharged cars from the 1930s as highlights of the Cartier “Style et Luxe” Concours d’Elégance. The 120 hp Mercedes racing car of 1906 is one of the last original designs of Wilhelm Maybach. The car from the collection of the Mercedes-Benz Museum in Stuttgart was entered in the Semmering hillclimb race in 1908 and has since been a static exhibit most of the time. The car will now be presented to the public once again. The 120 hp Benz Grand Prix racing car (see the image above), also from the collection of the Mercedes-Benz Museum, has visited Goodwood several times previously. Driving a car such as this one, Christian Lautenschlager won the French Grand Prix in Dieppe in 1908 – 100 years ago. At the time, the car competed in the world’s most significant races; today it joins other cars from the anniversary year to participate in one of the world’s most significant classic car events, thus giving the Goodwood spirit wings. Alongside the Grand Prix cars, Mercedes-Benz displays cars from the collection of the Mercedes-Benz Museum in
the Cartier “Style et Luxe” Concours d’Elégance:
As inventors of the car, Mercedes-Benz is delighted to wish all participants every enjoyment in this year’s Goodwood Festival of Speed! The event will be held from 11th to 13th July, 2008, at Goodwood, England. | |||||||
The
"Classic Motor Sport Tour" includes visits to Goodwood Revival,
Donington Grand Prix Collection, Grand Prix Historique de la Vienne, Manoir de L'Automobile and Museum de L'Automobile at Le Mans and, for a
farewell dinner, Atelier Renault on Champs Elysees. Also included are city tours of London and Paris, Classic Team Lotus Works tour and Brands
Hatch race master (with an opportunity of a drive in a high performance Renault). This great tour includes return economy air fares, departure
tax, transfers, 13 breakfasts, 3 dinners and 13 nights accommodation.
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