Actually we've been several times, this was 2011.
The main focus of the 2011 Goodwood Festival of Speed event was Jaguar who were celebrating 50 years of the E-type.
To mark the occasion there was a huge 28 metre metal sculpture of an E-Type Jaguar, created by Malcolm Sayer.
The Jaguar sculpture was erected on the lawn in front of Goodwood house where everyone, including us, seemed to be crouching down into unnatural and awkward positions hoping to take a good photograph of it.
We especially enjoyed wandering about in the Cartier Style et Luxe enclosure, admiring all of the beautiful vehicles.
There were so many gorgeous cars there, including several E-Type Jaguars, unsurprisingly as Jaguar were celebrating 50 years of the E-Type that year.
Also in the Cartier Style et Luxe enclosure was a gorgeous 1966 Vauxhall XVR and a 1970 SRV, a gullwing Mercedes 300SL, a beast of a machine in the form of a Lamborghini Countach, and an equally stunning Koenigsegg CCX.
Other cars included the seriously cool Adams Probe 16, which featured in the film A Clockwork Orange, a 1996 Lea-Francis 30/230 and 2001 Veritas RS3, and a stunning 1991 Bugatti EB 110 GT.
Also on show was the Buckminster Fuller designed Dymaxion, who’s looks attracted a lot of interest as did a Czechoslovakian 1937 Tatra 77, a 1931 Bentley 4.5 litre Roadster, a 1935 Auburn 851 Speedster, an Arbarth 1500 Biposta BAT 1, and a 1934 Crossley Burney Streamliner from the National Motor Museum.
We loved all of the cars in the Cartier Style et Luxe enclosure, especially the Vauxhall XVR, Lamborghini Countach, the gullwing Mercedes, the Bugatti, the Koenigsegg CCX, and the Adams Probe 16, but we’re not only interested in luxury supercars and high prices, we also loved the lovely little 1959 Austin Seven Mini, and the seriously sweet Fiat 500 which was complete with a wicker picnic basket.
The sun was shining, the sky was blue, the air was full of the smell of petrol - a truly perfect day.
Are you a petrol head?
Have you been to Goodwood?
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