BMW runs with one of his most powerful concepts for this year’s Goodwood Festival of Speed and It brings a fleet of debuts for the first Great Britain for the trip. The highlight is the BMW Vision Driving Experience (VDX), an experimental test vehicle with an amazing 18,000 Newton meter torque. Originally unveiled in Shanghai, the VDX will celebrate its British debut not only as a static display, but as a functioning demonstration in the iconic Goodwood Hill Climbon.
A strong series of British premieres
In addition to the VDX, BMW makes three other large British debuts to the festival. The BMW M2 CS and M3 CS Touring will be exhibited and in action, freshly from their global revelations in the Villa d’Este. The latter is shown in British Racing Green, an allusion to the place and probably goodwood crowd favorites. BMW also gives the British audience the first personal view of the BMW Vision New Class X, a concept SUV that progresses the next generation BMW IX3.
The BMW Concept Speedtop also appears, an elegant braking design that receives extremely limited production. Only 70 units are built worldwide. It is presented in the BMW Individual Lounge alongside other luxury models such as the BMW i7 M70 XDrive.
An allusion to the history of motorsport
This year’s Goodwood Festival of Speed also marks a large milestone for the BMW 3 Series, which celebrates its 50th anniversary in 2025. BMW Classic brings a number of historical racing racers -3 series models with the E21 320 -Junior team, the E36 318i touring car and the E46 M3 Gtr. These will obtain the hill with drivers such as Marc Sureer, Dirk Adorf and Andy Priaulx behind the steering wheel.
Sure will also help Brabham BMW BT52, the Turbo formula -1 car that Nelson Piquet helped at the 1983 World Cup. The appearance coincides with Formula 1 at the age of 75, a central topic at this year’s festival.
BMW motorcycle also takes part with two highlights. The historic BMW 80 g/s Paris-Dakar will return in action to celebrate 40 years since its Dakar victory in 1985. And the BMW Motorrad Concept RR, which points to the brand’s Superbike brand, is driven by none other than BMW Motorrad CEO Markus Flasch. The 2025 Goodwood Festival of Speed runs from July 10th to 13th.
