Earls Court returns to Goodwood
16th August, 2010
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Following the growing popularity of England's annual Earls
Court Motor Show at the Goodwood Revival, this key attraction will once again add an exciting element to the
Revival meeting, the world’s most authentic historic motor race meeting, being held from 17-19 September.
The Earls Court Motor Show takes its inspiration from the celebrated London Motor Shows of the 1950s and
60s, with an Art Deco frontage reminiscent of the glory days of exhibitions of the past. This spacious area
will give the expected 130,000 Goodwood Revival visitors an insight into how the motoring of tomorrow might
look from a pre-1966 perspective, with a display of ‘futuristic’ late 20th and early 21st century cars.
Externally, Earls Court looks like the entrance to a 1950s Motor Show, promising to display ‘cars of the
future’ inside. As no post-1966 vehicles are ordinarily allowed on-site during the Goodwood Revival, the Earls
Court Motor Show enables the event to break out of its ‘period’ timeframe and display post-1966 vehicles. The
effect is like walking into a Tardis, offering other-worldly futuristic new cars to see, right up to and
including manufacturers’ latest products.
Each vehicle manufacturer’s stand is presented in the style of a traditional Motor Show of the 1950s or
1960s. As with the rest of the Revival, the overall display is not set in a specific timeframe, but rather at
some unidentified point prior to 1966. Manufacturer displays are therefore expected to include contemporary
cars of the 1950s or 1960s, as well as some ‘concept’ cars showing each company’s vision of what production
cars might look like in the early 21st Century. Car manufacturers confirmed to be exhibiting at this ‘motor
show of the future’ include Maserati, Jaguar, BMW, Nissan and Rolls-Royce.
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In addition to the manufacturers’ stands, there will be a central ‘concours d’elegance’ exhibition. This
display will commemorate ‘Grand Touring Greats’, featuring around 25 elegant GT cars, from the 1950s right
through to the present day. Expect to see important GT cars such as the influential Lancia Aurelia B20 Coupe,
Bentley Continental R, Facel Vega HK500, Gordon Keeble and Ferrari 365 GTB/4 ‘Daytona.’
Goodwood’s historic links with Earls Court are very strong. The famous London Earls Court exhibition site
was built on land once owned by the Duke of Richmond; the Earl in the name referring to the Earl of March,
from whom the present 10th Duke of Richmond, and his son Lord March, are directly descended.
Entry to the Goodwood Revival event is by advance ticket purchase.
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