The Goodwood Top 5

The Goodwood Top 5

The Goodwood Hillclimb is the automotive world's favourite wildcard event. Although the goal is to be the fastest of the weekend, the event is so much more than lap times. It's a chance for brands to tease what's to come and demonstrate engineering and grandeur at its finest. Although race cars make the most noise, a few street cars, resto-mods, and slightly different track-focused beasts caught our attention. So here are our top five cars from the Goodwood Hillclimb 2025.

5: The Koenigsegg Sadair’s Spear.

Kicking off this list is a rocket from the oh-so-familiar hypercar manufacturer Koenigsegg. This particular model is a Jesko with a sole focus on track performance. Named after Jesko von Koenigsegg's horse that he rode in his final race in 1976, the Sadair’s Spear is a monster of a hypercar. Producing a whopping 1,212kW and benefitting from a refined aero package and a number of racing trick bits like a racing harness, a lightweight centre console, and carbon fibre bucket seats. This hypercar is a weapon, and only 30 of them will be made.

This year, the brand took it up the hill in dramatic fashion, flexing its hearty and deep V8 and huge wing. It set an impressive 47.14 seconds up the hill, which is pretty decent for a production car.

4: The Holden Commodore V8 Supercar

Race cars are plentiful at Goodwood, so it takes a real standout performance to grab us. However, this particular car might sound good and look pretty normal as far as race cars are concerned, but it's more about what it takes to drive this car, as it looks to be a handful. The Holden Commodore V8 Supercar is an Aussie icon in their local racing world, and this year it took to the hillclimb.

It wasn’t the fastest up the hill, but it looked like a raging bull destined for the hay bales, twitching and sliding its way up the hill. Producing 481kW from its naturally aspirated 5.0-litre V8 and weighing in at 1.4 tonnes, it’s as competitive as they come. So watching Jake Hill wrangle this machine into submission was a treat, setting a time of 48.35 seconds.

3: The Kimera Evo38

This resto-mod of the legendary Lancia 037 rally car answers a big “what if” question. What if Lancia had made a modern road-legal rocket with design cues from the original rally car? Well, the Italian manufacturer, Kimera, answered that question with this 447kW 4-cylinder rocket called the Evo38. It wasn’t the fastest up the hill, nor was it the most exciting, but it is one of the finest cars I have seen on this stretch of tar. It’s a rare example, with only 38 destined to exist, and to see it in action brought a smile to our faces.

Although it did not participate in the timed shootout, it was more of a "damn, that’s cool" moment for us rather than necessarily a "yoh, that’s quick". But that’s what Goodwood is all about.

2: The TWR Supercat

The next car that caught our eye is another resto-mod of sorts. Only this one has a roaring V12 under the bonnet and hails from the UK. The TWR Supercat is a gorgeous example of classic meets modern, and it wasn’t a slouch either. Producing 492kW from its noisy V12 engine, it wasn't the fastest car up the hill, clocking a time of 55.8 seconds, but it looked good doing it.

It's yet another example of classic British motoring, but this time in the modern era. We look forward to seeing what this brand is still capable of producing, considering it was once famed for its legendary racing collaborations with brands like Jaguar and Aston Martin. So it's exciting to see them reignite the flame for making rapid sports cars.

1: The Ford F-150 Lightning SuperTruck.

Ford continues to steal the show at Goodwood, only this time the spotlight wasn’t on a SuperVan but a SuperTruck. Built on a similar platform to the hillclimb-destroying SuperVan, the Ford F-150 Lightning SuperTruck is an EV that produces a whopping 1,491kW from its quad-motor setup. It put on a heck of a show, producing one of the most impressive burnouts the hill has ever seen. So good, in fact, that many thought it was on fire due to the smoke pouring out of the cabin.

It did, however, win the event with the fastest time of 43.23 seconds, only 4.15 seconds off of the hillclimb record set by the McMurtry Speirling in 2022. It’s a massive machine capable of ridiculous acceleration and handling, so of course it will top off our list.

This year, the Goodwood Hillclimb was another grand success. No, it wasn’t a record-breaking outing, but there was enough cool, classic, and rapid metal to put on a real show. With so many cars that could have made this list, let us know what would have been on your top five Goodwood list. 

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