The Goodwood Revival is likely one of the best gatherings of classic race vehicles on the planet, however this yr it can have fun a decidedly un-sporty car.
A gap parade for the 2025 Goodwood Revival will characteristic “probably the most different assortment” of Volkswagen Sort 2 Break up Display screen vans and pickups on this planet, organizers boasted. It comes after final yr’s Meyers Manx dune buggy parade, and a bike parade in 2023.
Volkswagen Sort 2 Microbus to be featured at 2025 Goodwood Revival
The VW Sort 2—higher identified, in van kind, because the Microbus—isn’t any race automobile, but it surely celebrates its seventy fifth anniversary in 2025 and suits proper in with the Goodwood Revival’s classic theme. Along with the racing, the Revival usually options different interval autos as shows, with attendees wearing classic clothes for optimum authenticity.
Break up Display screen variations of the Sort 2 had been produced from the mannequin’s 1950 launch till 1967, which is interval acceptable provided that Goodwood served as an energetic monitor for skilled racing from 1948 to 1966. It is doable that a few of these iconic autos served as race-team help autos again within the day.
This 1950 Volkswagen Sort 2 is the world’s oldest Microbus
This yr, the Goodwood Revival will run sustainable gas in all race vehicles to scale back emissions, following a 2023 trial, though the superb print reads that gas should have a minimal of 70% “sustainable parts.” That is primarily based on FIA guidelines that the Goodwood Revival adheres to. Organizers declare the gas will not require any modifications.
The 2025 Goodwood Revival is scheduled for Sept. 12-14. Its companion occasion, the Goodwood Pageant of Velocity, will happen Jul. 10-13. The Pageant of Velocity options a mixture of new and outdated equipment, this yr centered across the theme of “Horseless to Hybrid—Revolutions in Energy.”
