Rolls on a Roll

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Everyone knows that the Rolls-Royce Phantom Drophead Coupe is a drop dead gorgeous automobile . The rich and famous have now spoken with their checkbooks to reinforce that belief

Sales of Rolls-Royce cars for 2007 are expected to be up by nearly 25 per cent over the previous year, fuelled partly by strong demand for its Phantom Drophead Coupe. The marquee, which is owned by BMW, will detail its performance for 2007 shortly as it embarks on a substantial expansion at its factory at Goodwood, West Sussex in England.
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Video: Skyline GT-R at Goodwood Festival of Speed

Those kind folks at the GTR Owner’s Club in the UK not only provided the world with photos of Nissan’s upcoming supercar, but now they’ve posted video! As the test driver mentions, Porsche is going to be worried!

Video after the break
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Nissan GT-R puts in an appearance at Goodwood

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Attention all Nissan enthusiasts! The GT-R has made a real life public appearance at the Goodwood Festival of Speed. Ok, so it’s still sporting front and rear bras, but those bras look to be holding up some pretty special goodies. The GT-R has been the source of tons of spy shots as the car is developed, so it looks like Nissan is once again choosing to show off a new model prior to it’s official launch.

More pics from NAGTROC after the break
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Sir Stirling to drive DBR1 at Le Mans 48 years after historic win

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Aston Martin. Stirling Moss. Le Mans. Do we really need to say more?

Those three names conjure up all sorts of history inspired daydreams. The dream was the reality though, with Moss winning endurance races at Le Mans, Goodwood and the Nurburgring at the wheel of the mighty Aston Martin DBR 1. Shortly, that historic image of Moss at the wheel of an Aston will be recreated for the 2007 Le Mans Legends race which happens before the start of the 24 hours on June 16.

Please oh please people, get your videos of this historic occasion up onto the gootoobz right away for us poor sods who are stuck in North America!

Aston Martin press release after the break
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Goodwood Festival of Speed images are already out

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What could be cooler than watching King Richard thunder up the hill in one of the old birds that he made famous? Over at F1 Fanatic, they’ve already posted 3 galleries of cars from Goodwood, from F1 cars to the Bugatti Veyron and even some pretty neat movie cars.

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