One of the most highly anticipated events at this coming weekend's Goodwood Festival of Speed will undoubtedly be the sale of the Mercedes-Benz W196 at the Bonhams auction on Friday, July 12th, which is expected to set new world records. The W196 is generally considered one of the all-time great Grand Prix cars and the chassis offered is currently the only one in private hands. It was first raced by the great Juan-Manuel Fangio, scoring back-to-back victories in the 1954 German and Swiss Grands Prix. Compared to the W196 Streamliners used earlier that season, this one stood out for its open-wheel bodywork as requested by Fangio himself. The 'Old Master' would go on to win the Formula World Championship in 1954 and 1955, using W196s. In our heavily revised article four different examples are currently featured in great detail including the one on offer this weekend, illustrated by a 40-shot gallery.
One of the previous stars of Goodwood is the not quite so successful McLaren M6B 'McLeagle' Ford. Based on a customer M6B chassis, this particular example earned its 'McLeagle' nickname because it was modified and raced by Dan Gurney and his All American Racers, who also built the legendary Eagle single seaters. Due to Gurney's close ties with Ford, he was never able to play on a level playing field with the works McLarens, which used the much more powerful Chevrolet big blocks. After two fruitless seasons, the project was abandoned and Gurney actually joined the McLaren works effort. The unique McLeagle has been restored in full running order and is regularly used at historic events like last year's Goodwood Festival of Speed. This year many more McLaren's will be at Goodwood as the company's 50th anniversary is celebrated.
Opel released these teaser images of the upcoming Monza Concept, which will be shown at the IAA in Frankfurt in September. Also due to be launched in September will be this limited production Bluebird DC50. Powered by an all-electric drivetrain producing 360 bhp, this sports car commemorates the 50th anniversary of Donald Campbell's land and sea speed records. Just 50 will be built and the car is set to debut at the 2013 Sustainable MotoExpo at the National Motor Museum in Beaulieu.

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2013 Bluebird DC50 - Images, Specifications and Information

1968 McLaren M6B 'McLeagle' Ford - Images, Specifications and Information

1954 - 1955 Mercedes-Benz W196 - Images, Specifications and Information

2013 Opel Monza Concept - Images, Specifications and Information