Goodwood Festival of Speed launch

Jaguar's E-type 50th anniversary will play a central role in the theme at this year's Goodwood Festival of Speed, starting June 30th, in conjunction with the Moving Motor Show. At a launch for the FOS yesterday, the glamourous Yasmin le Bon (a true Goodwood fan, who often judges cars at the Revival meet) and her daughter, Amber, posed alongside one of the most famous E-Types of all – one that did that infamous high speed run from Coventry to Geneva in March 1961. Also at the Goodwood launch event, Jaguar's chief engineer, Mike Cross took the new XKR-S for a run up the hill climb, with ex-Le Mans and BTCC racer, Anthony Reid (himself a Goodwood regular, winning 'Most Spirited Getaway' in previous years) in hot pursuit in an XFR. Jaguar will take centre stage at the FOS 2011, with C, D and E-Types galore going up the hill, most of the model range on display and a look to the future with the XK120. There will be a Jaguar sculpture in front of Goodwood House too. It all sounds typically marvellous. www.goodwood.co.uk