Toyota GR GT first look, combustion Alpine A110...

... and the cars we'd take home from the Festival of Speed's Cartier Lawn

By Cam Tait / Tuesday, 14 July 2026 / Loading comments

Another year, and another Goodwood Festival of Speed is now in our rear-view mirror. What was once a summer party dedicated to anything on wheels has now become the unofficial British Motor Show, with manufacturers turning up in full force to present their latest wares. Naturally, we were on the (extremely hot) ground to check out the new metal and see what juicy information we could extract from the people behind it. With so much gleaned over the weekend, we’ve packed today’s episode of The Gassing Station podcast with everything we learned from this year’s Festival of Speed.

Starting with the new Alpine A110. We’ve known for a long time that the next generation of the little French sports car will be ditching its 1.8-litre turbo engine for batteries. A shame, because the current A110 is little more than a manual gearbox away from perfection - but France is by far Alpine’s biggest market and selling any model with a fruity combustion engine there is nigh on impossible. However, the new platform has been built to accommodate both electric and piston power, with an alleged expansion into the US potentially serving as the catalyst for an eventual return to combustion. Fingers firmly crossed.

Then, it’s on to Toyota's take on a front-engined super-GT, one that’ll go up against the likes of the Mercedes-AMG GT, Aston Martin Vantage and Porsche 911 both on and off track. The company says the new GR GT has been built in tandem with the racing car, although having now seen both in the metal, it’s clear that motorsport has very much been the focus of the GT’s development. Toyota's first all-aluminium monocoque, a spaceframe chassis and double wishbone suspension all round point to a platform that pushes the GT3 rulebook right to the edge, and with no cap on production planned, you might actually be able to get your hands on one. From what we’ve seen so far, popping your name down on the waiting list might not be a bad idea.

But that's just scratching the surface of a jam-packed episode. We’ve got news on a new charging technology that could top your EV up in an instant, the McLaren MP4/8B Formula 1 car that served as the testbed for a Lamborghini V12, and a budget-less challenge where we pick the cars we’d take home from the uber-luxe Cartier lawn. All that and more from one of the best car shows on the planet. Well, second only to Annual Service on the 8th August, of course…

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