While preparing for this year's Goodwood Festival of Speed we came across several great cars that we saw at previous editions. Certainly among the most striking was this Marcos Mantis XP. Although it looks more like something out of a science fiction movie, the Mantis XP was actually built for the 1968 24 Hours of Le Mans. It originally featured a Repco V8 F1 engine but when converted for street use a similar, more docile Buick 215 V8 was fitted. In this guise the mid-engined Marcos was actually used for school runs and grocery shopping in the Los Angeles area for many years. More recently, it was completely restored and briefly returned to Europe, which allowed us to capture this 19-shot gallery at Goodwood in 2010.
One of last year's stars was the actual Lagonda M45R driven to an outright victory in the 24 Hours of Le Mans back in 1935. Ironically the company itself was in shambles at around the shame time but fortunately that did not affect the privately run Fox & Nicholl team that fielded these machines. A spectacularly original survivor, the Le Mans-winning Lagonda M45R is today on permant display in the fantastic Louwman Collection Museum.
Spectators at this weekend's Mid Ohio Indy Car race were treated to a rare demonstration of one of the Acura NSX prototypes. The fully functional version of the concept car shown back in 2012 was driven at full pelt around the Mid Ohio track and looked very, very quick. As stated before, the hybrid sports car features a mid-mounted V6 and two electric motors, mounted inside the front wheels. Developed in Ohio, the NSX will make its global debut in 2015.

Enjoy the links:

2012 Acura NSX Concept - Images, Specifications and Information

2013 Hennessey HPE700 Supercharged Corvette - Images, Specifications and Information

1934 Lagonda M45R - Images, Specifications and Information

1968 Marcos Mantis XP - Images, Specifications and Information