While there’s certainly no shortage of incredible machinery present at this year’s Goodwood Festival of Speed, as always the conversation amongst the team veers towards our favourite weapons attacking Lord March’s driveway.

After much arguing over a dependable stout at the local pub, it was these three cars hitting the hill climb that took our fancy the most. Each might not be the fastest, the loudest or the prettiest, but they all had something special, something worth dropping everything to run trackside and witness as they made their way up the hill.

When it comes to pure road presence, nothing can beat Lawrence Stroll’s gorgeous 1967 Ferrari P3/4. Chassis number #0856 is one of three P4s, and the only example to still have its original bodywork and mechanicals. This car and its monster Lampredi V12 deafen the pits when fired up, and always draws a massive crowd everywhere it goes. With Sir Jacky Stewart driving the car this year, it’s one machine that has every single person on site stopping what they’re doing to experience the noise and the beauty of one of Ferrari’s very best.

With all the exotic mega-dollar machinery on show, it’s almost bizarre to think that one of the fastest cars here is a four door Japanese family saloon – well, sort of. Rally Champ Mark Higgins’ very modified 2016 WRX STI is an absolute weapon, and the sheer speed on display is hard to comprehend – but the stopwatch doesn’t lie.

Alfa Romeo’s dominating 155 DTM car is a true icon of touring car’s golden years  – the early nineties. Very much the opposite of ‘sleek’, the 155 is a boxy all wheel drive masterpiece with an induction note pretty enough to garner an involuntary “ooh” from spectators. There’s something truly brutal about this combination of aesthetics and raw, mechanical noise that makes it an absolute favourite for us.

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