After failing at getting up early enough to join the Furballers in Guildford for a run down to Goodwood, we made our way down a couple of hours later. What would have been a glorious drive through some fantastic B-roads was somewhat spoilt by Sunday drivers whose idea of national speed limit was around 30mph. To top this, they accelerate to 40mph through the villages where the speed limit was 30mph.

Anyway, we made it to Goodwood without me losing the plot (too much) and wandered in where we found god knows how many millions of pounds worth of exotica – Lamborghinis, Maseratis, Nobles, Ferraris, Porsches, Aston Martins, Ultimas, Ariel Atoms. I was dissapointed at the lack of new supercars though. It would have been nice to have seen a Veyron or a Zonda.

This lead to a conversation about what IS a supercar now? Certainly for me Porsche are no longer supercars (with the exception of the Carrera GT). Perhaps this is because I see so many of them about. But also I think a supercar is something that is a complete beast. A car that is untamable, but on occasion will let you play along with the game. Lamborghini have held this reputation for many years now and that perhaps is why I have always loved them. With the Bugatti Veyron, there is absolutely no sense behind why they made the car, other than the simple reason of “to see if we could”. Porsche just don’t seem to have any of this ‘ludicrous-ness’. Don’t get me wrong, they are fantastically engineered cars and I respect them for that, but I think perhaps that may be their downfall in my mind.

Anyway, enough of my ramblings. Have a look in my Flickr gallery for some photos of a few of these beautifully crafted machines.