£1billion worth of cars and bikes are coming to the Goodwood Revival

But aside from the theatrics and the romance, the numbers behind the event back this argument up pretty strongly. Few events in the world can pull together an entry list of historic cars and bikes of such prestige and value, and that’s primarily because authenticity is woven into the fabric that makes up the Revival.

Thirteen races, each with a field of around 30 cars, make up the programme for three days of historic racing action, amounting to a total entry list in the region of 400 cars – and that’s just those competing on track. The roster is set to be supplemented by a fleet of VW Type 2 Campers, numerous military vehicles, and showcases from the likes of Rolls-Royce.

And when you consider that nearly every single car taking part in Revival racing will boast genuine period history, it’s not difficult to believe there’s a fair amount of value flying around the Motor Circuit at any one time.

This is by far an exact estimate, but the people in the know were confident in saying the cars and bikes at the 2025 Revival will collectively be worth more than £1billion. That’s nine zeros, and an awful lot of cash.

The majority of that value will be spread between the RAC TT Celebration and the Stirling Moss Memorial Trophy, where cars can be worth tens of millions of pounds each. Ferrari 250 GT SWBs are of course towards the top end of the value ladder, but there aren’t many 1960s GT cars around for anything less than seven figures.

We see a 1966 AC Cobra of a type that would race in the RAC TT Celebration preparing to go up for sale with Bonhams|Cars at the Revival, valued at between £1.5million and £2million. Last year’s event saw 14 Cobras take to the Motor Circuit.

It’s an eye watering amount of money. If these were our cars we’d be worried about leaving them in the car park, and yet these priceless assets are unleashed on the Goodwood Motor Circuit to put on a show for enthusiastic spectators to enjoy them in their natural habitat.

That, aside from everything else we enjoy about the Revival, is what makes this event so special. These cars are the real thing, many of them raced here during Goodwood’s original era, and have returned to retrace their tyre tracks decades later, which, when you get your head around it, is truly remarkable.

Over the years we’ve seen cars once driven by the likes of Jim Clark, Sir Stirling Moss, Sir Jackie Stewart, Graham Hill and John Surtees all return to Goodwood at the Revival. For those of us too young to have experienced that era, this is the closest we’re going to get to meeting those old motor racing heroes.

One billion pounds worth of historic cars and bikes is barely fathomable, and certainly something you’ll want to see in the metal, but the true value of coming to the Revival is being able to see them race at full throttle.

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Photography by Pete Summers and Toby Whales.