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Goodwood Festival of Speed 2026: how it went for OBDeleven
In July, OBDeleven made its first appearance at the Goodwood Festival of Speed.
For our team, that meant four days on the ground with our own stand. We met drivers, enthusiasts, creators, and other companies working in connected car technology.
It didn’t take long to understand why Goodwood is considered a dream destination for car and motorsport fans.
Here’s what it looked like from our side.
Automotive history and modern performance, side by side
The Festival of Speed takes place on the Duke of Richmond’s Goodwood Estate in the English countryside.
Despite the historic setting, this isn’t a quiet exhibition filled with cars standing behind ropes.
The contrasts are everywhere.
You might see a pre-war classic parked a few steps from a modern hypercar preparing for a Hillclimb run. One moment, you’re looking at the result of decades of restoration work. The next, a Formula 1 car is accelerating up the hill at full throttle.
That mix of old and new is what makes the Festival of Speed feel different from a typical motor show.
This year’s Central Feature: Singer Vehicle Design
Each Festival of Speed has a Central Feature: a large sculpture displayed in front of Goodwood House.
It usually celebrates a manufacturer, person, or defining moment in motorsport.
This year, the spotlight was on Singer Vehicle Design, known for reimagining classic Porsche 911s with an almost obsessive level of detail.
Three Singer models – the Classic, Classic Turbo, and DLS – were suspended above Goodwood House on a triple-arch sculpture designed by Gerry Judah.
Safe to say, it set the tone for the whole show.
Meeting the people behind car culture
As impressive as the cars were, the biggest part of Goodwood for us was the people.
Throughout the event, we met a huge number of automotive enthusiasts at the OBDeleven stand. It was a hot weekend, so we made sure visitors stopping by the stand could grab a cold Brite drink while chatting with the team.
Some already used our devices and stopped by to share their experiences. Others wanted to learn how they could diagnose, customize, and better understand their own cars.
We talked about everything from fault codes and everyday maintenance to hidden vehicle features, manual coding, and the future of connected car ownership.
Our contest winners received new OBDeleven devices – and the grins in these photos speak for themselves.
Goodwood also gave us the opportunity to meet several familiar names from the automotive world:
- Benedict Fowler, host of the automotive and entrepreneurship show Road To Success Podcast
- Automotive YouTuber and self-described “engine guy” Mike Fernie
- Tim Burton, better known as Shmee150, whose content follows supercars, road trips, and life with his own collection
What we brought home from Goodwood
For our team, the Festival of Speed wasn’t only a chance to show OBDeleven. It was an opportunity to hear directly from the people we build it for.
We left with a full camera roll, plenty of new connections, and an even clearer sense of where the future of car ownership is heading.
Our first Festival of Speed is now in the books. We’re already looking forward to the next one.