By combining the air-piercing nose from the short wheelbase DB4 GT, a tuned engine and the familiar long wheelbase DB4 chassis, the fixed head DB4 Vantage offered state-of-art aerodynamics…
Among the great automotive styling triumphs from the second half of the 20th century was Giorgetto Giugiaro’s reworking of the Lotus Esprit in its transition to third generation trim. The…
In the calm before Le Mans 2025, a new chapter of Porsche motorsport history took shape. Join the one-of-one 963 RSP and the original 917 as they trace a path through the French countryside – a rare glimpse of racing heritage, re-imagined for the road.
Hollywood icon Clark Gable owned three Jaguar XK120 OTS Roadsters. His first was chassis 670003 (completed in June 1949, the third left-hand drive XK120 built), his second was chassis 672282…
If the Peugeot 205 GTi had the hot hatch market in its pocket for most of the 1980s, the only choice for a compact class mid-engined two-seater was Toyota’s first generation MR2. Launched in mid…
As the priciest iteration of the world’s most expensive car, Bugatti’s Veyron Grand Sport Vitesse just about summed up this spectacular engineering achievement. An open top version of the…
Chassis 70167 was the second GTO Evoluzione built from a six-car production run. The first three served as Ferrari test cars during the mid 1980s. The second three were built for VIP customers in 1988.
In addition to racing his own 1932 Ford Roadster on the California dry lakes and Bonneville Salt Flats, Vic Edelbrock, founder of the eponymous Edelbrock performance equipment empire, encouraged…
Unveiled at the Turin Motor Show in November 1963, the Mistral was the last new Maserati to feature the firm’s iconic twin spark dual overhead cam straight six and the first named after a…
Rather than create a simple Drop Head conversion of the rakish 275 GTB, Ferrari decided to offer the 275 GTS with a completely different look. Just a couple hundred of these two-seat Spyders…
When work began on the eighth generation Skyline, type R32, of key consideration was the flagship GT-R which Nissan developed in order to create the most effective Group A Touring Car…
Four years after the straight six-powered C-class-based C 36 AMG was launched, Mercedes-Benz replaced it with the V8-engined C 43. A second body style was introduced at the same time; from…
When it comes to the greatest hot hatch of all time, it’s difficult to look beyond Peugeot’s 205 GTi which, thanks to a combination of sparkling performance and superb chassis dynamics, is still…
Few Porsche prototypes survive the rigours of development and, of these, hardly any make their way out of captivity into private hands. However, currently residing at the Gallery Aaldering showroom in…
To contest the high profile and fiercely competitive 1300cc Group 3 Grand Touring class, Alfa Romeo came up with the Giulietta-based Tipo 101.26 Sprint Zagato. Unveiled at the Geneva Motor Show…
Chassis 9306700168 was sold new to Autohaus Max Moritz GmbH in Reutlingen. Having started his career as an independent mechanic, Max Moritz opened a Volkswagen and Porsche…
After a tumultuous few years that had seen Aston Martin frozen out of the US market on emissions grounds and then placed into receivership, a new consortium took control in 1975. Although…
The only mild criticism of the Z1 had been that its chassis was capable of handling far more power than the stock 2.5-litre straight six engine could muster. However, just a fraction of the 8000 buyers…
Although Peugeot’s 205 T16 ultimately delivered both the Driver and Manufacturer World Rally Championships in 1986, Lancia’s Delta S4 would almost certainly have emerged victorious in both…
Unfortunately, the return of Mercedes-Benz to top flight motor racing was cut short by the infamous events at Le Mans in 1955 when the 300 SLR of Pierre Levegh barrel rolled into a crowd. Levegh and…
Although somewhat colour sensitive, we think the Utopia is arguably on a par with Pagani’s best looking offerings: the Zonda F and Tricolore. Conceived as a replacement for the Huayra and…
As the fourth generation Mondial would be the last, and therefore a limited programme of updates could have been forgiven, Ferrari actually came up with the most extensive refresh yet for its long…
From the 20-strong fleet of Diablo SE30s built in right-hand drive, three were ordered by the Brunei Royal Family to complement their already substantial Lamborghini collection. However, only two of…
Jay gets behind the wheel of Bruce McLaren's personal 1969 M6GT, the race car he built for the street, and gets a first look at the car it inspired: the McL 6GT, McLaren's first manual transmission car since the F1.
Having produced 1.5 and 2-litre versions of the A6G road car line between 1947 and ‘52, Maserati revived the model when it unveiled the 2000 GT (better known as the A6G/54) at the Paris Motor…
Although the market seems to favour Nissan’s last (to date) iteration of the Skyline GT-R, at Supercar Nostalgia we prefer the more aesthetically pleasing R32 and R33 variants. In terms of desirability, a…
In the midst of a booming collector car market, De Tomaso must have been pretty confident that its final iteration of the long-running Pantera, the SI, would be a commercial hit on its Turin Motor Show…
Dispatched from Sant’Agata on March 12th 1985, chassis FLA12803 was the first Countach Quattrovalvole produced in right-hand drive. Ordered through Lamborghini’s British distributor…
As one of the most iconic high performance cars of the 20th century, Audi’s all-wheel drive, WRC-winning Quattro was practically impossible to replace. Moreover, with the automotive landscape…
To justify its position as builder of the world’s most extravagantly engineered road cars, Bugatti knew it had to have a suitably elaborate engine. What the firm came up with was a true technical tour de…