With the gap between the fastest, most expensive road cars to the kind of machinery capable of winning at international level wider than ever, separate classes for tuned versions of genuine production…
Read MoreMercedes and Benz both enjoyed significant success as separate firms during the early days of motor racing. Their merger in 1926 created an industrial behemoth. When Adolf Hitler’s Nazi party…
Read More1954’s Appendix J regulations added a new Grand Touring class to motor racing’s existing regularity framework. Qualification required a manufacturer build at least 100 base cars during a twelve month…
Read MoreAt the Paris Motor Show in October 1958, Aston Martin unveiled their highly anticipated replacement for the ageing DB Mk3: the DB4. Whereas the DB Mk3 had been a simple update of…
Read MoreIn October 1950, Porsche took a stand at the Paris Salon which, at the time, was the most important motor show on the calendar. Here, Porsche management held a meeting with French car dealer and…
Read MoreWhen the 125 Sport debuted in May 1947, Ferrari began an inexorable rise to the pinnacle of motor racing. A few weeks after its arrival, the 1.5-litre 125 Sport was replaced by the 1.9-litre 159 Sport. A…
Read MoreBritish industrialist David Brown acquired the struggling Aston Martin company in 1947. In 1948, he added Lagonda to his portfolio and created Aston Martin Lagonda. The first post-war Aston Martin…
Read MoreFor the 1952 season, Scuderia Ferrari campaigned a small Vignale Berlinetta with an experimental version of the short-block Colombo V12. The engine, bored from 2.7 to three-litres, was the first of…
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