In 1962, the North American Automobile Manufacturers Association lifted its ban on US car builders having any motor sport involvement. Imposed during 1957 as a response to the 1955 Le Mans…
Read MoreFord’s Total Performance programme of the 1960s spawned some legendary machinery of which the four-time Le Mans winning GT40 is particularly revered. The company’s engines were also…
Read MoreAlthough Fiat had not offered a particularly sporting model since the commercially unsuccessful 8V back in the early 1950s, the FIA’s decision to implement new Formula 2 racing regulations for the…
Read MoreHaving created various iterations of the four-cam Carrera-engined 356 for competition use, Porsche came up with the all-new mid-engined 904 GTS to serve as a replacement for the 1964…
Read MoreIntroduced mid-way through the 1966 season, the 910 served as Porsche’s replacement for the outgoing 906. Based around a tubular steel spaceframe chassis into which were dropped various…
Read MoreHaving won the inaugural 1950 and ‘51 Formula 1 World Championship, Alfa Romeo quit single seater racing owing to the cost of building a new car for 1952 when a two-litre engine limit came into effect.
Read MoreOf the 75 DB4s built to GT specification, just four were originally configured as Lightweights. Compared to the standard DB4, the GT variant already boasted an extensively uprated…
Read MoreLaunched at the London Motor Show in October 1959 (twelve months after the original DB4), the DB4 GT was Aston Martin’s answer to the Ferrari 250 GT SWB Berlinetta that had been unveiled in Paris a…
Read MoreLaunched at the Tokyo Motor Show in October 1969, the S30 Fairlady Z / 240 Z was a breakthrough model for Nissan. It became arguably the first mainstream Japanese car that Western customers…
Read MoreHaving convincingly proposed the benefits of a dual overhead camshaft 65° V6 to his father in the mid 1950s, Enzo Ferrari’s son, Alfredo, died from muscular dystrophy in 1956 before the new Vittorio…
Read MoreWhen the commercially unsuccessful 8V was discontinued in 1954, Fiat focused their attention on mass production models. An informal arrangement with Abarth was satisfactory for the Fiat board…
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