Between 1957 and 1963, Lotus lost money on every Type 14 Elite they sold. Instead of a conventional separate body and chassis, the Elite was built around an advanced monocoque made from glass…
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 MoreHaving graduated with a degree in engineering from the University of Pisa in 1953, Giotto Bizzarrini briefly took up a teaching position before joining Alfa Romeo where he was quickly assigned a role…
Read MoreSince 1951, Ferrari had offered a low volume flagship model reserved for the firm’s wealthiest customers. Typically equipped with the biggest, most powerful engines of the day, these low…
Read MoreLaunched in prototype form at the London Motor Show in October 1953, the open two-seat Ace and its fixed head sister, the Aceca, were conceived to replace AC’s ageing 2-litre Saloon and catapult…
Read MoreOne of the first individuals to recognise the commercial potential of Ferruccio Lamborghini’s automotive project was Gerino Gerini, an Italian nobleman whose aristocratic family originally…
Read MoreTwelve months after the base DB4 had made its highly anticipated debut, Aston Martin displayed a high performance, short wheelbase version generally supplied without rear seats aimed at those…
Read MoreDuring World War 2, AC’s Thames-Ditton factory had produced Swordfish and Albacore components for Fairey Aviation along with Ordnance QF 6-pounder anti-tank guns, glider undercarriages, flame…
Read MoreSince 1962, various iterations of the AC and Shelby Cobra had been used to win myriad races and championships. However, the one title that had proven elusive was the World Sportscar…
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 MoreIn the midst of a two-year campaign that yielded eight class wins for the TZ2 at World Sportscar Championship level, Alfa Romeo gave the order for a rolling chassis to be dispatched from Autodelta…
Read MoreOff the back of an extremely successful debut campaign with the TZ which had most notably garnered class wins at the 1964 Le Mans 24 Hours, the Sebring 12 Hours, the Targa Florio and the…
Read MoreHaving left the family home in Shizuoka aged 15 without any formal education, Soichiro Honda headed for Tokyo where he found work as an apprentice car mechanic. Six years later in 1922, Honda…
Read MoreAlthough some spectacular road-going machinery was produced by Europe’s most revered manufacturers from the early 1950s through to the mid 1960s, nothing could eclipse Ferrari’s line of…
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 MoreBeginning in 1962, the governing body of motor sport decided the de facto World Sports Car Championship would be decided by cars from the Grand Touring category. By contrast, purpose…
Read MoreFollowing its motor show debut at Geneva in March 1961, Jaguar’s sensational E-type not only proved a massive commercial success but also became a sixties design icon. As a consequence…
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.
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