During 1970, Lamborghini development engineer and chief test driver, Bob Wallace, was given the go ahead by general manager, Paolo Stanzani, to construct a mid-engined hot rod more or less from scratch.
Read MoreDuring the early 1950s, Lancia embarked on an ambitious sports car racing programme that most notably yielded victories at the Mille Miglia, Targa Florio and Carrera Panamericana. The privately…
Read MoreIso Rivolta was founded in 1962 by Milanese industrialist, Renzo Rivolta. Rivolta made his first fortune manufacturing refrigeration units. After World War 2 he expanded to motorcycle production and, in…
Read MoreA few months after Citroen took control of Maserati in January 1968, the Italian firm began work on a two-seat mid-engined flagship; it would be the first road-going Maserati to adopt this exciting…
Read MoreNot long after Countach production began, Lamborghini started planning an uprated variant. The as-yet unnamed machine was to come with wider wheels, a tuned engine and a host of aggressive…
Read MoreThe 124 was launched by Fiat in 1966 as its mid-range offering and replacement for the outgoing 1300 / 1500 line which had been in production since 1961. Originally unveiled as a four-door Sedan at…
Read MoreAt the end of a 1973 season during which it had been pipped to the World Sportscar Championship by the French state-backed Matra concern, Ferrari elected to focus its racing activities solely on…
Read MoreDespite having been conceived strictly as a road car, in late 1972 Maserati’s French distributor, Jean Thepenier, commissioned a Group 4 racing version of the mid-engined Bora with which to contest…
Read MoreOutside the world of politics, the Shah of Iran, Mohammad Pahlavi, was renowned as a lover of fine automobiles to include both those with a luxury and high performance nature. Having received a…
Read MoreDespite its handsome Bertone-designed body and a mechanical specification on a par with anything its rivals had to offer, sales of the Lamborghini Jarama proved disappointingly slow…
Read MoreAt the Geneva Motor Show in March 1971, Lamborghini unveiled a third iteration of the groundbreaking Miura. Dubbed SV or Spinto Veloce, it initially garnered little attention owing to…
Read MoreBy the mid 1970s, it was well known that the United States military would soon have to find a replacement for the Ford M151 jeep that could trace its origins back to the early 1950s and which had…
Read MoreHaving amassed a fortune from refrigeration units and other home appliances, Milanese industrialist Renzo Rivolta began to construct motorcycles following the conclusion of World War 2. 1952 saw…
Read MoreHaving acquired De Tomaso to get their hands on the Pantera and beat domestic rivals GM and AMC to be the first to offer a mid-engined model, Ford also financed a high profile Group 4 racing…
Read MoreAlthough Ferruccio Lamborghini had originally planned to build the kind of conservatively-styled front-engined Grand Tourers that he and many other Italian industrialists liked to own, his talented…
Read MoreHaving initially produced rather conservatively styled machinery of the type favoured by many low key industrialists, Automobili Lamborghini dramatically changed tack when the firm started its…
Read MoreBy the late 1960s, Automobili Lamboghini had become most famous for its extraordinary looking models like the Miura and Espada. However, these wild Bertone designs were starkly at odds with…
Read MoreOn October 17th 1973, Arab members of OPEC (the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries) announced an embargo on oil sales to the USA, the UK, Canada, Japan and the…
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