During the 1988 model year, Porsche introduced new performance-oriented Club Sport variants of its 911 Carrera Coupe and 928 S4. In both cases, a little of the usual comfort and practicality were…
Read MoreWhen Aston Martin boss David Brown wanted to create the ultimate low drag super light DB4 GT, he commissioned Zagato of Milan to come up with an air piercing featherweight body. With its…
Read MoreWe love a vintage Toyota off roader here at Supercar Nostalgia and one of our recent favourites will be going under the hammer at Mecum’s Kissimmee auction in Florida on January 10th. Completed in…
Read MoreAs a consequence of its superior specification and a legion of customer cars to support the Rothmans-backed factory team, the Porsche 956 proved almost unbeatable during Group C’s…
Read MoreAs the pre-eminent force in Wedge design, it was unsurprising that Maserati commissioned Bertone to style its front-engined Grand Tourer for the 1970s which came to be known as the Khamsin. Under…
Read MoreAlthough the wider performance car market began to embrace ever more aggressive body kits along with some faintly ridiculous aerodynamic appendages during the 1980s, Ferrari’s Pininfarina…
Read MoreFollowing the untimely death of Colin Chapman in December 1982, Lotus recruited ex-Matra and Ligier designer Gerard Ducarouge to create a new line of F1 cars. Ducarouge arrived at a team in…
Read MoreAs the most successful F1 driver on the grid with 17 victories and two Drivers’ titles, Niki Lauda would already have been among the favourites to walk away with the 1979 Procar Championship.
Read MoreUnlike Lancia and Peugeot who elected to create purpose-built Group B specials from scratch, Audi was determined to prove a tweaked version of its Quattro could cut the mustard against the new…
Read MoreBetween the late 1970s and mid 1980s, DP Motorsport in Cologne run by Ekkehard Zimmerman did a roaring trade creating some of the most iconic custom Porsches to emerge during the golden super…
Read MoreFew cars have had such a transformative effect on their maker’s fortunes as the Audi Quattro. Unveiled at the Geneva Motor Show in March 1980, the Quattro rapidly changed Audi’s image from…
Read MoreDuring the second half of the 1980s, those customers that wanted a twelve cylinder Ferrari in a more discrete package than the flamboyant Testarossa could order a 412. With its elegant…
Read MoreAlthough Aston Martin had not planned to make an open top version of its range-topping V8 Vantage, the early 1980s began to see a handful of special order cars built to such a configuration…
Read MoreFollowing in the footsteps of Renault-Alpine which had organised its own ‘one-make’ racing series for several years, 1986 saw Porsche join the fray with its 944 Turbo Cup Championship. The idea of…
Read MoreHaving quit circuit racing in 1955 following the infamous tragedy at that year’s Le Mans 24 Hours, the late 1980s saw Mercedes-Benz return with a top flight Sports car programme and an attack on…
Read MoreEight years after the production-ready 365 GT4 BB was unveiled, Ferrari launched its third and final iteration of the Berlinetta Boxer theme when the 512i broke cover at the Frankfurt Motor Show in…
Read MoreLamborghini’s twelve cylinder offerings of the 1980s perfectly exemplified how the company had shifted from its founder’s ethos. Famously, Ferruccio Lamborghini had wanted to build the kind of…
Read MoreAlthough the Mercedes-Benz 190 E went on to achieve great things in DTM during its twilight years, perhaps the most famous event contested by the model was a one-off twelve lap race…
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