Which 930 is most collectable, significant or desirable remains open to debate. By contrast, when it comes to the ultimate 930-based driving experience, the one-year-only five-speed model produced…
Read MoreSomewhat surprisingly given the red hot nature of the late 1980s collector car market, Porsche only built 29 copies of the formidable 959 Sport between 1987 and ‘89. Conceived to take the 959…
Read MoreIn the world of Group A Touring Cars, every twelve months a manufacturer could build batches of 500 Evolution variants (using an already homologated base car) to pave the way for updated…
Read MoreLaunched at the Paris Motor Show in September 1982, the C3 was Audi’s third iteration of its executive-sized 100 model. Also offered in more upmarket 200 trim and sold as the 5000 in the…
Read MoreThe collaboration to create a V16-powered monster by automotive engineer Claudio Zampolli and music producer Giorgio Moroder was arguably the most ambitious of all the supercars formulated…
Read MoreDuring the mid-to-late 1980s, arguably the most elegant sporting Coupes offered by Europe’s high end manufacturers were the Aston Martin V8 and BMW’s E26 M635 CSi. While in Vantage trim the…
Read MoreBetween the 1950s and 1990s, members of the Korps Rijkspolitie, the Dutch National Police responsible for the nation's highways, were issued a variety of open top Porsche patrol cars; 356…
Read MoreBy the mid 1980s, the super high end front-engined GT had become something of an endangered species, especially in open-bodied form. Ferrari’s 412 along with the much less expensive Porsche…
Read MoreTwo of the most famous Flachbau 930s were commissioned by key members from the McLaren F1 team that ran Porsche’s TAG-branded engines with such great success between mid 1983 and 1987.
Read MoreAfter the 935/78 ‘Moby Dick’-inspired K3 that, in 1979, became the first production-based car to win at Le Mans during the post World War 2 era, Kremer created the even more radical K4 of which just…
Read MoreHaving plumbed a 5.6-litre dual overhead cam 32 valve V8 into the W124 E-class in 1986, AMG went on to offer an even more epic 6-litre 385bhp version from 1987. Thanks to their status as the fastest…
Read MoreAfter Volkswagen pioneered the hot hatch genre with its iconic Mk1 Golf GTi, Peugeot went on to perfect the formula eight years later. Launched at the Geneva Motor Show in March 1984, the 205 GTi…
Read MoreAlthough Lamborghini debuted its 1971 Countach prototype with a five-litre V12, the cost associated with bringing what was still a highly experimental engine to market ultimately proved too great.
Read MoreThe trend of radically re-engineered low volume homologation specials that, for marketing reasons, resembled a manufacturer’s more prosaic offerings was most famously characterised by…
Read MoreHaving reserved the 956 strictly for works use during the model’s maiden season (1982), Porsche began to offer customer copies for 1983. The following year, a further updated iteration was supplied…
Read MoreAt the 1979 Le Mans 24 Hours, victory went to a production-based car as opposed to a purpose-built prototype for the first time in the post World War 2 era. That vehicle was a works Kremer K3 derived…
Read MoreTo replace the normally aspirated RS1600i which had failed to set the world alight in Group A competition, Ford created its first forced induction Escort for public consumption: the RS Turbo.
Read MoreWhile Audi temporarily gained an edge in top flight rallying thanks to the Quattro’s state-of-art four-wheel drive system, Lancia became the first manufacturer to exploit the sport’s new Group B…
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