After Group B cars were banned from the World Rally Championship and Group A took over as the premier class, Lancia’s Martini-backed Deltas collected a trio of back-to-back Driver and…
Read MoreHaving initially dabbled in the small sports car and utility vehicle market, a lack of early commercial success left Honda ready to quit automobile manufacture had the first generation Civic launched in
Read MoreHonda conceived their diminutive City range with a view to creating the best economy car of the 1980s. Launched at the Tokyo Motor Show in October 1981, the City also helped Honda target a…
Read MoreAlthough the gen. three Celica TCT was fairly conventional by the super specialised nature of most Group B creations, its toughness and reliability helped Toyota to half-a-dozen WRC wins on the…
Read MoreThe first generation Civic launched in 1972 was a make-or-break model for Honda’s automobile division. Up until that point, the firm had predominantly focused on Kei cars for the domestic market.
Read MoreHaving become a leading manufacturer of motorcycles during the 1950s, Honda moved into automobile production with the T360 micro truck in June 1963. The T360 was followed by the two…
Read MoreAuto manufacturers began to adopt the mid-engined layout for their small displacement sports cars in the late 1960s. By the early 1970s, models like the Porsche 914 and Fiat X1/9 were being sold in vast…
Read MoreThe arrival of the 240 Z / Fairlady Z in late 1969 transformed Nissan to a global player in the automotive sector. Over the next few years, Nissan shifted hundreds of thousands of Z cars and new…
Read MoreToyota first started to compete in top flight rallying during the early 1970s when the firm began a long-term association with Swedish driver, Ove Andersson. In 1975, Andersson’s rallying operation…
Read MoreThe FIA Group A motor sport regulations that Nissan designed the R32 Skyline GT-R for also permitted manufacturers to build batches of Evolution models. Evolution variants enabled firms to…
Read MoreWhen Nissan introduced the R32 Skyline in 1989, they also decided to revive the Gran Turismo Racer (GT-R). It had been 16 years since a Skyline GT-R was last offered; the unsuccessful second…
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