When Porsche introduced the light weight and high performance 911 2.7 Carrera RS in late 1972, they expected demand would just about prove sufficient to sell the 500 copies required for homologation…
Read MoreAlthough the Mangusta propelled De Tomaso to international fame, the Pantera was the firm’s breakthrough model. Several thousand Panteras were built, most of which left the factory between…
Read MoreWhen the 205 arrived in 1983, it quickly turned Peugeot’s fortunes around. Although the firm was not in a perilous financial state, it had acquired a somewhat stuffy image thanks to a back catalogue of…
Read MoreWhen the Lancia Delta was launched at the Frankfurt Motor Show in September 1979, no-one could have predicted the boxy five-door hatchback would go on to become the most successful rally car…
Read MoreIn 1984, Lamborghini started work on a Countach Restyling Prototype that could be assessed as a potential stop-gap model before a proper clean sheet replacement came on stream. The team…
Read MoreFollowing major investment by Fiat in 1969, Ferrari's Sports car racing programme was gradually scaled down. Wanting to avoid inter-brand competition and unnecessary expense, Fiat ultimately…
Read MoreAfter 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 MoreBy mid 1977, the 911 had been around for 13 years and Porsche did not expect to be building it for much longer. Instead, the company (which had been under the direction of Ernst Fuhrmann since…
Read MoreMid way through the 1977 Formula 1 season, Renault made a big splash when it entered the championship with a turbocharged car: the RS01. Initially, results were unconvincing. During five…
Read MoreIn his early twenties, German-born Walter Treser graduated with an engineering degree from a Swiss university and, over the course of the 1963-64 seasons, took in a number of races and hillclimbs…
Read MoreIn light of the Mustang’s massive commercial success, Ford of Europe decided to create a scaled down version better suited to the Old World. The resultant Capri was launched at the Brussels…
Read MoreThe 1970s was a tumultuous time for Aston Martin which, owing to the effects of multiple ownership changes, poor trading conditions and labour reforms, seemed to lurch from one crisis to another.
Read MoreHaving long since ranked among the elite manufacturers in top flight rallying thanks primarily to high performance iterations of the Mk1 and Mk2 Escort, Ford’s European arm took a sabbatical after…
Read MoreHaving first got involved with sports sponsorship during the early 1970s, Rothmans International went on to make a big splash in the world of motor sport towards the end of that decade when works…
Read MoreAfter a disappointing debut season in 1982, the Lancia 037 came good in 1983 by winning that year’s Driver and Manufacturer World Rally Championship titles. The rear-wheel drive 037’s state-of-art…
Read MoreAnnounced in February 1987, the second generation Sierra was conceived as a more conventionally-styled successor to the avant garde, highly aerodynamic original that had in turn replaced the long…
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 MoreWith the rear-engined 911 not anticipated to survive for more than another decade, 1971 saw Porsche begin work on an upmarket front-engined Grand Tourer that could better adopt to ever-changing…
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