By the early 1990s, Audi were faced with the dilemma of how to replace their flagship Quattro. Since its introduction at the Geneva Motor Show in March 1980, the Quattro had transformed…
Read MoreBMW Motorsport created the original E30 M3 as a Group A homologation special for Touring Car racing and Rallying. Between 1986 and 1992, the M3 proved extremely effective and claimed a huge…
Read MoreConverting racing prototypes into road-going specials has produced some of the most exciting cars in history. Up until the late 1960s, when most competition machinery was still equipped with…
Read MoreUnfortunately, owing to poor trading conditions caused by a global economic recession, over the winter of 1991-1992 BMW elected to abandon its plans for an M1 successor after Ital Design had…
Read MoreFollowing the launch of BMW’s range-topping E31 8-series at the Frankfurt Motor Show in September 1989, the Munich firm’s Motorsport department began work on a pair of high…
Read MoreHaving begun to collaborate with an official DTM racing programme in 1989, Mercedes-Benz and AMG forged ever closer ties during the years that followed. In 1990, the two firms signed a…
Read MoreFollowing assessment of a small number of prototypes between 1986 and ‘87, Porsche finally unveiled a production-ready 911-based Speedster at the Frankfurt Motor Show in September 1988.
Read MoreAt the Frankfurt Motor Show in September 1993, Mercedes-Benz unveiled the C36 AMG - their first model conceived jointly at the pre-production stage with the legendary tuning house from…
Read MoreUnveiled in March of 1987 and ‘88 respectively, BMW’s first pair of E30 M3 Evolutions catapulted the Bavarian firm to great success in Group A Touring Car racing. The Evolution rule allowed…
Read MoreHaving been among the most consistent advocates of turbo technology for approaching three decades, by the late 1990s Porsche had produced forced induction 911s on a trio of different…
Read MoreFor the 1998 one-make Supercup championship, Porsche introduced a new 996-based racer dubbed the 911 GT3 Cup. The original road-going 996-type 911 had been launched in rear-wheel…
Read MoreSince the early 1970s, BMW’s Motorsport-equipped models had played a significant role in helping to establish the firm as a modern day rival to Mercedes-Benz. Mercedes subsequently got…
Read MoreFive years after the original Cosworth-tuned 190 E 2.3-16 broke cover at Frankfurt in September 1983, Mercedes got serious about a motor sport programme for the car. The firm’s initial…
Read MoreWhen Porsche introduced the 911 in 1964, the company gambled that a bigger, more expensive six cylinder model would offer broader market appeal than the four cylinder 356. The decision…
Read MoreThe World Is Not Enough was the 19th film in the James Bond franchise and the third to start Pierce Brosnan as secret agent 007. The plot saw Bond assigned to protect the daughter of an oil magnate…
Read MoreWhatever was thought of the controversial EB110, Bugatti’s revival under Romano Artioli was never criticised for a lack of ambition. Having acquired the rights to the famous French firm in 1987, Artioli…
Read MoreThe Z line of two-seat sports cars came to fruition following the creation of BMW Technik which was established in 1985 to design and develop avant-garde concepts for new vehicles and technologies.
Read MoreAs Porsche began what seemed an inexorable slide towards bankruptcy during the early-to-mid 1990s, the influx of cash generated by the firm’s Exclusive department became ever more important.
Read MorePowered by Squarespace.
