After a tumultuous few years that had seen Aston Martin frozen out of the US market on emissions grounds and then placed into receivership, a new consortium took control in 1975. Although…
Read MoreLike most manufacturers that created Group B homologation specials, Ford found it very difficult to sell the RS200 when new. Therefore, to broaden its appeal, between 1987 and 1989 (after…
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 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 MoreAt the Le Mans 24 Hours in June 1979, Klaus Ludwig along with infamous Whittington brothers Don and Bill, took an incredible victory driving a Kremer Porsche 935 K3. What made the result even more…
Read MoreWhatever order you put them in, it is commonly regarded that the BMC Mini, Porsche 911, Volkswagen Beetle and Jaguar E-type were the most iconic automotive designs of the 20th…
Read MoreAs you would expect from a firm with such an unwavering approach to ongoing improvement, the last 911 to arrive on the original F body ‘long hood’ platform was the best. However, as a…
Read MoreLike other late 20th century automotive icons such as the Porsche 911, Lamborghini Countach and Aston Martin V8, the Lotus Esprit was good enough to warrant a remarkably long production run – in…
Read MoreThree years after the original V8 Vantage had been launched (the V540), Aston Martin introduced an updated version variously known as the V580 and Oscar India. Most significantly, the V580…
Read MoreAs the 308 GTB and GTS had easily proven Ferrari’s most popular offerings yet seen, it was no surprise the Italian form stuck to the same tried-and-tested formula when it came to a replacement.
Read MoreUnveiled at the Frankfurt Motor Show in September 1983, the E24-based M635 CSi was BMW Motorsport’s first effort at the parent company’s grand 6-seriwa 2+2 Coupe. In the engine bay of…
Read MoreWhile most other sports car manufacturers struggled to integrate the more intrusive safety equipment being mandated in most major markets during the 1970s, some innovative design saw…
Read MoreWhen Jaguar unveiled the XK120 prototype at the London Motor Show in October 1948, company boss William Lyons expected the rakish machine to serve as little more than a useful publicity…
Read MoreAt the Paris Motor Show in September 2004 Aston Martin unveiled an enhanced version of the much-admired V12 Vanquish launched three-and-a-half years earlier. Most notably equipped with…
Read MoreFor most of its life, the Aston Martin V8 Vantage was the only traditional front-engined Grand Tourer with sufficient punch to match the new generation of mid-engined supercars. Thanks to an…
Read MoreFerrari created the 330 GTC and drop head GTS as refined two-seaters to sell alongside the 275 GTB with its rakish Berlinetta-style bodywork. Other models in the range included the super high end and…
Read MoreAlthough the Oil Crisis of 1974-1975 forced BMW to prematurely kill off the 2002 Turbo owing to massively reduced demand for high performance cars, it ultimately did nothing to affect the…
Read MoreAlthough the original 2.7-litre 911 Carrera RS of 1972-’73 proved far more popular than Porsche had expected, 20 years passed before the Renn Sport tag was revived for another road-going 911. That…
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