During the early 1950s, Lancia embarked on an ambitious sports car racing programme that most notably yielded victories at the Mille Miglia, Targa Florio and Carrera Panamericana. The privately…
Read MoreHaving graduated with a degree in engineering from the University of Pisa in 1953, Giotto Bizzarrini briefly took up a teaching position before joining Alfa Romeo where he was quickly assigned a role…
Read MoreDuring the spring of 1974, what would today almost certainly be regarded as the most valuable Lamborghini in existence was deliberately destroyed. That car was the one-off Countach LP500…
Read MoreOutside the world of politics, the Shah of Iran, Mohammad Pahlavi, was renowned as a lover of fine automobiles to include both those with a luxury and high performance nature. Having received a…
Read MoreAlthough Fiat had not offered a particularly sporting model since the commercially unsuccessful 8V back in the early 1950s, the FIA’s decision to implement new Formula 2 racing regulations for the…
Read MoreChassis 1739 GT was numerically the third 250 GT SWB and the first to receive special order coachwork. It was commissioned by Dr. Enrico Wax in Genoa, a personal friend of Enzo Ferrari and…
Read MoreDespite its handsome Bertone-designed body and a mechanical specification on a par with anything its rivals had to offer, sales of the Lamborghini Jarama proved disappointingly slow…
Read MoreAt the Geneva Motor Show in March 1971, Lamborghini unveiled a third iteration of the groundbreaking Miura. Dubbed SV or Spinto Veloce, it initially garnered little attention owing to…
Read MoreWhen Chrysler took control of Automobili Lamborghini in April 1987, the Italian firm’s replacement for the legendary Countach was already at an advanced stage of development with production slated to…
Read MoreHaving amassed a fortune from refrigeration units and other home appliances, Milanese industrialist Renzo Rivolta began to construct motorcycles following the conclusion of World War 2. 1952 saw…
Read MoreAlthough Ferruccio Lamborghini had originally planned to build the kind of conservatively-styled front-engined Grand Tourers that he and many other Italian industrialists liked to own, his talented…
Read MoreHaving initially produced rather conservatively styled machinery of the type favoured by many low key industrialists, Automobili Lamborghini dramatically changed tack when the firm started its…
Read MoreBy the late 1960s, Automobili Lamboghini had become most famous for its extraordinary looking models like the Miura and Espada. However, these wild Bertone designs were starkly at odds with…
Read MoreOn October 17th 1973, Arab members of OPEC (the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries) announced an embargo on oil sales to the USA, the UK, Canada, Japan and the…
Read MoreAlthough Ferruccio Lamborghini established his auto maker to build the kind of exquisitely engineered but conservatively styled Grand Tourers that appealed to him, within a short space of…
Read MoreIn the period between late 1972 and spring 1978, the Lancia Stratos established itself as the most successful rally car in history. In Group 4 trim it racked up three World Rally Championship titles, took…
Read MoreRenzo Rivolta was an industrialist from Milan who made his first fortune manufacturing refrigeration units. Isothermos was established in 1939 and Rivolta soon expanded to home appliances. After…
Read MoreBy 1974, Ferrari dealers in the USA were struggling. The market for gas guzzlers was in the midst of being ravaged by the OPEC oil crisis while garage inventories typically comprised ageing Dinos and…
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