As a consequence of its practically perfect and almost impossible delicate styling, Ferrari’s rarely seen first generation 250 GT Cabriolet has come to be regarded as arguably the ultimate…
Read MoreBy dropping a close relative of the M1’s dual overhead cam 24 valve straight six into the elegant Paul Bracq-designed 6-series bodyshell which was then further enhanced with uprated…
Read MoreAs a consequence of its unrivalled technical specification and groundbreaking performance, every McLaren F1 is a very special car. However, even among such rarefied company, some stand…
Read MoreWhen the McLaren management team of Ron Dennis, Mansour Ojjeh, Creighton Brown and Gordon Murray decided to forge ahead with their plan to construct the ultimate road car of its era…
Read MoreWhen it came to an off-the-shelf mid-sized super saloon during the first half of the 1980s, nothing in the Mercedes-Benz, Jaguar or Alfa Romeo arsenal could touch the BMW Motorsport-enhanced…
Read MoreHaving fitted twin turbocharged V8 engines to the 288 GTO and F40, Ferrari switched to an F1-derived normally aspirated V12 for its third generation super high end special: the F50. Created to…
Read MoreOf the myriad special editions offered by Lancia on the Delta HF Integrale Evoluzione platform, arguably the most spectacular was the Evo 1-based Martini 6 produced to celebrate the firm’s sixth…
Read MoreOf the little over 3000 cars built as part of the MP4 12C line, perhaps none can boast a more sought after name to have in the log book than chassis ‘000132’. Delivered to seven-time F1…
Read MoreWithin four years of his first motor race, Jochen Rindt had won the Le Mans 24 Hours driving a Ferrari 250 LM for Luigi Chinetti’s North American Racing Team (NART). The Austrian’s rapid rise towards the…
Read MoreAlthough Scuderia Ferrari has employed some of the greatest names ever to go motor racing, it can be argued that none have achieved more with the Italian marque than Michael Schumacher who…
Read MoreAfter more than two decades during which Ferrari’s flagship 12-cylinder two-seat production model had used a mid-engined layout, the Italian company reverted to a classic front-engined…
Read MoreAs a consequence of having to build at leat 25 917s in order to qualify for the up to five-litre Group 4 category, Porsche ended up with many more 917s than they really needed. Following the FIA…
Read MoreIn the annals of Lamborghini history, no other customer was quite so influential as oil magnate and F1 team owner, Walter Wolf. Having made millions from oil extraction technology and cargo…
Read MoreOf the myriad options Mercedes-Benz offered for the W198 300 SL Gullwing, nothing came close to the prohibitively expensive aluminium body package created for those customers that wanted to use…
Read MoreConceived as a more compact replacement for previous models like the Mk9 and Mk10, the Lotus Eleven went on to become arguably the most successful small displacement sports racing car of its…
Read MoreOf the myriad top flight drivers employed by BMW Motorsport for the CSL racing programme, none was more closely associated with the ‘Batmobile’s on-track success than Hans-Joachim Stuck.
Read MoreAston Martin created the DB3S to replace the DB3 which had been the firm’s first purpose-built sports racing car of the David Brown era. The new model featured an improved chassis, uprated…
Read MoreBetween 1964 and 1968, the 275 GTB was offered as Ferrari’s flagship series production model. Initially sold in single overhead cam short nose trim, the Pininfarina body was updated to incorporate…
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