During the second half of the 1980s, those customers that wanted a twelve cylinder Ferrari in a more discrete package than the flamboyant Testarossa could order a 412. With its elegant…
Read MoreEight years after the production-ready 365 GT4 BB was unveiled, Ferrari launched its third and final iteration of the Berlinetta Boxer theme when the 512i broke cover at the Frankfurt Motor Show in…
Read MoreThree years after Ferrari’s first iteration of the BB theme had been launched in production-ready trim, the Italian firm replaced it with a significantly reworked variant: the 512 BB. In addition to a…
Read MoreIn our opinion here at Supercar Nostalgia, Ferrari’s Group B-inspired 288 GTO and F40 rank far higher in terms of design quality and historical significance than any of the low volume flagships that…
Read MoreThe Group 4 and subsequent Group B regulations that ran from the early 1970s to the mid 1980s saw a plethora of exotic machinery take to the special stages, one of which was the Ferrari 308…
Read MoreIn terms of the cars Ferrari should have officially offered during the 1980s, perhaps the best candidate was a Spider version of the iconic Testarossa. We use the phrase ‘officially offered’…
Read MoreAlthough the addition of a Quattrovalvole engine in 1982 had endowed the Mondial with the kind of performance one would expect from a Ferrari, it was Pininfarina’s beautifully executed face-lift that…
Read MoreWhereas arch rival Bertone had developed a reputation for daring creations that reflected the latest fashion, Pininfarina was traditionally seen as a more conservative design house. However, all…
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 MoreIn many respects it was the launch of Ferrari’s 288 GTO at the Geneva Motor Show in March 1984 that kick-started a new era of super high end collector cars that came to be regarded as alternative…
Read MoreUnlike some other Italian design houses whose work was often influenced by the latest fads, by the 1980s Pininfarina had long since established a reputation for elegant, classically styled machinery…
Read MoreWhen the much-loved ten-year old 308 was up for replacement in the mid 1980s, Ferrari elected to carry out a relatively mild facelift and install a bigger 3.2-litre engine. The resultant 328 went on to…
Read MoreBecause competitive Group C cars had been available at a cost effective price for both the premier C1 and junior C2 category, Group B circuit racing never took off in the same way as rallying. A dearth…
Read MoreSomewhat ironically, perhaps the most sought after vehicle to emerge from the spectacular Group B era of 1982 to 1986 was a machine that never turned a wheel in anger: the Ferrari 288 GTO.
Read MoreOf the myriad tuners that sprang up offering high end customisation of European supercars during the 1970s and 80s, arguably the most famous was Koenig Specials based in Frankfurt, Germany.
Read MoreHad the highly anticipated Group B circuit racing battle developed as the FIA hoped, Ferrari’s 288 GTO Evoluzione would have gone head-to-head with the Porsche 959-based 961. Unfortunately…
Read MoreOf the myriad British drivers to have appeared in Formula 1 and Grand Prix racing over the best part of 100 years, perhaps none have received the level of rapturous home support as Nigel Mansell.
Read MoreOf all the myriad German tuners that sprung up in the 1970s and 80s, it was Willy Koenig’s company from Munich that arguably pushed the boundaries of styling and performance more than any other.
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