Although Ferrari’s legendary Gioacchino Colombo-designed V12 started life with a displacement of 1496cc in 1948, by the end of that year it had been enlarged to 1995cc (166cc per cylinder).
Read MoreEven beyond the world of motoring, Jaguar’s E-type needs no introduction. Thanks to its beautiful coachwork, state-of-the-art specification and impressive performance, the E-type came to be…
Read MoreAll the $1m plus sales from Monterey week.
Read MoreBetween 1954 and ‘55, Aston Martin supplied seven DB2/4 rolling chassis to millionaire Chicago industrialist, Stanley Arnolt. In addition to having been a distributor for the likes of Rolls Royce…
Read MoreToyota’s 2000 GT represented the first attempt to build a high-end production sports car by a Japanese manufacturer. Powered by a dual overhead cam 150bhp two-litre straight six, the 2000 GT…
Read MoreThe 964-based 911 3.6 Turbo S marked a last hurrah for the rear-drive single turbo platform before the all-wheel drive twin turbo 993 arrived. Porsche had just under 100 bodyshells they wanted to use…
Read MoreThe 250 GT SWB Berlinetta was created as Ferrari’s GT challenger for the 1960 and 1961 seasons. Customers could choose any combination of Lusso or Competizione parts; some cars left the…
Read MoreFerruccio Lamborghini established his car making factory to build the kind of discrete, conservatively-styled Grand Tourers that he and many other low-key industrialists liked to own.
Read MoreLaunched at the Paris Motor Show in October 1954, the A6G/54 was Maserati’s Grand Touring version of the second generation A6GCS sports racing car (often dubbed the A6GCS/53) which had proven…
Read MoreHaving commissioned arguably the most radical rally car ever to tackle the special stages in 1971 (the Lancia Stratos), for marketing reasons the Fiat Group decided its replacement should be more…
Read MoreAlthough the SV was the finest and fastest iteration of Lamborghini’s Miura to reach production, the decision to unveil it alongside the new Countach prototype at Geneva in 1971 led to much reduced…
Read MoreTo capitalise on the booming 1980s market for low volume specials, Aston Martin Chairman Victor Gauntlett decided the firm should create a premium priced V8 Vantage with special coachwork.
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