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 MoreThe 124 was launched by Fiat in 1966 as its mid-range offering and replacement for the outgoing 1300 / 1500 line which had been in production since 1961. Originally unveiled as a four-door Sedan at…
Read MoreDespite having been conceived strictly as a road car, in late 1972 Maserati’s French distributor, Jean Thepenier, commissioned a Group 4 racing version of the mid-engined Bora with which to contest…
Read MoreFor the 1971 racing season, the FIA revised their existing competition class framework. In terms of production-based machinery of the type available in new car showrooms, manufacturers could…
Read MoreWhen Porsche created the hardcore 911 2.7 Carrera RS for the 1973 model year, many of the company’s senior managers were not convinced it would be easy to sell the 500 cars needed to…
Read MoreSince the late 1950s, Porsche had primarily focused its factory motor sport programmes on Sports and Prototype racing cars. During this period there had been the odd works foray with enhanced…
Read MoreHaving been appointed Porsche chairman in August 1972, Dr Ernst Fuhrmann immediately decided the 917 programme had become excessively expensive and too detached from the firm’s road car…
Read MoreFor much of 1972, Alfa Romeo’s motor racing division, Autodelta, was hard at work developing a new Flat 12 engine for use in the long-running Tipo 33 line of three-litre Group 6 Prototypes.
Read MoreHaving been appointed Porsche Chairman in August 1972, Dr Ernst Fuhrmann quickly decided the company’s racing programme should focus more on the 911 as opposed to purpose-built sports…
Read MoreThe one-off Urraco Rally was constructed in 1973 by Lamborghini’s chief test driver and development engineer, Bob Wallace. It was the third and last of Wallace’s factory-sanctioned hot…
Read MoreDuring 1970, Lamborghini development engineer and chief test driver, Bob Wallace, was given the go ahead by general manager, Paolo Stanzani, to construct a mid-engined hot rod more or less from scratch.
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