Hollywood icon Clark Gable owned three Jaguar XK120 OTS Roadsters. His first was chassis 670003 (completed in June 1949, the third left-hand drive XK120 built), his second was chassis 672282…
Read MoreIn addition to racing his own 1932 Ford Roadster on the California dry lakes and Bonneville Salt Flats, Vic Edelbrock, founder of the eponymous Edelbrock performance equipment empire, encouraged…
Read MoreRather than create a simple Drop Head conversion of the rakish 275 GTB, Ferrari decided to offer the 275 GTS with a completely different look. Just a couple hundred of these two-seat Spyders…
Read MoreFrom the 20-strong fleet of Diablo SE30s built in right-hand drive, three were ordered by the Brunei Royal Family to complement their already substantial Lamborghini collection. However, only two of…
Read MoreBy applying the same Type R formula pioneered on the NSX to some of its more mainstream offerings, Honda created what has arguably come to be considered the ultimate line of high…
Read MoreA little under two years after Bugatti had launched the ultimate Fixed Head iteration of its Veyron (the Super Sport), a similarly enhanced open top version emerged at the 2012 Geneva Motor Show.
Read MoreNearly 20 years after the company had last offered a front V12-engined open two-seater, Ferrari released a spectacular limited edition special based on the critically acclaimed 550 Maranello.
Read MoreAfter a debut F1 season in 1984 that saw him bag a remarkable three podium finishes driving for the uncompetitive Toleman team, Ayrton Senna spent three seasons at Lotus where, in 48 outings, he…
Read MoreAs the Murcielago reached the end of its production life, Lamborghini decided to introduce a limited run special that revived the firm’s SV moniker previously attached to some of its most revered models.
Read MoreFive years after Lamborghini had displayed the original production-spec. Countach (the LP400), an even more dramatic variant was revealed under lights at the Geneva Motor Show in 1978. Dubbed…
Read MoreFive years after he had joimed Porsche (back when the company was based in the Austrian town of Gmund and the 356/1 prototype was still on the drawing board), engineer Ernst Fuhrmann was given…
Read MoreAlthough BMW’s Formula 1 programme of 2000 to 2009 did not deliver on championship-winning potential, it did pave the way for an F1-inspired V10 to find itself in the 2004-2010 M5 and the 2005…
Read MoreDuring the late 1950s, arguably the most beautiful two-saeat Roadster offered by any manufacturer was the Pinin Farina-styled first generation Ferrari 250 GT Cabriolet. Underneath rakish lines…
Read MoreLaunched at the Paris Motor Show in September 1982, the C3 was Audi’s third iteration of its executive-sized 100 model. Also offered in more upmarket 200 trim and sold as the 5000 in the…
Read MoreThe collaboration to create a V16-powered monster by automotive engineer Claudio Zampolli and music producer Giorgio Moroder was arguably the most ambitious of all the supercars formulated…
Read MoreAfter the 288 GTO and F40 had used twin turbocharged V8s that propelled them to hitherto unseen levels of performance, Ferrari took a different approach for its third generation limited production…
Read MoreOwing to tighter emissions legislation, E36 M3s bound for North America had to be fitted with lower compression engines that did not feature the same radical cylinder head, variable valve timing…
Read MorePorsche most famously came a cropper with regard to trademark law when, in late 1964, the German firm was forced to re-brand its 901 as the 911 because Peugeot had already registered three digit…
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