Had Lamborghini’s favoured coachbuilder, Touring of Milan, not gotten into financial difficulties, the car builder from Sant’Agata could have travelled a very different path. As it transpired, design…
Read MoreIn order to get the GT40 homologated into the new-for-1966 Group 4 Sports car class, Ford had to complete a minimum of 50 copies. Without sufficient demand for that number of racing variants, the…
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 MoreOn January 18th at Mecum’s Kissimmee auction in Florida, one of the most famous movie cars of the modern era will be going under the hammer: Austin Powers’ Jaguar E-type 4.2 OTS Roadster…
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 MoreAfter a brief dalliance with Lotus in The Spy Who Loved Me and For Your Eyes Only, EON Productions decided upon a return to Aston Martin for the 15th James Bond movie, The Living Daylights. At the…
Read MoreWith its uprated short wheelbase chassis, tricked-out 302bhp engine and close-ratio four-speed gearbox, the DB4 GT was the fastest Aston Martin yet seen upon its launch at the London Motor…
Read MoreFollowing his acquisition of Aston Martin, David Brown decided to embark on an international competition programme to raise the company’s profile. Production-based DB2 racers were…
Read MoreFor many, the 427-engined wide-bodied Competition Cobra remains the definitive incarnation of the collaboration between AC and Carroll Shelby. Shelby had originally hoped to produce 100…
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