It’s difficult to disagree that, with its Giotto Bizzarrini-designed underpinnings and spectacular Giorgetto Giugiaro-designed body, the Iso Grifo has the best of everything. When you factor in…
Read MoreDuring the peak of its popularity in the mid 1980s, the 944 Turbo was selling in almost as many numbers as the 911 Carrera - well over 10,000 a year. However, by the early 1990s, the 944 was…
Read MoreConsidering just how unbelievably ugly most BMWs from the modern era have become, it may surprise some of our younger readers that, from the late 1960s through to the early 2000s, the…
Read MoreThe newly formed BMW Motorsport operation with its big budget CSL arrived on the 1973 Touring Car scene with one simple aim: to de-throne the works Ford squad that had reined supreme with its…
Read MoreThe late 1980s collector car boom saw an explosion of interest in low volume specials from prestigious marques as investors piled into what was considered a new asset class following the…
Read MoreLotus decided on a more back-to-basics approach for their successor to the Elite which had been based around a state-of-the-art fibreglass monocoque. The resultant Elan debuted at the London…
Read MoreA little over two-and-a-half years after Peugeot had launched arguably the greatest hot hatch of all time, a new 1.9-litre version was added to the range. Compared to the existing 1.6-litre model, the 1.9…
Read MoreThe W124-based 500 E launched at the Paris Motor Show in October 1990 was Mercedes’ highly anticipated answer to the BMW M5. Prior to its arrival, customers of the three-pointed star that…
Read MoreLancia’s ambitious motor sport programme of the early 1950s had seen the company compete in both top flight sports car racing and Formula 1. However, money problems saw the financially…
Read MoreArguably the greatest upset in the Group C era of sports car racing came at the Le Mans 24 Hours in 1991 when the Mazda 787B of Johnny Herbert, Bertrand Gachot and Volker Weidler beat one of the…
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