Despite the passing of almost 70 years, Aston Martin’s most impressive on-track achievement remains that famous 1-2 finish at the Le Mans 24 Hours in 1959 with the DBR1. Of almost equal…
Read MoreAlthough named after Italy’s best known road race, Ferrari’s 166 Mille Miglia became most famous for a stunning outright win at the 1949 Le Mans 24 Hours. Unveiled at the Turin Motor Show in…
Read MoreAs a consequence of its unrivalled technical specification and groundbreaking performance, every McLaren F1 is a very special car. However, even among such rarefied company, some stand…
Read MoreFollowing on from a batch of special 650S Coupes built to commemorate McLaren’s victory at the 1995 Le Mans 24 Hours, a run of 50 Spiders was created to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the…
Read MoreTowards the end of 1981 season, McLaren boss Ron Dennis approached Porsche about the possibility of creating a turbocharged engine for his F1 team. With Renault and Ferrari having…
Read MoreHad 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 MoreThanks to an influx of Fiat cash in exchange for 50% of his company, Enzo Ferrari was able to create 25 examples of the Porsche 917-rivalling 512 S for 1970. That season, the 512 S was raced by…
Read MoreIt’s no secret that here at Supercar Nostalgia we think, of all the high end machinery produced this century, the Aston Martin Valkyrie is far and away the most impressive. In addition to a…
Read MoreConsidering that open top Ferraris have generally outsold their fixed head counterparts for several decades now, it seems almost inexplicable how so few customers opted for one of the firm’s most…
Read MoreAlthough conceived purely for road use, the McLaren F1’s groundbreaking specification meant that, once converted into a top flight GT1 racing car, it had the measure of every other machine on…
Read MoreAston Martin created the DB3S to replace the DB3 which had been the firm’s first purpose-built sports racing car of the David Brown era. The new model featured an improved chassis, uprated…
Read MoreOne year after the lightened, shortened and mechanically uprated DB4 GT had made its salon debut, Aston Martin released an even more potent iteration. Unveiled at the London Motor Show in October…
Read MoreTo replace the long and short wheelbase 250 GT Berlinettas that had monopolised the Group 3 Grand Touring class since its inception, Ferrari conceived the rule-bending 250 GTO which went…
Read MoreFor much of the 1960s and 70s, those industrialists, heads of state and entertainers that wanted an equally grand but more contemporary mode of transport than a Rolls-Royce Phantom only really had…
Read MoreHad the highly anticipated Group B circuit racing battle developed as the FIA hoped, Ferrari’s 288 GTO Evoluzione would have gone head-to-head with the Porsche 959-based 961. Unfortunately…
Read MoreIn the echelons of motoring, few machines rank higher than Ferrari’s 250 GT Spyder California. Produced between 1957 and 1963, the Spyder California was effectively an open top variant of the…
Read MoreThe FIA introduced new motor sport regulations for the 1966 World Sportscar Championship that saw homologation for Group 3 Grand Touring cars increased from 100 to 500 cars. Further up the…
Read MoreAlthough Toyota’s seven-year $2b F1 programme of 2002 to 2009 ultimately yielded just 13 podiums from 139 starts and a best finish of fourth in the 2004 Constructors’ championship, it led to the firm…
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