Between the late 1970s and mid 1980s, DP Motorsport in Cologne run by Ekkehard Zimmerman did a roaring trade creating some of the most iconic custom Porsches to emerge during the golden super…
Read MoreWith only 14 units known to have been completed in period, Nismo’s S-Tune is one of the most rarely seen factory sanctioned iterations of the legendary Nissan R34 Skyline GT-R. Conceived as…
Read MoreAt the Le Mans 24 Hours in June 1979, Klaus Ludwig along with infamous Whittington brothers Don and Bill, took an incredible victory driving a Kremer Porsche 935 K3. What made the result even more…
Read MoreAlthough Porsche ultimately sold more than the 200 959s that would have been required for Group B homologation, the project ended up costing an exorbitant sum – rumoured to have been well into…
Read MoreAlthough Germany was rightly regarded as the centre for super tuner activity from the 1970s through to the 1990s, a handful of British firms also created some epic machinery, one of which was Lister.
Read MoreThe earliest Alpina-tuned variants of the Paul Bracq-styled E12 arrived very soon after this, the first generation 5-series, made its debut at the Frankfurt Motor Show in September 1972. Having initially…
Read MoreUnlike most other firms that sprung up during the late 20th century super tuner era, Ruf Automobile elected to focus on engineering excellence as opposed the kind of flamboyant over styling that…
Read MoreIn addition to the outrageous V8-powered Hammer, AMG also offered a slightly toned down version of the timeless Mercedes-Benz W124 E-class using the company’s renowned straight six. At its heart…
Read MoreAlthough the Nismo 400R was the ultimate R33-based Skyline GT-R that Nissan offered to the public, at the time there was insufficient demand to meet the projected sales target of 100 units…
Read MoreAt Supercar Nostalgia we generally don’t like to cover anything from the resto-mod scene as, from a perspective of historical preservation, we believe cars should remain true to their original period…
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 MoreWhen it comes to the coolest cars of the 1980s, there’s not much on a par with AMG’s widebody interpretation of Mercedes’ flagship W126 SEC. Launched initially as a four-door sedan at the…
Read MoreAlthough the contemporary 911 was offered in three alternative body styles to maximise its appeal, Porsche concluded that the market for its grand front-engined flagship, the 928, was too small to…
Read MoreThe super tuner era of the 1970s and 80s certainly churned out some spectacular creations, but Lamborghini’s Countach was generally regarded as sufficiently extreme in OEM trim that few…
Read MoreAfter the best part of 15 years during which bespoke coachbuilding had all but died out, a new era for highly individual customisation began during the late 1970s. The period that followed saw an…
Read MoreJust five examples of the legendary Super GT-inspired NSX Type R GT were built by Honda, one of which was sold to a customer while the other four were retained by the company. Conceived with…
Read MoreFrom its inception in January 1965 to the present day, Alpina has produced a variety of tuned BMWs that have gone onto acquire icon status. However, in terms of the road-going machinery from…
Read MoreAs a consequence of their era defining looks and highly individual nature, the products that emerged from AMG’s Affalterbach workshop during the 1970s and 80s have now acquired…
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