Despite a rich pedigree that extended back almost to the dawn of motoring, by the late 1980s, Alfa Romeo’s product line lacked a certain vigour. The firm was mostly churning out humdrum runabouts…
Read MoreUlf Norinder was a wealthy Swiss privateer whose grandfather manufactured Lakerol pastils and lozenges. By 1968, Norinder had owned and raced a variety of cars to include a Maserati 200 S, two…
Read MoreOnly one Panther 6 was ever finished by the factory, it was unveiled at the London Motor Show in October 1977. The Panther 6 incorporated a mid-mounted twin-turbocharged 8.2-litre Cadillac V8…
Read MoreOne of nine F1 GTRs built to 1995-spec., chassis 07R was sold to wealthy French enthusiast, Paul Picard. The car was run for Picard by Fabien Giroux, who formed a new sports car team to contest…
Read MoreBorn in Salzburg on April 5th 1908, Herbert von Karajan became one of the 20th century's greatest orchestral conductors and sold an estimated 200 million records during his career. Of Greek…
Read MoreWhat is a Peugeot 205 T16? The 205 T16 was a Group B homologation special built to pave the way for an enhanced rally version that came on stream mid-way through the 1984 season. Purpose-built…
Read MoreFor 1982, the FIA introduced a simplified motor sport framework designed to attract a new wave of manufacturers. The existing regulations split vehicles into one of six main categories. Group 1 was for…
Read MoreChassis GT/101 was the first Ford GT40 manufactured and one of twelve prototypes built. Although the GT40 project got off to a difficult start, the car went on to win the Le Mans 24 Hours on four…
Read MoreThe FIA's decision to add a GT title to the World Sports Car Championship from 1962 had seen manufacturer interest in the Grand Touring category soar. Prototypes and GT cars ran alongside…
Read MoreFew could argue the attempt to revive Bugatti and create a carbonfibre-tubbed all-wheel drive supercar complete with bespoke quad turbo V12 didn’t rank among the 20th century’s most…
Read MoreOf the 657 examples manufactured between 1988 and 1990 (67 of which were right-hand drive), no other Countach Anniversary was built like chassis KLA12060. It was the fourth and final Countach…
Read MoreAston Martin chassis DB3S/5 was one of five DB3S constructed in 1953. Built to contest a domestic and World Sportscar Championship programme, the new DB3S wore a beautiful Frank Feeley…
Read MoreAs the only manufacturer that turned a healthy profit from its original run of Group B homologation specials (the 288 GTO), Ferrari decided to create an even more extreme flagship from the GTO…
Read MoreGiven most mainstream car builder’s propensity for endless special editions, it was perhaps a measure of the 205 GTi’s immense popularity that Peugeot didn’t feel the need for such an approach…
Read MoreHaving considered four-wheel drive too complex for its first Group B special, the 037, Lancia soon found itself being eclipsed by Peugeot and Audi who made no such mistake. In order to recover…
Read MoreWhile Lancia were first out of the traps with a true purpose built Group B supercar for the special stages (the 037), Peugeot’s even more compact all-wheel drive 205 T16 emerged from rallying’s
Read MoreEven though subsequent rule sets may have created some technically even more outstanding vehicles, the Lancia Stratos remains arguably the most radical piece of machinery ever to grace…
Read MoreAutomobili Lamborghini’s back catalogue may be filled with critically acclaimed pieces that came to define their era, but there is one model that is more highly prized than any other: the almost…
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