As Ferrari's coachbuilding partner since 1953, Pininfarina had created all officially sanctioned show cars that wore the prancing horse. However, after Bertone were commissioned to clothe the Dino…
Read MoreChassis 01R was the first of nine 1995-spec. F1 GTRs. It initially served as McLaren’s development mule. Originally painted two-tone silver and orange, 01R first appeared for a two lap shakedown at…
Read MoreThe USA was overwhelmingly Porsche’s largest export market and, although the World Sportscar Championship visited three times a year (Daytona, Sebring and Watkins Glen), most American fans…
Read MoreBetween 1950 and 1956, the Pebble Beach road course established itself as the premier street circuit on the United States West Coast. Positioned between Monterey, Pacific Grove and Carmel-by-the…
Read MoreDuring the more economically challenged era of the 1990s, buyers for high end supercars that cost several hundred thousand pounds were comparatively few and far between. As a consequence…
Read MoreAutodelta, run by former Ferrari designer, Carlo Chiti, became Alfa Romeo’s official motorsport partner in March 1963. The first Autodelta product, the Tubolare Zagato (TZ), was a 1.6-litre GT racing…
Read MoreDuring the 1964 and ‘65 seasons, the Bizzarrini-built Iso Grifo A3/C had proven itself as arguably the fastest GT racing car around even if it had not been produced in sufficient quantity to actually be…
Read MoreThe Ford RS200 and Lancia Delta S4 were the last new cars to emerge during rallying’s Group B era, both of which broke cover during the latter part of 1985. However, while Ford elected to pull the plug…
Read MoreShortly before he acquired Carrozzeria Ghia from Ramfis Trujillo in 1967, Alejandro de Tomaso commissioned the company to build an open two-seat concept on a stretched Vallelunga chassis.
Read MoreChassis 025 was one of the few Porsche 917s sold to a privateer. Most were reserved for works use or the factory-supported John Wyer / Porsche Salzburg / Martini Racing outfits. 025’s purchaser was…
Read MoreCharles Nall-Cain inherited his family seat and Peerage aged 15 when his grandfather, the millionaire businessman, Sir Charles Nall-Cain, died in 1967. Brocket’s own father had died when he was nine…
Read MoreAfter the 1966 Le Mans 24 Hours, John Wyer Automotive Engineering (JWAE) acquired Ford Advanced Vehicles in Slough (FAV). John Wyer had originally managed FAV, the operation that…
Read MorePorsche’s 993 was the last 911 to retain the air-cooled Flat 6 engine that had been a fixture in its rear-engined model since 1964. Introduced during late 1993 as global economies were beginning to…
Read MoreIn October 1976, Mel Nichols of Car magazine flew to Italy to cover a Lamborghini story like no other. Roger Philips of UK Lamborghini concessionaires, Berlinetta Italia in Sutton, Surrey, had ordered a…
Read MoreYou Only Live Twice was the fifth James Bond movie and was set largely in Japan. Bond was once again played by Sean Connery and the plot for this latest adventure involved the terrorist…
Read MoreCombining the best elements of a coupe and estate, the Shooting-brake has been a configuration attempted by far too few manufacturers. Perhaps the most commercially successful examples…
Read MoreIn July 1989, Ferrari F40 chassis 80742 was sold to Milanese Ferrari collector and privateer racing driver, Vittorio Colombo. In 1991, the car passed to its second owner from Milan, Roberto Angiolini…
Read MoreAt the end of the 1992 season, Nissan withdrew from sports car racing. A Group C programme that began in 1985 had produced a series of spectacular vehicles and culminated with Nissan winning…
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