Ferruccio Lamborghini was born into a farming family in 1918. After attending the local technical college, he served as a wartime mechanic and was posted to Rhodes which fell to the British in 1943.
Read MoreCompared with the sustained upswing in high end collector car values seen since 2012, the late 1980s boom came and went in a flash. At the very top of the market between late 1989 and early…
Read MoreFive years after the last Tipo 33 Stradale-based concept, the sixth and final example was unveiled during March 1976 at the Geneva Motor Show. Constructed on chassis 750.33.117, it was the second…
Read MoreTony Parravano was a construction tycoon who rapidly established a multi-million dollar fortune building large numbers of tract homes in Southern California after World War 2. Having caught the…
Read MoreChassis DLA12555 was among the most famous British-domiciled Countach during the 1980s. Of the 323 5000 S manufactured, only 37 were right-hand drive and none was anything like DLA12555.
Read MoreAs the 1970s dawned, Lotus looked to revamp their production car line-up. By the middle of the decade, the Elan, Elan +2 and Europa had made way for a trio of new models called the Esprit, Eclat…
Read MoreChassis 0450 AM was one of 22 Ferrari 375 Mille Miglias built between late 1953 and mid 1955. Although conceived as the firm’s top flight sports racing car, ten were purchased for street use. Of…
Read MoreAfter Maserati was acquired by Alessandro de Tomaso in 1975, the company (backed by substantial government investment) began to move away from its traditional line of exclusive high performance…
Read More49 examples of the 2.8-litre 911 Carrera RSR were built for the 1973 racing season and chassis 9113600885 was among the most successful. It was sold to the Oldenkott pipe and tobacco…
Read MoreAs 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.
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