Chassis 1120006 was completed on May 31st 1974. It was the first Countach supplied to a customer, in this case Lamborghini VIP, Walter Wolf. Wolf had owned three Miuras to include an SV…
Read MoreMohammad Pahlavi’s father, Reza, was an Iranian army general who seized power in a 1921 coup d'etat. Two years after the coup, Reza Pahlavi installed himself as Iran’s prime minister and, in 1925…
Read MoreChassis 1 was the first of five DB3s constructed for works use. A further five cars were later built up for customers. As the only example built in 1951, it was originally hoped that chassis 1 would be ready for…
Read MoreBy late 1973, Ferrari were ready to launch a highly anticipated mid-engined production car with a twelve cylinder engine. The fashion for large capacity motors positioned centrally in the chassis…
Read MoreChassis 18R was the third of three 1996-spec. GTRs delivered to Team Bigazzi on behalf of BMW Motorsport. At the time, the Italian Bigazzi operation were best known for handling BMW’s German…
Read MoreHaving made a solid debut in Can-Am with the 1969 Group 7 917 Spyder, Porsche had nevertheless been soundly beaten by the works McLaren M8Bs with their seven-litre 635bhp Chevrolet engines.
Read MoreAlthough Ferrari's four-seat models ranked among the firm’s top sellers, Pininfarina's prancing horse-badged styling concepts were typically based on racier platforms that were better suited to…
Read MoreChassis C1 and C2 were the T16 Evolution 1s used by Peugeot for the model’s competition debut. This took place at round five of the 1984 World Rally Championship: the Tour de Corse. A tarmac…
Read MoreAdolfo Orsi took over at Maserati in 1937 when the firm was in deep financial trouble. Orsi injected fresh capital and, after World War 2, the company resumed competition activities with both single…
Read MoreThe FIA’s Group A motor sport regulations that Nissan designed the R32 Skyline GT-R to comply with also permitted manufacturers to build batches of Evolution models. The Evolution rule enabled firms…
Read MoreAlong with CSX 2602, CSX 2601 was one of two Cobra Daytonas built for the 1965 season after Shelby’s fleet of four 1964 cars had narrowly missed out on that year’s World Championship.
Read MoreIn April 1975, the receivers of Aston Martin Lagonda sold the business to a British-American consortium. Six months later, the factory (which had been shut down in December 1974), was…
Read MoreIn the summer of 1957, Ferrari replaced the original 410 Superamerica with an updated model that featured a new short wheelbase chassis. Six examples were built, five of which had bodywork by…
Read MoreAlthough production of the two-litre Fiat Dino Spider was discontinued in December 1968, an improved version with enlarged 2.4-litre engine entered production in September 1969. Freed…
Read MoreChassis 002 was one of three brand new 956s taken to the 1982 Le Mans 24 hours. The prototype, chassis 001, had debuted at the Silverstone 6 Hours a month earlier and Le Mans would be the 956’s…
Read MoreIn 1962, seven years after Honda’s first motorcycles were released, the firm expanded in to automobile manufacturing. Company founder, Soichiro Honda, had long been a fan of motor racing…
Read MoreWith the critically acclaimed Dino 206 and 246, Ferrari had successfully broken into the market for mid-range premium brand sports cars. However, Porsche were still the undisputed champions in…
Read MoreIn the summer of 1955, Pinin Farina were supplied with an Alfa Romeo 6C 3000 CM racing car upon which they were given carte blanche to create a state-of-the-art design concept. The 6C…
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