When the original Countach prototype was unveiled at the Geneva Motor Show in March 1971, many felt it would never see production. Their reasoning was sound; to refine such a radically packaged…
Read MoreChassis 111 was one of a dozen Porsche 956 customer cars delivered for the 1983 season. It was sold on 30th June 1983 to professional Swiss racing driver, Walter Brun. Earlier in the year, Brun had…
Read MoreThe 250 LM was launched in October 1963 as Ferrari’s successor to the all-conquering but controversial 250 GTO. Created to go racing in the Group 3 class for over two-litre Grand Touring…
Read MoreConstructed in late 1995, chassis 044 was the 37th McLaren F1 road car built. Painted Base Silver, the car remained unsold at the factory until August 1996, when it was purchased by American…
Read MoreIn early February 1974, Porsche announced they had discontinued their Group 7 racing programme with the 917. Cost had a part to play, but the new company Chairman, Ernst Fuhrmann, also held a…
Read MoreChassis 0004 was the most extensively campaigned 300 SLR. It appeared in all six races attended by the model in 1955 and won on three occasions. The car’s first competitive appearance was at…
Read MoreAfter ten years of unprecedented commercial success, Ferrari unveiled a replacement for the much-loved 308 GTB and GTS. Presented at the Frankfurt Motor Show in September 1985, the Ferrari 328…
Read MoreChassis 005 was the Porsche 917 sold to British privateer, John Woolfe, who, together with his business partner, Arnold Burton, ran John Woolfe Racing, a major UK retailer of high performance…
Read MoreOne day after the 1967 Le Mans 24 Hours had seen all previous records broken, the FIA announced a three-litre engine limit would be imposed on Group 6 Prototypes from 1968. Top flight…
Read MoreBefore heading to Volkswagen in 1993, Ferdinand Piech (head of Audi’s board) commissioned a joint venture with Porsche to produce the fastest Audi road car ever built. Piech had been one of…
Read MoreMore photographs from the Portman Lamborghini sales and service facilities, this time from 1988. Featured cars: Lamborghini Countach LP400: 3 DUU, Lamborghini Jarama S: JSP 343N…
Read MoreA selection of photographs from the various Maranello Concessionaires facilities taken in 1992. Featured cars: Ferrari 400i: EIW 4001, Ferrari Testarossa: K1 MPG, Ferrari 512 TR: J980 OPK…
Read MoreLotus conceived the Esprit Turbo as a flagship in a similar vein to Porsche’s 930. The British firm initially launched their new model as the super exclusive Essex Commemorative edition to reflect an…
Read More356/1 chassis 001 was the first post-World War 2 product to emerge from Porsche’s Gmund workshop in Austria. The remote converted sawmill was home to the firm until its return to Stuttgart…
Read MoreBy the time Ferrari introduced the traditional front-engined 275 GTB/4 in October 1966, there were already two major manufacturers producing exciting large displacement machines with mid…
Read MoreGroup B regulations permitted manufacturers in possession of homologated machinery to produce further uprated batches of 20 Evolution variants every twelve months. The T16 Evolution 1…
Read MoreChassis R1 was one of three Nissan R390 team cars that contested Le Mans Pre-Qualifying and the 24 Hour race in 1997. Uniquely, it also did the same events in 1998, when it was loaned to the Nova…
Read MoreBritish industrialist David Brown purchased Aston Martin in February 1947 but, at the time, the firm only had the Claude Hill-designed four cylinder engine to offer. The new boss quickly concluded this…
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