After Porsche moved its operations back to Stuttgart in the winter of 1949-1950, sales of the newly productionised 356 soared. The company had relocated to the remote Austrian village of Gmund in…
Read MoreChassis 04R was one of two 1995-spec. GTRs originally delivered to the Gulf-backed GTC Motorsport team (the other having been 02R). It was purchased by gentleman driver, Lindsay Owen-Jones, who…
Read MoreAlthough it took three attempts for Peugeot’s number one driver, Ari Vatanen, to translate the T16’s raw speed into a WRC victory, the Finn then won five rallies back-to-back between late 1984 and…
Read MoreWhen Porsche introduced the 2.2-litre 911 in September 1969, many felt the model had reached the limit of its potential. Rumours swirled that an entirely new replacement was on the cards; a big…
Read MoreLamborghini used the original LP500 Countach prototype as a test hack. In March 1974 it was crash tested to gain type approval. By this time, a second prototype Countach had been assembled that…
Read MoreSoon after Lampredi's Grand Prix-derived big-block engine was given its introduction at the Mille Miglia in 1950, Ferrari began to offer it in a series of high end models for road and track. The…
Read MoreAfter accepting an invite from Ford to run a GT40 and Cobra Daytona at Le Mans in 1965, Georges Filipinetti (the Swiss Ferrari distributor) was able to purchase GT40s at preferential rates. Later that…
Read MoreFaced with relentless Allied bombing raids, Porsche moved from Zuffenhausen in Stuttgart to the remote Austrian town of Gmund during 1944. However, the extremely cramped facility (an old…
Read MoreChassis 3372 was the 181st Miura built. Painted White with an optional Black leather interior, it was built on the later 1mm thick chassis with right-hand drive. Lamborghini dispatched the car…
Read MoreChassis P/1033 was one of three GT40s ordered by Georges Filipinetti in late 1965. Filipinetti was the Swiss Ferrari distributor, but for the 1965 Le Mans 24 Hours, he had teamed up with Ford.
Read MorePorsche’s first 21 years as an auto manufacturer had seen the firm grow at an exponential rate. From the trickle of hand-built Volkswagen-based 356s that emerged out of a cramped converted sawmill…
Read MoreChassis 1120026 was the first right-hand drive Countach LP400 built. It was ordered with a Rosso / Senape colour scheme and dispatched from the factory on 14th October 1974. The car was delivered…
Read MoreFerry Porsche’s first chassis drawings for the 356 were laid down in July 1947. At this point, his father, Ferdinand, and brother-in-law, Anton Piech, were still imprisoned for war crimes. In…
Read MoreAs part of Ford’s programme for the 1965 Le Mans 24 Hours, two entries were secured via the back door from Scuderia Filipinetti. Team patron, Georges Filipinetti, was the Ferrari distributor for…
Read MoreChassis 0961 was the fourth Miura built. Painted Argento Indianapolis with a Nero interior, it was assembled on a production spec. 0.9mm chassis with left-hand drive. Whereas the previous pair of…
Read MoreIn its first three years of production, Porsche sold nearly 13,000 examples of their expensive new 911. The 911 effectively replaced the much-loved 356 and continued Porsche’s inexorable move…
Read MoreAt the Geneva Motor Show in March 1978, Lamborghini unveiled the Countach S: a production version of the widebody Countach Speciale. Five of the super exclusive Countach Speciales had…
Read MoreFor the 1997 Le Mans 24 Hours, Nissan entered a team of three R390s. The cars were designed, built and run by Tom Walkinshaw Racing (TWR). Chassis R2 was allocated to ex-F1 driver, Erik Comas, and…
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