Backed with a fistful of Philip Morris cash, McLaren boss, Ron Dennis, teamed up with Kazumichi Goh for a factory-backed assault on the 1996 Japanese GT Championship. Goh would run a two…
Read MoreChassis P/1079 came from a small batch of uprated works-spec. MK1 GT40 competition cars built for the 1968 season. Most were destined for the Gulf Racing operation managed by John Wyer…
Read MoreBy the early 1990s, Audi were faced with the dilemma of how to replace their flagship Quattro. Since its introduction at the Geneva Motor Show in March 1980, the Quattro had transformed…
Read MoreChassis DP212/1 was the first of four experimental DP Aston Martins built to contest the 1962 and 1963 Le Mans 24 Hour races. The three subsequent examples (a brace of DP214s and a solitary…
Read MoreToyota first started to compete in top flight rallying during the early 1970s when the firm began a long-term association with Swedish driver, Ove Andersson. In 1975, Andersson’s rallying operation…
Read MoreChassis 0138 A was one of ten 340 Americas coachbuilt by Vignale. Of these, it was the only example completed as a Cabriolet. Vignale used a broadly similar design for a small number of 212…
Read MoreLamborghini developed the Urraco as a practical Italian rival for the Porsche 911, hence its 2+2 seating configuration. At the time, Porsche were selling comfortably in excess of 10,000 911s every…
Read MoreAlthough the turbocharged 911 had been conceived as a limited production homologation special, demand unexpectedly proved sufficient that the model (type number 930) became a permanent…
Read MoreChassis P/1049 was the GT40 that started the association between Gulf Oil and John Wyer Automotive Engineering (JWAE). P/1049 was purchased by Irion Grady Davis who, after studying…
Read MoreAt the Frankfurt Motor Show in September 1985, Ferrari launched the third evolution of their Mondial line. Displayed alongside the new 328 (which replaced the outgoing 308), the 328 and Mondial 3.2…
Read MoreBritish industrialist David Brown acquired the struggling Aston Martin company in 1947. In 1948, he added Lagonda to his portfolio and created Aston Martin Lagonda. The first post-war Aston Martin…
Read MoreDuring the 1960s, Nissan produced a range of open two-seaters to include the Fairlady 1500, 1600 Sport and 2000 Roadster. These were a commercial success, particularly in the USA, where they…
Read MoreConstructed in 1994, chassis 014 was one of five F1 road cars sold to the Sultan of Brunei, Hassanal Bolkiah. Together with his brother, Prince Jefri, the Sultan acquired a fleet of high end automobiles…
Read MoreBy the late 1960s, time was nearly up for Ferrari's illustrious line of super high end flagships like the Superamerica and Superfast; manufacturing techniques had changed radically since the coachbuilt…
Read MoreIn return for help to secure type approval for his 962 LM, Jochen Dauer granted Porsche permission to use the model for an attack at the 1994 Le Mans 24 Hours. However, when the Le…
Read MoreAlthough never actually fitted with a turbocharged engine, chassis 9113300157 was the first ‘911 Turbo’ to appear in public. It was built under the watchful eye of Chief Engineer, Helmuth Bott, at the…
Read MorePeugeot went into the 1985 Safari Rally having won the opening three events of that year’s World Championship. The French team had also taken victory at the last three rallies they contested in 1984…
Read MoreVarious iterations of the DB2 had served Aston Martin well throughout the 1950s but, towards the end of the decade, the platform was clearly beginning to show its age. When the DB2 was…
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