Having convincingly proposed the benefits of a dual overhead camshaft 65° V6 to his father in the mid 1950s, Enzo Ferrari’s son, Alfredo, died from muscular dystrophy in 1956 before the new Vittorio…
Read MoreAlfa Romeo had abandoned Formula 1 racing at the end of 1951 after back-to-back championships for Giuseppe Farina and Juan-Manuel Fangio. New regulations for 1952 meant the supercharged 158…
Read MoreThe 968 was Porsche’s successor to the 944: a front-engined four cylinder 2+2 that had sold in huge numbers between 1981 and 1991. Subtly re-styled and re-engineered, the 968 was conceived as an…
Read MoreDuring 1987, a plan was made that would return Aston Martin to top flight sports car racing for the 1989 season. When Ford became an Aston Martin shareholder in September 1987, it was feared…
Read MoreChassis 9306700153 was sold to Belgian privateer, Jean Blaton, who usually raced under the pseudonym ‘Beurlys’. Blaton began racing in 1957 with an old Ferrari 166 Mille Miglia. He moved on…
Read MoreBy 1994, the re-emergence of GT racing was fully underway and, after the Le Mans organisers had opened the race up to production-based cars, it was no great surprise that one wealthy privateer…
Read MoreBetween 1965 and 1970, Pininfarina created a series of show-stopping styling concepts based on state-of-the-art Ferrari sports racing chassis that had become surplus to requirements. The 250 P5…
Read MoreChassis 002 was the first of 34 Maserati 5000 GTs manufactured between 1959 and 1964. Each car was built to special order at an astronomical price (twice that of a standard 3500 GT). Power came…
Read MoreAlthough the 911 had only entered production in mid 1964, by the early 1970s, Porsche were concerned the model would soon be at the end of its development life. There were also murmurings…
Read MoreAlthough Lamborghini built a handful of Countach Quattrovalvoles painted Bianco Perlato, HLA12083 was the only example to come with a cockpit trimmed in peppermint green (Verde Speciale). It was…
Read MoreChassis 0222 AT was one of four 340 Mexicos built to contest the 1952 Carrera Panamericana. Three were Berlinettas and one was a Spyder. All received Vignale bodies with the latest avant…
Read MoreBacked 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…
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