In the pantheon of great Alfa Romeo sports cars, the 8C stands above all others. Powered by Vittorio Jano’s legendary straight eight engine, the 8C 2300 (1931 to 1935) and 8C 2900 (1936 to 1941) won…
Read MoreChassis M10002 was the second of three Mirage M1s built to contest the 1967 World Sportscar Championship. Although John Wyer had hoped the GT40-based M1 would be accepted as a Group 4…
Read MoreAt the Paris Motor Show in October 1950, Porsche management held a meeting with American car dealer, Max Hoffman. Hoffman was already the Volkswagen and Jaguar distributor for North America…
Read MoreChassis 1026 was one of nine 512 S that appeared as works cars during the 1970 season. It debuted in Berlinetta trim at the Daytona 24 Hours where Mario Andretti (who was partnered by Arturo…
Read MoreAston Martin’s V8 engine was developed to replace the straight six that had been around in one shape or another since 1949. After making its debut in a Lola T70 Mk3 GT at Le Mans in 1967, the…
Read MoreChassis 91283 was a 1992 F40 purchased by the Brunei royal family. The proceeds of Brunei’s natural gas and oil reserves enabled the Sultan of Brunei and his brother, Prince Jefri, to purchase arguably…
Read MoreChassis XKC 016 was built on August 20th 1952. It was dispatched to France on 18th December and delivered to the Parisian Jaguar distributor, Charles Delecroix. Delecroix in turn supplied it to Henri…
Read MoreBMW’s fifth Art Car was the first to be based on a production model and also the first to be painted by a European artist. The blank canvas supplied to Austrian painter and sculptor, Ernst Fuchs, was a…
Read MoreChassis 4814 was one of nine Miura SVs originally built in right-hand drive. Dispatched on March 18th 1972, it was finished in Azzurro Cielo with silver wheels, matching sills and blue leather seats. The…
Read More37 years after Maserati’s last victory in an international championship, the firm returned to top flight motor sport with a GT racing car based on the renowned Ferrari Enzo. Since Pedro Rodriguez…
Read MoreAlthough Ferrari initially planned to build 349 Enzos, this figure was later officially increased to 399 production cars. However, the actual number of Enzos built is thought to be closer to 500, although…
Read MoreAt the 1965 Le Mans 24 Hours, Ford entered a brace of modified GT40 Prototypes complete with enormous seven-litre engines. Unfortunately, the decision to campaign these Mk2 Prototypes at la…
Read MoreUnveiled in November 1968 at the Turin Motor Show, the P6 was the inspiration for Pininfarina's mid-engined production Ferraris that would come on stream in the early 1970s. Of the myriad…
Read MoreChassis CLA12487 was among the first of 37 right-hand drive Countach 5000 S constructed. Painted black with a matching black interior and rear wing, it was dispatched from the factory on 18th June…
Read MoreThe three-race JaguarSport Intercontinental Challenge supported the Formula 1 events at Monaco, Silverstone and Spa in 1991. XJR-15 purchasers got the cost of race preparation and maintenance…
Read MoreWhat is a Jaguar XJR-15? The XJR-15 was conceived by Tom Walkinshaw Racing (TWR) as the ultimate road car of its day. TWR ran Jaguar’s sports car racing programme of the time and the XJR-15…
Read MoreChassis 124 was a white right-hand drive RS200 road car equipped with the 350bhp power pack. It was registered E900 BAP in August 1987 and delivered to its first owner, Chris Owen of West Sussex.
Read MoreFollowing the Black Monday stock market crash in October 1987, speculators and investors piled into alternative asset classes, one of which was high end collector cars. As a consequence…
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