As soon as the first Ferrari took to the track in May 1947, the company from Maranello began a rapid ascent to the pinnacle of sports car racing. Similar domination ultimately followed in Formula 1.
Read MoreXP2 was the second of five prototype McLaren F1s completed with the XP chassis prefix. Prior to the quintet of XP cars, McLaren had used the non-running F1 Clinic Model at a number of…
Read MoreChassis 4301195 was the 36th M1 Procar built. Unusually, it did not compete in the Procar series that took place in 1979 and 1980. Instead, chassis 4301195 made its competition debut in the 1981 IMSA…
Read MoreLamborghini’s fourth generation flagship supercar, the Murcielago, was unveiled at a Sant’Agata press conference on September 8th 2001. It was then publicly introduced at the Frankfurt Motor…
Read MoreChassis SL76/150 was one of 16 Lola T70 GTs built to Mk3B specification. It was originally sold to renowned British privateer, David Piper. David Piper was among the best known sports car entrants…
Read MoreThe first RS-badged Ford arrived in 1970 when the Mk1 Escort RS1600 was introduced. Powered by a dual overhead camshaft Cosworth BDA engine, the RS1600 went on to become one of the most…
Read MoreChassis 143 was delivered to Team Schuppan in May 1989. It was the first 962 equipped by the factory with Bosch MP 1.7 Motronic engine management. Other new equipment fitted to this latest…
Read MoreThe introduction of the second series 250 GT Coupe in mid 1958 brought about a further decline of special-bodied cars. The elegant Notchback lines of the Series 2 replaced the Fastback design…
Read MoreAfter the FIA decided to ban Group B cars on safety grounds, the humble Lancia Delta found itself catapulted to the forefront of world rallying. When Group A took over in 1987, the turbocharged, four…
Read MoreXP4 was the fourth of five F1 prototypes built with the XP chassis prefix. Like XP2 and XP3, it was originally configured with small front indicators and single tail lights. McLaren first painted XP4 dark…
Read MoreFor 1976, new sports car racing regulations were introduced. Group 6 was for out-and-out Prototypes with no minimum production requirement. Groups 4 and 5 were open to production…
Read MoreChassis 0824 was one of four new Ferrari P cars built up for the 1964 season. In addition, Ferrari also uprated their four 1963 cars with the latest 275 and 330 engines. As had been the case since 1962…
Read MoreJens Lucking grew up in a small German town halfway between Berlin and Amsterdam. He started out with an inexpensive Agfamatic given to him as a tenth birthday gift by his…
Read MoreChassis S675360 was a special-bodied XK120 SE commissioned by Jaguar’s US distributor, Max Hoffman. Hoffman was born in Vienna in 1904; his father was a Rolls-Royce dealer. From an early age…
Read MoreEver since Alessandro de Tomaso established his own company in 1959, he had sought the investment of a major motor manufacturer. That dream finally came true in 1969 when the Ford Motor…
Read MoreChassis 4934 started life as a Miura SV painted Blu Ischia Metallizato with a Bianco interior. However, before it was completed, 4934 was converted into the first SV/J for Mohammad Pahlavi…
Read MoreBMW’s first Art Car came about in 1975 as a result of a suggestion from French fine art auctioneer and amateur racing driver, Herve Poulain. That first collaboration, an E9 CSL painted by Alexander…
Read MoreChassis 1030 was one of the 512s delivered to Ferrari’s factory-supported satellite organisations for 1970. Its destination was Ecurie Francorchamps, the racing division of Belgian Ferrari importer…
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