When De Tomaso unveiled the Pantera GT5 at the Turin Motor Show in November 1980, sales of the existing narrow-bodied Pantera began an inexorable decline. The GT5 tapped into the zeitgeist for…
Read MoreChassis 73015 was the first of eight F40 prototypes built, seven of which were manufactured in 1987. It first appeared at the Maranello Civic Centre press conference that took place on 21st July 1987. This…
Read MoreWhen Audi conceived the R8, the idea was to produce a flagship mid-engined supercar that could also spearhead the firm’s move into the popular discipline of GT racing. The resultant R8 LMS…
Read MoreChassis P/1009 was a competition-spec. Mk1 GT40 that was purchased by privateer racing driver, Peter Sutcliffe. Sutcliffe’s family hailed from Huddersfield in West Yorkshire and owned a successful…
Read MoreFerrari’s first two-seat junior model, the Dino 206 GT, was launched in 1968, ostensibly to homologate a V6 engine for use in Formula 2 racing. However, when the gorgeous little Dino GT…
Read MoreHaving saved Aston Martin and Lagonda from oblivion during the late 1940s, British industrialist, David Brown, put the reformed company (Aston Martin Lagonda Ltd.) up for sale in late 1971.
Read MoreChassis CSX 2286 was created to serve as one of Shelby’s two Cobra Daytonas for the 1964 Le Mans 24 Hours. Rather than being built to standard trim, Carroll Shelby had the idea to fit the car with a big…
Read MoreChassis M6GT-1, which would become Bruce McLaren’s personal street car, was completed in early 1970. By this time, Trojan (who had the contract to build McLaren’s customer cars) had already…
Read MoreWhen Jaguar unveiled the XK120 at the London Motor Show in October 1948, the stunning two-seat Roadster caused a sensation. The attraction was obvious: Jaguar had created arguably the best…
Read MoreChassis DLA12563 was bought new by Ernie Marshall via Portman Lamborghini on George Street in London. It was dispatched from the factory on March 29th 1983 and was one of 37 Countach 5000 S…
Read MoreAuto manufacturers began to adopt the mid-engined layout for their small displacement sports cars in the late 1960s. By the early 1970s, models like the Porsche 914 and Fiat X1/9 were being sold in vast…
Read MoreChassis 9114600100 was one of the 15 cars specially produced by Porsche to contest the inaugural International Race of Champions (IROC). Organised by Roger Penske Enterprises, the IROC series…
Read MoreAt the Frankfurt Motor Show in September 1989, BMW unveiled their new range-topping flagship: the E31 8-series. Developed at vast cost, the 8-series effectively replaced the long-running E24 6-series.
Read MoreAlongside their front V12-engined 250 TRI/61, Scuderia Ferrari campaigned a brace of mid V6-engined 246 SP models in 1961. For the 1962 season, chief engineer, Carlo Chiti, designed a pair of…
Read MoreAs a result of mid-season rule changes, poor reliability and a stronger-than-expected challenge from BMW, the 1976 World Championship for Makes had been a more closely fought campaign than…
Read MoreOf the 37 Countach 5000 S built in right-hand drive, one of the lowest mileage and most rarely seen examples was chassis DLA12654. Configured in Nero with a Panna interior and the optional rear…
Read MoreChassis 1016 was the first of two Ferrari 512 S supplied to Scuderia Filipinetti in 1970. Scuderia Filipinetti was the racing team owned by the Ferrari distributor for Switzerland, Georges Filipinetti.
Read MoreChassis 001 was the first Yamaha OX99-11 completed. Three cars were built in total with chassis numbers 001, 003 and 007. Assembly took place at International Auto Design (IAD) with fine tuning…
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