Chassis 036 was the 30th F1 road car built and one of 14 completed in 1995. It was ordered by Mansour Ojjeh, the son of internationally renowned Saudi businessman, Akram Ojjeh. Akram Ojjeh’s…
Read MoreSince World War 2, automotive history has been littered with start up manufacturers that have attempted to take on the establishment with a mix of high performance Grand Tourers and…
Read MoreChassis 75052 was one of the eight F40 prototypes constructed. Of these, seven (including 75052) were constructed in 1987. All these cars came with a variety of features that did not appear on…
Read MoreChassis 040.5500758 was the 300 SL Gullwing famously entered by Mercedes-Benz for the 1955 Mille Miglia which took place over the weekend of April 30th and May 1st. Although an aluminium…
Read MoreWhen 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 MoreChassis 003 was one of three OX99-11 prototypes assembled in anticipation of a short production run for customers. 003 was painted green whereas the other two prototypes were red (001) and…
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.
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