Chassis RLA12086 was the 86th Diablo SE30 and one of 18 built in right-hand drive. The commission was originally placed by the Brunei royal family, reputedly as a birthday present for…
Read MoreChassis 4301042 was the 13th M1 Procar completed. It was retained by BMW Motorsport and raced by a variety of high profile drivers during the inaugural Procar Championship in 1979. Emerson…
Read MoreWhen Mercedes-Benz launched the W198 300 SL in 1954, their high performance Gullwing-doored Coupe was arguably the most exciting motor car available. A little under three years later, it…
Read MoreChassis 20R was one of three 1997 F1 GTRs originally supplied to the Gulf-backed GTC Motorsport team. 20R and 25R were owned by GTC, while chassis 22R was prepared by GTC for German…
Read MoreAlthough Auto Union’s famous Grand Prix cars of 1935 to 1939 had shied away from a convention front-engined layout, the mid-engined configuration adopted by these Ferdinand Porsche-designed…
Read MoreOf the 20 cars built by Peugeot Talbot Sport (PTS) to Evolution 1 trim, four were allocated to the company’s distributor teams for Germany, Spain, Italy and the UK. These cars appeared in the works…
Read MoreAlthough there was little doubt that, with the formidable 917, Porsche had the fastest Sports Prototype of its era, a performance gulf existed between the crushingly effective short-tailed 917 K…
Read MoreChassis XKD 526 was one of three D-type Jaguars originally exported to Australia. It was supplied by Anderson’s Agencies, the Jaguar distributor for Brisbane, owned by Cyril Anderson and his…
Read MoreAfter spells at Fiat, Bertone and Ghia, automotive stylist, Giorgetto Giugiaro, established his own firm, Ital Design, in 1968. The new company made a big splash with its first car, the Bizzarrini P538…
Read MoreHaving successfully introduced the mid-engined SP line in 1961, Ferrari decided to create an updated model for 1962. In addition to the Vittorio Jano-designed V6 that served throughout 1961…
Read MoreAlthough BMW had not conceived the E36 M3 with competition in mind, circumstances conspired that it unexpectedly became quite a success in GT racing. Having been in the doldrums since the…
Read MoreChassis KLA12903 was one of 67 right-hand examples of the Countach Anniversary built. It was dispatched from the factory on January 31st 1990 and delivered to the UK Lamborghini distributor…
Read MoreSoon after General Motors acquired Lotus in 1986, executives from the two organisations decided to embark on a mutually beneficial image-building project. The plan was to create a machine similar to…
Read MoreChassis 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…
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