When it was time to create a replacement for the elegant Wilhelm Hofmeister-designed E9 Coupe, BMW turned to their recently appointed head of stying, Paul Bracq. Bracq joined BMW in 1970.
Read MoreChassis 012 was the twelfth McLaren F1 production car built and one of 25 completed in 1994. It was commissioned by the President of the Japanese importer for Tag Heuer who specified Dark Silver…
Read MoreWhen Citroen took ownership of Maserati in January 1968, the Italian firm began an optimistic era that was supposed to bring some much-needed stability. By late 1973, Citroen had ushered in an…
Read MoreThe SE 010 was Abarth’s new-for-1968 under two-litre Group 6 challenger created to take on similar machinery from the likes of Alfa Romeo (33/2), Porsche (910), Chevron (B8), Lotus (47) and…
Read MoreChassis 008R was one of 24 Porsche 911 Rs built. 15 of these were destined for customers. The other nine were retained by Porsche for testing and competition use. Like most of the 911 Rs, 008R was…
Read MoreChassis 0116 A was one of 25 Ferrari 340 Americas built, the first two of which started life as 275 Sports that were raced in 1950. Eight of these 25 cars, to include chassis 0116 A, were built with…
Read MoreSoon after the SZ had been launched at the Geneva Motor Show in March 1989, Alfa Romeo turned their attention to creating a more conventionally styled flagship that could be sold in greater…
Read MoreChassis 1120200 was a late example of the 157 Countach built to Lamborghini’s original LP400 specification. A European-market left-hand drive derivative, it was configured in the popular shade…
Read MoreWhen Stuart Turner was appointed as head of Ford Motorsport in March 1983, he quickly decided to abandon the firm’s existing competition programmes. This meant the troubled RS1700T Group…
Read MoreChassis 306681S (also known as R2) was the second of four 911 R prototypes, all of which were reserved for factory use. These four vehicles were subsequently followed by an additional run of 20…
Read MoreIn its many guises, the 205 was arguably the most important Peugeot of modern times. Prior to its arrival, the firm was teetering on the edge of bankruptcy owing to a combination of bad…
Read MoreChassis SL76/148A was the second T70 Mk3B GT supplied to Swedish privateer, Picko Troberg. It replaced Troberg’s earlier example, SL76/148, which had been wrecked by Bjorn Rothstein during…
Read MoreIn 1952, Enzo Ferrari signed an agreement that saw Pininfarina become the Maranello firm’s official body designer and coachbuilder. In the decades that followed, Pininfarina created nearly all of…
Read MoreChassis 205 was the second Delta S4 ‘Corsa’ to appear in competition. The first (chassis 201) had debuted in April 1985 as the course car for the Rally Costa Smerelda. This was followed by two…
Read MoreChassis 052 was the second of three short tail 917s built with an experimental magnesium chassis. The magnesium chassis was created specially for 1971’s Le Mans 24 Hour race where Porsche would…
Read MoreChassis 024 was the 22nd McLaren F1 production car built and one of 25 constructed in 1994. Completed in December of that year, it was configured with Carbon paint and a grey / black…
Read MoreMercedes-Benz spent eight years and a vast sum of money to develop their vitally important compact-class W201 190. It turned out to be time and cash well spent as, by early 1988, a staggering…
Read MoreChassis DB5/2008/R was one of four DB5s built in period to Q-branch specification for Eon Productions. The first two examples (DP/2161/1 and DB5/1486/R) were used in the making of the 1964…
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