On October 17th 1973, Arab members of OPEC (the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries) announced an embargo on oil sales to the USA, the UK, Canada, Japan and the…
Read MoreLamborghini built 18 examples of the Diablo SE30 in right-hand drive. Like most of these 30th anniversary special editions, chassis RLA12087 was configured in Viola Metallic with a Blue alcantara…
Read MoreChassis 031 was the 27th F1 production car built and one of 14 manufactured in 1995. It was ordered by Japanese industrialist, Yoshikuni Okamoto of Kobe, whose family ran Okamoto Industries Inc.
Read MoreLamborghini built 147 examples of the Miura SV, 138 of which were left-hand drive. Chassis 5028 was one of these 138 cars and came with a number of special features at the request of its first…
Read MoreIn 1949, the Japanese government introduced a new taxation category for ultra-small vehicles known as the Kei class. Kei cars had to comply with regulations that limited their physical size and…
Read MoreChassis 660043 was one of seven XK120s built to Semi-Works specification. Jaguar supplied these cars to specially favoured customers who went on to successfully race and rally them throughout the…
Read MoreBMW Motorsport was established in early 1971 to develop an E9-based machine capable of winning the European Touring Car Championship (ETCC). The resultant 3.0 CSL made its debut at the…
Read MoreChassis 113 was the second Porsche 962 sold to New York industrialist, team owner and racing driver, Bob Akin. Having initially taken up racing with an Alfa Romeo Giulietta Spider in 1957 (which…
Read MoreAmong the many Veyron special editions created by Bugatti, of particular note were a pair of spectacular Art Cars based on the Grand Sport platform. The Grand Sport was a targa-topped…
Read MoreChassis 008 was a Dino 206 S Spyder originally destined for use by Scuderia Ferrari. 008 debuted alongside four other Dinos at the 1966 Monza 1000km (round three of that year’s World Sportscar…
Read MoreChassis 4816 was one of the nine Miuras originally built to right-hand drive SV specification. It was configured with Giallo Fly paint, a Bleu interior, silver sills, silver wheels and air-conditioning.
Read MoreZagato’s first collaboration with Automobili Lamborghini happened in a semi-official capacity during 1965. At the time, Ferruccio Lamborghini’s auto maker had just got up to speed with production of…
Read MoreIn the midst of an epic Ferrari v Jaguar battle for Sports car racing supremacy, Mercedes-Benz swept in with a machine that is regarded among the greatest ever: the 300 SLR. Thanks to an…
Read MoreThe 953 was the first four-wheel drive 911. Three examples were built to contest the 1984 Paris-Dakar Rally. 100022 was registered BB PW 528. It ran the Paris-Dakar as Porsche’s fast service car in…
Read MoreIn late 1979, Ferrari introduced a third iteration of their grand four-seat model originally launched as the 365 GT4 in 1972. The 4.4-litre 365 GT4 had evolved to become the 4.8-litre 400 in 1976. Although it…
Read MoreChassis 102 was one of five customer cars built for the Porsche 962’s inaugural season: 1984. It was supplied to New York industrialist, team owner and racing driver, Bob Akin. Between 1974 and 1995…
Read MoreLike the R32 GT-R, the new-for-1995 R33 variant was available in a choice of different specifications. Least expensive of these was the base model R33 GT-R which nevertheless offered scintillating…
Read MoreChassis 1120120 was a right-hand drive Countach LP400 that was dispatched from the factory on June 27th 1975. It was configured in Rosso Speciale with Nero upholstery and was supplied to the…
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