The fleeting appearances of Mercedes-Benz in top flight motor sport during the 1950s yielded an astonishing array of silverware for such brief campaigns. In 1952, the W194 300 SL delivered wins…
Read MoreA selection of photographs taken during 1990 at the Talacrest showroom in Egham. Featured cars: Ferrari 288 GTO: B221 SFA, Ferrari 275 GTB: RPE 964E, Ferrari Dino 246 GT: DPA 185H, Ferrari 250…
Read MoreChassis ELA12731 was a left-hand drive Countach 5000 S supplied new to Sheikh Abdullah bin Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, the second son of the King of Bahrain. It was configured in Nero with a…
Read MoreWhen the C199 SLR McLaren made its debut in late 2003, the long overdue absence of a super high performance Mercedes-Benz that you could actually buy came to an end. Aficionados of the…
Read MoreDuring the 1960s, Porsche’s competition programme steadily progressed to the point that, by the end of the decade, the firm had become the dominant force in practically every discipline of…
Read MoreChassis B-0201 was the prototype Grifo A3/C displayed on the Iso stand at the Turin Motor Show between October 30th and November 11th 1963. The unpainted car (which had a bright red interior)…
Read MoreThe late eighties supercar boom proved a blessing for De Tomaso as an influx of speculators led to dramatically increased demand for all kinds of collectable and exotic motor cars. As a result, the…
Read MoreOnce aerodynamic addenda went mainstream in top flight motor racing during the early 1970s, the years that followed saw some wild appendages begin to appear. Nowhere was this more…
Read MoreWhen Ferrari launched the 550 Maranello in 1996 it marked a highly anticipated return for a front V12-engined two seater from the house of the prancing horse. The handsome new model proved…
Read MoreChassis SL76/149 was sold to 28-year old English privateer, Mike de Udy, for his 1969 campaign. Prior to this latest T70, in 1967 de Udy had purchased a new first generation Mk3 GT (chassis SL73/105)…
Read MoreThere seems little doubt that the McLaren Speedtail has come as close to the ethos of the original McLaren F1 as any modern era supercar. Constructed in a limited run of 106 units (as per its…
Read MoreThe Z line of two-seat sports cars came to fruition following the creation of BMW Technik which was established in 1985 to design and develop avant-garde concepts for new vehicles and technologies.
Read MoreIn an era of over-aggressively styled performance cars, the Alfa Romeo 8C harked back to a better time. Alfa Romeo built 500 fixed head 8C Competiziones between 2007 and 2009 which were…
Read MoreIn later 1973, Roger Penske ordered a batch of 15 special RSR Porsches to contest an exciting new series dubbed the International Race of Champions. The cars, each of which was finished in a…
Read MoreThe late 1960s and early 1970s spawned a variety of fantastic Wedge Design concepts. Although Ital Design and Pininfarina created some seminal machinery (most notably the Maserati Boomerang and…
Read MoreWhen Aston Martin introduced the Virage-based Vantage in late 1992 it marked the last hurrah for the firm’s venerable Tadek Marek-designed V8 engine that had been around in one shape or form…
Read MoreChassis XKD510 was a British Racing Green D-type dispatched from the factory on September 24th 1955. Its destination was Henlys in London where it was registered YPC 614 on September 26th.
Read MoreHaving seen all three of its specially prepared 911 Renn Sports retire on the 1973 Safari Rally, Porsche took another crack at the African event in 1974. The same trio of 911s used back in 1973…
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