When Alfa Romeo decided to return to top flight Sports car racing in 1967, they did so with the Autodelta-designed and built Tipo 33 which was initially powered by a diminutive two-litre V8…
Read MoreIn 2002, Audi launched their first mid-range RS-badged offering: the C5 RS6. Prior to this, only the more compact B4 and B5-based models had been manufactured in RS trim (the RS2 Avant and RS4…
Read MoreAlthough Porsche had great things planned for the 959 in Group B, it was ultimately a specially enhanced version of the regular 911 that went on to uphold the marque’s honour during those crazy…
Read MoreWhen Bugatti finally launched the production-ready Veyron in 2005 it was the culmination of a troubled six-year gestation that owed much to the new car’s hitherto unmatched technical…
Read MoreChassis 1120254 was ordered by Austrian-domiciled US author and mathematician, Dr John Casti. Casti received his PhD in mathematics at the University of Southern California in 1968. He then…
Read MoreChassis 15171 SA was the first Ferrari 400 Superamerica built. A further 23 were subsequently completed on the Series 1 platform, but none were anything like 1517 SA. It was commissioned by…
Read MoreThe extraordinary Stirling Moss edition was a fitting final iteration of the Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren. Launched at the Detroit Motor Show in January 2009, production was limited to just 75…
Read MoreTo celebrate 20 years since the first generation NSX arrived in 1989, a sensational Super GT-inspired concept was created by Honda’s de facto performance subsidiary: Mugen. Unveiled at…
Read MoreLaunched at the London Motor Show in October 1959 (twelve months after the original DB4), the DB4 GT was Aston Martin’s answer to the Ferrari 250 GT SWB Berlinetta that had been unveiled in Paris a…
Read MoreThe Group 4 era that kicked off in 1973 yielded an array of spectacular rally cars. Some Group 4 models such as the Lancia Stratos and mid-engined Renault 5 Turbo were created specially for the…
Read MoreHaving produced 31 examples of the original 934 in 1976, Porsche manufactured a batch of ten uprated cars for the 1977 season. Dubbed 934/5, these latest iterations were created for the US…
Read MoreAlthough Ferruccio Lamborghini had originally planned to build the kind of conservatively-styled front-engined Grand Tourers that he and many other Italian industrialists liked to own, his talented…
Read MoreOf all the Alpina variants built on BMW’s E24 6-series between 1977 and 1989, the most potent was the non-catalysed B7 Turbo. Offered between 1984 and ‘87 (after which Alpina moved away from…
Read MoreChassis 046 was the 39th F1 production car built from a total run of 64 units. Of these, 14 were completed in 1995. 046 was commissioned by British pharmaceutical magnate, Ray Bellm, for his…
Read MoreLaunched at the London Motor Show in October 1962, the Type 26 Elan was conceived to replace the Type 14 Lotus Elite which had most famously incorporated a state-of-the-art fibreglass monocoque…
Read MoreOf all the Esprits built between 1976 and 2004, the Sport 300 ranks as arguably the most highly regarded. Conceived as a road-going derivative of the 1992 IMSA Supercar Championship-winning…
Read MoreChassis 004 was the first 333 SP supplied to Giampiero Moretti, founder of the MOMO steering wheel company. Moretti began his racing career in 1961 and, over the next few years, sporadically…
Read MoreIn order for their customers to contest the new GT2 and GT3 classes of international motor racing, Porsche respectively created the 911 3.8 Carrera RSR and 968 Turbo RS. To homologate these…
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