While production-based Group 3 Grand Touring cars contested the de facto World Sportscar Championship between 1962 and 1965, purpose-built racing cars duked it out for a Prototype Trophy…
Read MoreAlthough towards the end of its career the 956 / 962 was dethroned by newer machinery from Jaguar and Mercedes-Benz, Porsche’s legendary Sports Prototype came to define the Group C era…
Read MoreThe collapse of the World Sportscar Championship a few weeks before the beginning of the 1993 season ultimately led to an explosion of interest in the comparatively inexpensive discipline of GT…
Read MoreChassis THPNLM02263 was the first of 14 Panteras built to Group 4 specification and the only example manufactured in 1971. It was completed on December 2nd of that year in the trademark…
Read MoreWhen Porsche introduced the 911 in 1964, the company gambled that a bigger, more expensive six cylinder model would offer broader market appeal than the four cylinder 356. The decision…
Read MoreThe 512 BB was Ferrari’s second iteration of their mid Flat 12-engined Berlinetta Boxer. The first, the 4.4-litre 365 GT4 BB, had been produced from 1973 to 1976 having starred at the ‘71 Turin Motor Show…
Read MoreFor many, the 427-engined wide-bodied Competition Cobra remains the definitive incarnation of the collaboration between AC and Carroll Shelby. Shelby had originally hoped to produce 100…
Read MoreChassis B-0202 was the first true A3/C built to Corsa trim. It was ordered by East Coast dealer and racing driver, Ed Hugus, who had placed an option on the car after the Grifo’s debut at Turin in late…
Read MoreWhile upstarts Lamborghini and De Tomaso threw themselves into the market for large displacement mid-engined cars at the earliest opportunity, Ferrari and Maserati took a more…
Read MoreIn many respects, the 456 GT had proven the catalyst for a new Ferrari era upon its launch in late 1992. A long overdue successor to the front-engined four-seat 365 GT4, 400 and 412 line that had first…
Read MoreHaving invested a huge sum to develop a bona fide Group B car, the resultant Ford RS200 arrived several months late. Ford then decided to pull the plug early after a series of driver and spectator…
Read MoreAlthough BMW had originally conceived the M1 as a homologation special with which to challenge Porsche in the Group 4 and 5 racing classes, a troubled relationship with the firm’s Italian production…
Read MoreChassis 007 was the seventh F1 production car built and one of 25 examples manufactured in 1994. It was configured with arguably the best exterior colour scheme for an F1: Jet Black (which included…
Read MoreIn addition to the legendary GT40, Ford’s Total Performance programme of the 1960s spawned the most iconic Muscle Car of all time: the first generation Ford Mustang. Myriad different iterations of…
Read MoreThe World Is Not Enough was the 19th film in the James Bond franchise and the third to start Pierce Brosnan as secret agent 007. The plot saw Bond assigned to protect the daughter of an oil magnate…
Read MoreDespite having been around during the super tuner era of spectacular body kits and elaborate electronics, Alois Ruf chose a different path for his company that eschewed flashiness in favour of…
Read MoreChassis 20046 was the second of five Zagato-bodied V8 Vantages painted Hunter Green. Uniquely, it was the only one to come with Dark Red leather upholstery. The right-hand drive car was ordered by…
Read MoreAlthough Peugeot decided to quit top flight rallying at the end of 1986 as a result of the FIA’s unilateral decision to ban Group B cars from 1987, the French company did subsequently introduce a…
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