Chassis 670002 was the second left hand drive XK120 prototype. Famously, on May 30th 1949 the Old English White car was used by Jaguar for a high speed record attempt on a closed section of the…
Read MoreArguably the greatest upset in the Group C era of sports car racing came at the Le Mans 24 Hours in 1991 when the Mazda 787B of Johnny Herbert, Bertrand Gachot and Volker Weidler beat one of the…
Read MoreThe beautiful but very expensive 8C manufactured between 2007 and 2010 had a transformative effect on Alfa Romeo's image. Although the company had built a couple of high performance GTA…
Read MoreBetween 1947 and 1948, Ferrari’s legendary Gioacchino Colombo-designed V12 engine was rapidly enlarged from the 1.5-litres displacement seen in the original 125 Sport to 2-litres as used by the…
Read MoreTo keep the ageing but effective HF Integrale ahead of the competition for what would be the Delta’s fifth season in the World Rally Championship, Lancia produced their most extreme iteration of the…
Read MoreOf the six 911 RSR Porsches campaigned by the works Martini squad in 1973, none contested more events than chassis 9113600588 (also known as R6). R6 made its competition debut alongside R5…
Read MoreAlthough Ford had high hopes when they launched the Mustang in 1964, the company most likely never imagined it would become quite such a commercial success. On the first day of availability…
Read MoreThanks to an advanced specification and Rolls-Royce standard of luxury, the Aston Martin DB5 was already among the most expensive cars available during the mid 1960s. However, the list…
Read MoreWhile 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…
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