Five years after the original Cosworth-tuned 190 E 2.3-16 broke cover at Frankfurt in September 1983, Mercedes got serious about a motor sport programme for the car. The firm’s initial…
Read MoreFive years after Lamborghini had displayed the production-spec. Countach LP400, an even more dramatic variant was unveiled at the 1978 Geneva Motor Show. Dubbed Countach S, this latest…
Read MoreHaving embarked on some early competition outings with the Capri following its launch at the Brussels Motor Show in January 1969, Ford Motorsport Germany decided to create a Group 2…
Read MoreChassis C208 was one of 20 T16s built to Evolution 2 specification, all of which were reserved for use by the works team: Peugeot Talbot Sport (PTS). C208 made its debut in the opening round of the…
Read MoreAfter three consecutive years of BMW Art Car appearances at the Le Mans 24 Hours (1975, ‘76 and ‘77), a two year gap followed prior to the arrival of a fourth instalment of the theme. Despite the…
Read MoreAlthough the flagship P1 of 2012 to 2015 was in many respects McLaren’s modern interpretation of the legendary 1990s F1, the new model’s conventional two-seat layout and much greater production…
Read MoreChassis 55729 was one of 20 Ferrari 288 GTOs officially sold in the UK. It was ordered as the start exhibit for the soon-to-be-opened Patrick Collection in Kings Norton, just outside Birmingham.
Read MoreDespite its vast price premium over a standard 911 Turbo, the Flachbau became a surprisingly popular option during the second half of the 1980s. Having started as a Special Wish upgrade for VIP…
Read MoreAfter a troubled gestation that was further delayed following the Volkswagen Audi Groups’s takeover of Automobili Lamborghini in 1998, a highly anticipated replacement for the Diablo finally broke…
Read MoreTwo months after BMW Motorsport had released the ultimate 3.2-litre iteration of the E9 CSL (the ‘Batmobile’), a forced induction version of the diminutive E20 was unveiled at the Frankfurt Motor…
Read MoreIn a similar fashion to the Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR which was a sports racing version of the W196 Formula 1 car, Maserati’s 300 S was heavily derived from the fabled 250F. Built around a tubular…
Read MoreTo replace the ageing DB2-based platform that had served the company so well since 1950, Aston Martin introduced the brand new DB4 at the Paris Motor Show in October 1958. Styled by Touring…
Read MoreChassis 0036 was the 550 purchased new by Frankfurt racing driver, Theo Helfrich. Between 1949 and 1953, Helfrich mostly campaigned Veritas cars in a mixture of sports and monoposto events.
Read MoreHaving been founded in 1984 following the merger of Nissan’s Oppama and Omori competition departments, Nissan Motorsport International (Nismo) went on to achieve great things in various…
Read MoreThe Group B regulations that arrived in 1982 and took full effect from 1983 spawned some of the most exciting competition cars ever seen. Today, the Group B era is most commonly remembered…
Read MoreHaving established his car company to build the kind of conservatively-styled Grand Tourers that appealed to discrete industrialists like himself, Ferruccio Lamborghini’s firm soon found itself…
Read MoreChassis M3/1107 was the last of seven Mk3 GT40s constructed and one of two built in 1969. Famously, only three of the seven Mk3s were purchased by private buyers. The other four were…
Read MoreBy the mid-to-late 1980s, Willy Koenig’s tuning and customisation company was at the peak of its power. In a little over ten years, Koenig Specials had gone from a small Munich garage to a plush…
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