Chassis 2841 SA was one of 14 Pininfarina-bodied Series 1 400 Superamericas built with Coupe Aerodunamico bodywork. Of these, half came with headlights mounted behind glass covers. The…
Read MoreThe idea to drape arguably the best homologation special of its era with a pared down shell designed by one of Italy's most highly regarded coachbuildres should have been a recipe for a…
Read MoreOf all the myriad special edition Chirons manufactured between 2018 and 2022, among the most interesting was the Profilee which Bugatti conceived as a more refined version of the radical Pur…
Read MoreChassis 047 was the XJR-15 ordered by the British director and general manager of Champion spark plugs, Robin Longdon. Although a keen historic racer himself, Longdon purchased 047, a racing…
Read MoreHaving been appointed Porsche chairman in August 1972, Dr Ernst Fuhrmann immediately decided the 917 programme had become excessively expensive and too detached from the firm’s road car…
Read MoreHaving produced a line of super high end models during the 1950s and 60s, the apparent death of low volume coachbuilding and the difficult economic times that followed seemed to kill off demand…
Read MoreChassis ELA12754 was one of the 37 Countach 5000 S built in right-hand drive. It was ordered by Rob Capp of Bristol, the first of three Countach he would order from Portman Lamborghini over the next…
Read MoreLancia’s ambitious motor sport programme of the early 1950s had seen the company compete in both top flight sports car racing and Formula 1. However, money problems saw the financially…
Read MoreHaving started out with a small line of body and exhaust parts for the Ferrari BB, Koenig Specials were soon offering some of the most elaborately engineered custom supercars on the planet.
Read MoreAt the Geneva Motor Show in March 1993, Aston Martin unveiled two of the most significant pieces of machinery in its history. Unsurprisingly, the gorgeous straight six-powered DB7 stole all the…
Read MoreAlthough the 227bhp B4-based S2 launched in 1991 was an extremely accomplished machine, it was soon overshadowed by the first in a series of super high performance RS-badged Audis.
Read MoreChassis 26/4143 was an Elan S2 ordered by Jack Gordon of New Providence in the Bahamas. Gordon purchased the car to contest the Nassau Speed Week races in which he had previously run an…
Read MoreUndoubtedly the most formidable Aston Martin road car of the 1990s and early 2000s was the V600-equipped Vantage. Launched at the Birmingham Motor show in October 1998, the V600 pack most…
Read MoreChassis P/1000 was the first Mk1 GT40 tub produced. It initially served as Ford Advanced Vehicles’ basis for tailoring body panels for early GT40s. As a result, P/1000 was not built up into a complete…
Read MoreThe first generation Civic launched in 1972 was a make-or-break model for Honda’s automobile division. Up until that point, the firm had predominantly focused on Kei cars for the domestic market.
Read MorePerhaps no other vehicle exemplified the boom-to-bust nature of the late 1980s / early 1990s period than Jaguar’s XJ220. Unveiled in late 1988 with a projected pre-tax price of £290,000, around 1400…
Read MoreAfter an online reveal in December 2017, McLaren presented the third iteration of their Ultimate Series at the Geneva Motor Show in March 2018. Dubbed the Senna in honour of arguably the…
Read MoreChassis DLA12566 was one of the 37 right-hand drive 5000 S produced from a total run of 323 units. It was ordered via the UK Lamborghini distributor, Portman, by VIP customer and serial…
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