The Capri RS2600 had been conceived by Ford Motorsport Germany as a challenger for the European Touring Car Championship (ETCC) which for 1970 returned to a Group 2 format. To qualify…
Read MoreThe W124-based 500 E launched at the Paris Motor Show in October 1990 was Mercedes’ highly anticipated answer to the BMW M5. Prior to its arrival, customers of the three-pointed star that…
Read MoreAfter McLaren’s sensational debut victory during the sodden Le Mans 24 Hours in 1995 there was no question a strong contingent of the cars from Woking would look to attend 1996’s running of the…
Read MoreAlthough BMW made a major investment to bring the E9 3.0 CSL to fruition (including the establishment of an entirely new Motorsport department), the works team failed to win any of the…
Read MoreFollowing the completion of two RSR prototypes (9113600001 and 9113600002), Porsche built a batch of eight R-numbered examples that were typically riddled with experimental equipment (R1 through…
Read MoreAt the Paris Motor Show in September 2002, Ferrari unveiled its fourth generation mid-engined limited edition flagship: the Enzo. Created as a successor to the legendary 288 GTO, F40 and F50…
Read MoreHaving opened up a new market for limited edition mid engined flagships with the 288 GTO during the mid 1980s, Ferrari went on to create the F40 and F50 which similarly came to be regarded as…
Read MoreAs its DP chassis moniker would suggest, DP/2161/1 began life as an Aston Martin Design Prototype. It initially emerged from the Newport Pagnell factory as a Fiesta Red DB4 Series 5 with black…
Read MoreFor the 1988 season, Toyota created the 88C which was a fairly straightforward evolution of the previous year’s 87C. These updated cars, again powered by a turbocharged 2.1-litre 3S-GT inline four…
Read MoreFor the 1998 one-make Supercup championship, Porsche introduced a new 996-based racer dubbed the 911 GT3 Cup. The original road-going 996-type 911 had been launched in rear-wheel…
Read MoreAlthough the Ford Sierra RS Cosworth and BMW E30 M3 largely dominated their respective classes in Group A touring car racing, neither proved so successful that the rulemakers decided to abandon…
Read MoreAlthough Bruno Saby had debuted the T16 Evolution 2 on the Tour de Corse back in May 1985, championship contenders Timo Salonen and Ari Vatanen stuck with the tried and tested Evolution 1…
Read MoreIn addition to the GT40 and Cobra programmes, Ford commissioned Shelby to create an uprated Mustang to compete in the SCCA B-Production Championship. The resultant Shelby GT350 was…
Read MoreAlthough Porsche’s back catalogue is filled with beautiful and successful machinery, the iconic Group 4 / 5 917 raced between 1969 and 1971 remains unmatched in terms of status and desirability.
Read MoreChassis P/1047 was one of twelve GT40s raced in seven-litre Mk2 trim during the 1966 season. It made its competition debut as part of an eight-strong Mk2 contingent that attended the Le Mans 24…
Read MoreSince the early 1970s, BMW’s Motorsport-equipped models had played a significant role in helping to establish the firm as a modern day rival to Mercedes-Benz. Mercedes subsequently got…
Read MoreThe late 1980s supercar boom saw a rash of new and limited edition cars brought to market as manufacturers sought to capitalise on the red hot market for what rapidly became a new investment…
Read MoreChassis 0502 was the first Miura built into a finished car. It followed the naked rolling chassis that had been displayed at the 1965 Turin Motor Show which opened in late October and ran until early…
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