Having amassed a fortune from refrigeration units and other home appliances, Milanese industrialist Renzo Rivolta began to construct motorcycles following the conclusion of World War 2. 1952 saw…
Read MoreHaving displayed a Zagato-bodied Coupe based on the second generation Vanquish at the Villa d’Este Concours d’Elegance in May 2016, Aston Martin went on to commission a production version…
Read MoreChassis CSX2136 was the first of six 289-engined GT class Shelby Cobras built to Le Mans Replica trim. This small batch of cars was inspired by a pair of Cobras that had contested the Le Mans 24…
Read MoreThe 225 Sport was Ferrari’s new-for-1952 mid-size competition model and replaced the outgoing 212 Export. It most notably featured a new longer wheelbase chassis (extended from 2250mm to…
Read MoreAt the Paris Motor Show in October 1958, Aston Martin unveiled their highly anticipated replacement for the ageing DB Mk3: the DB4. Whereas the DB Mk3 had been a simple update of…
Read MoreHaving presented a trio of design concepts for their new front-engined supercar since 2005, Lexus finally unveiled the finalised LFA at the Tokyo Motor Show in October 2009. Production versions then…
Read MoreChassis C201 was the first T16 Evolution 2 that Peugeot used in competition. 20 of these cars were built as per the Evolution regulations that permitted a host of upgrades every twelve months so long…
Read MoreTo replace the long-running E9 CSL which had soldiered on well beyond its expected lifespan, BMW homologated the E24 635 CSi for the 1980 Group 2 Touring Car category. That season…
Read MoreWhen the first generation Type 8L A3 was launched in September 1996, it marked Audi’s return to the compact class after an absence of 18 years. The last Audi to compete in this market had been the 50…
Read MoreHaving successfully managed Jaguar’s touring car and prototype competition programmes, Tom Walkinshaw Racing (TWR) was the obvious choice to create the ultimate factory sanctioned…
Read MoreChassis 8971 was the first of two 365 P Tre-Postis built by Ferrari in collaboration with Pininfarina. Both were based on state-of-the-art P car underpinnings from Ferrari’s sports car racing programme…
Read MoreHaving first appeared on an uprated iteration of the critically acclaimed NSX in late 1992, Honda’s Type R moniker was subsequently used for a range of hardcore performance-oriented models that…
Read MoreFive years after he had joimed Porsche (back when the company was based in the Austrian town of Gmund and the 356/1 prototype was still on the drawing board), engineer Ernst Fuhrmann was given…
Read MoreChassis 031 was a 917 dispatched to the Gulf Oil-backed John Wyer Automotive team in England for use during the 1970 season. For carnet reasons it ran with the identity of chassis 026 which had been…
Read MoreThe mid 2010s saw Ferrari, McLaren and Porsche engage in a three-way battle for supremacy with a trio of limited edition flagship modes that set new performance standards. Compared to the…
Read MoreAlthough company founder Colin Chapman had attempted to move Lotus further upmarket during the 1970s, his “simplify, then add lightness” philosophy was still evident in models like the Esprit…
Read MoreIn order to satisfy those customers for whom the original 553bhp EB110 GT did not quite hit the mark, Bugatti introduced the monster SS version at Geneva in March 1992. In order to take the…
Read MoreChassis SL76/151 was the second T70 Mk3B GT sold to the Swiss Ferrari distributor, Georges Filipinetti. It followed chassis SL76/145 which incurred heavy damage on its debut outing at the…
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