A selection of photographs from a Ferrari Owners Club track day at Goodwood during the summer of 1981. Featured cars: Lotus Esprit Turbo: NPG 642W, Ferrari 512 BB: BTW 852T, Ferrari 365 GT4…
Read MoreHaving successfully campaigned the Group 6 LC1 during 1982, the Martini-backed Lancia squad created their first Group C car for the 1983 season. The resultant LC2 would take the challenge to…
Read MoreIn December 1969, Nissan presented the third iteration of their Japanese Domestic Market Fairlady Z. Although it looked broadly similar to the existing S30S (Fairlady Z) and the slightly better equipped…
Read MoreFollowing the premature death of his father in 1974, 24 year old Alois Ruf took the reins of his family’s garage in Pfaffenhausen, Bavaria. Alois Ruf Snr. had founded Auto Ruf back in 1939. Initially the…
Read MoreThe original V6-powered Dino was born out of Enzo Ferrari’s desire to go Formula 2 racing when new regulations would come into effect for 1967 with a 1.6-litre and six cylinder engine limit. As a…
Read MoreChassis DLA12568 was a left-hand drive Countach 5000 S ordered through Al Ayda in Saudi Arabia by Prince Khalid bin Faisal Al Saud of Riyadh. Prince Khalid was the third son of King Faisal and at the…
Read MoreAs a consequence of its stunning era defining coachwork, the advanced nature of the Jaguar E-type’s technical specification is often overlooked. Unlike rival offerings from Ferrari, Maserati or…
Read MoreDespite an upturn in speed and reliability, Ford had still been easily defeated by Ferrari during the 1965 season. For 1966, a new regulatory framework came into effect which saw the de-facto World…
Read MoreIn September 2003 Lamborghini announced a GT racing version of the Murcielago in collaboration with Reiter Engineering (who built the cars) and Audi Sport (who provided much of the technical…
Read MoreChassis 9113600017 was the seventh of ten units that were either 911 2.7 Carrera RS prototypes or show cars owned and operated by the Porsche factory. It was also the first Carrera RS officially built…
Read MoreOf all the myriad German tuners that sprung up in the 1970s and 80s, it was Willy Koenig’s company from Munich that arguably pushed the boundaries of styling and performance more than any other.
Read MoreAlthough the McLaren F1 was never designed with racing in mind, a GTR competition version was eventually created as the result of pressure applied by existing and potential customers. This first…
Read MoreUndoubtedly the most successful racing car of the Group 5 era which ran from 1976 to 1981 / ‘82 was Porsche’s epic 935. In 1976 the 935 was reserved for use by the Martini-backed factory team. 13…
Read MoreChassis 3799 was a left-hand drive home market Miura S delivered completed on November 15th 1968. It was configured in the period colour scheme of Verde Miura with Senape upholstery and was…
Read MoreAt the Frankfurt Motor Show in September 1999, BMW unveiled a flagship Roadster inspired by the car that nearly drove the company to bankruptcy 40 years beforehand: the legendary late fifties…
Read MoreChassis 672282 was one of three Jaguar XK120s owned by American actor, Clark Gable. Gable’s first example, chassis 670003, was just the third left-hand drive XK120 built; having seen photographs of…
Read MoreAlthough the updated 512 M showed much promise towards the end of 1970, noise emanating from Porsche regarding potential improvements to the 917, the frankly disappointing performance of the…
Read MoreFour-and-a-half years after the mould-breaking 360 Modena had broken cover at Geneva in March 1999, Ferrari launched a heavily revised replacement to occupy their entry-level two-seat sector.
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