From its introduction in early 1977 until the last example rolled off the production line in late 1989, the Aston Martin V8 Vantage was Britain’s only series production offering that could rival Italy’s top-of…
Read MoreChassis 9113600020, also known as R2, was one of eight R-numbered RSR prototypes built for the 1973 season following the completion of two development mules (9113600001 and 9113600002).
Read MoreIntroduced at the Geneva Motor Show in March 1982, the 5000 S was Lamborghini’s third major iteration of the Countach theme. It followed the original narrow-bodied LP400 launched nine years…
Read MoreThanks to regulations that effectively only required a passing resemblance between donor car and track version, the Group 5 era of 1976 to 1982 spawned arguably the most spectacular production…
Read MoreUnveiled in March of 1987 and ‘88 respectively, BMW’s first pair of E30 M3 Evolutions catapulted the Bavarian firm to great success in Group A Touring Car racing. The Evolution rule allowed…
Read MoreThe 500 Mondial was Ferrari’s new for 1954 under two-litre Sports racing car and replacement for the outgoing 166 Mille Miglia / 53. Powered by an Aurelio Lampred-designed inline four cylinder engine…
Read MoreOf all the great 1980s and 90s supercars, Jaguar’s spectacular XJR-15 is perhaps the least widely known. The brainchild of Tom Walkinshaw who ran Jaguar’s racing programme of the time, the XJR-15…
Read MoreA selection of photographs from the 1990 Lamborghini Owners Club Miura run out. Featured cars: Lamborghini Miura S: EVG 66H, Lamborghini Miura SV: LYV 186K, Lamborghini Miura: KRX 297H…
Read MorePorsche created two new models for the burgeoning early ‘90s GT racing scene: the Flat 6 normally aspirated 964-based 911 Carrera RSR and the forced induction inline four cylinder 968 Turbo RS.
Read MoreAlthough Toyota’s seven-year $2b F1 programme of 2002 to 2009 ultimately yielded just 13 podiums from 139 starts and a best finish of fourth in the 2004 Constructors’ championship, it led to the firm…
Read MoreChassis 195 was a standard 250bhp right-hand drive RS200 that Ford sold during early 1987 to the Patrick Collection in Birmingham. The Patrick Collection was a motor museum established by…
Read MoreFive years after Lamborghini had celebrated its 25th anniversary with a last-of-the-line Countach, the firm’s 30th was marked with a tricked out Diablo: the SE30. Limited to 150 units, the SE30 was a…
Read MoreFerrari created two top flight Group 6 Prototypes for the 1967 season which would be the last year for these epic unlimited engined leviathons before the FIA imposed a three-litre limit to curtail speeds.
Read MoreThe inaugural International Race of Champions (IROC) was the brainchild of American industrialist and team owner, Roger Penske. The contest would pitch twelve of the world’s top Formula 1…
Read MoreThe epic 1973 European Touring Car Championship battle between Ford and BMW remains a high point for tin-top racing to this day. Both firms employed the best drivers available and spent huge…
Read MoreHaving commissioned arguably the most radical rally car ever to tackle the special stages in 1971 (the Lancia Stratos), for marketing reasons the Fiat Group decided its replacement should be more…
Read MoreUnlike the T16 Evolution 1 which was campaigned in a quasi-works capacity by some of Peugeot’s distributor teams, all 20 Evolution 2s were retained for the exclusive use of the works operation…
Read MoreAs a consequence of an extremely high price at a time of a severe economic downturn, Lancia’s Dutch distributor, Lusso Service Holland, only took orders for 24 of their Lancia Delta HF Integrale…
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