Although Ferrari’s legendary Gioacchino Colombo-designed V12 started life with a displacement of 1496cc in 1948, by the end of that year it had been enlarged to 1995cc (166cc per cylinder).
Read MoreWhen Porsche created the hardcore 911 2.7 Carrera RS for the 1973 model year, many of the company’s senior managers were not convinced it would be easy to sell the 500 cars needed to…
Read MoreThe final iteration of Aston Martin’s legendary non-Vantage V8 was introduced at the New York Motor Show in January 1986. It most notably marked a return to fuel-injection for the revamped…
Read MoreChassis 198.040.5500640 was the first of four steel-bodied 300 SL Gullwings specially prepared by the Mercedes-Benz competition department for assessment during 1955. Steel as opposed to…
Read MoreEven beyond the world of motoring, Jaguar’s E-type needs no introduction. Thanks to its beautiful coachwork, state-of-the-art specification and impressive performance, the E-type came to be…
Read MoreChassis 01-021 was the AAW Racing Team 917 Spyder raced by Leo Kinnunen to victory in the 1971 Interserie Championship (the first of three back-to-back titles for Kinnunen in the premier European…
Read MoreAs if the paltry 200-car homologation requirement for Group B did not permit sufficiently extreme machinery, manufacturers were permitted to build even more potent Evolution variants from the…
Read MoreAlthough the gen. three Celica TCT was fairly conventional by the super specialised nature of most Group B creations, its toughness and reliability helped Toyota to half-a-dozen WRC wins on the…
Read MorePorsche first used the Carrera name for its range-topping dual overhead cam 356. It was adopted to honour the German firm’s success in the gruelling Carrera Panamericana road race held between…
Read MoreAll the $1m plus sales from Monterey week.
Read MoreChassis GT/104 was one of twelve Ford GT Prototypes manufactured prior to the subsequent Mk1 and Mk2 variants. GT/104’s debut appearance came alongside a brace of sister cars at the 1964 Le…
Read MoreBetween 1954 and ‘55, Aston Martin supplied seven DB2/4 rolling chassis to millionaire Chicago industrialist, Stanley Arnolt. In addition to having been a distributor for the likes of Rolls Royce…
Read MoreChassis 4996 was a left-hand drive Miura SV configured in the rarely seen colour combination of Nero Cangiante with Bianco leather upholstery and Nero carpet. The wheels and side sills were…
Read MoreIn addition to Lamborghini which played a major role in developing the M1 on BMW’s behalf, B&S Fabrications, Project Four Racing and Osella assisted with production of the Procar variant in…
Read MoreFollowing its motor show debut at Geneva in March 1961, Jaguar’s sensational E-type not only proved a massive commercial success but also became a sixties design icon. As a consequence…
Read MoreFollowing a series of impressive results with the XK120 during 1949 and ‘50, Jaguar elected to produce a more extreme iteration conceived purely for competition success. The resultant XK120-C…
Read MorePorsche’s back catalogue is filled with significant models from the marque’s history, whether it be racing cars like the 917, 956 and 962 that brought such major success or production models like the…
Read MoreFollowing the stock market crash of October 1987, investors flocked to new asset classes, one of which was high end and collectable cars. A surge of new money flowed into the market from early…
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