As part of recently appointed Chairman Ernst Fuhrmann’s decision to focus the company’s competition programme on the 911 as opposed to purpose-built sports prototypes, Porsche elected…
Read MoreAlthough the 1973-1974 International Race of Champions and 1979-1980 Procar Championships had pitched entire grids of identical high-end European machinery against one another (Porsche 911…
Read MoreChassis 5139 SA was the last of 22 400 Superamericas built to Series 2 specification, 14 of which were completed with Pininfarina’s Coupe Aerodinamico bodywork and covered headlights. It was…
Read MoreLaunched at the Birmingham Motor Show in October 1988, the Virage was the first truly new model from Aston Martin since the four-door Lagonda back in 1976. Created to take the firm into the…
Read MoreEven though the elegant E24 6-series had been the driver’s choice when it came to executive class Coupes from the mid 1970s to the late 1980s, BMW chose not to offer a direct replacement when…
Read MoreIn addition to Erich Strenger’s litany of era-defining promotional posters created primarily to celebrate his employer’s competition success, the Porsche company has also crossed the ether…
Read MoreChassis C204 made its debut at the third event in which Peugeot campaigned the T16 Evolution 2: the 1985 Rallye Sanremo. It was one of 20 Evolution 2s built – the minimum number required by…
Read MoreWhat is a Porsche 911 3.2 Speedster? The 911 3.2 Speedster was a modern interpretation of the pared-back, open-bodied theme last used on the 356 and 356 A platforms between 1954 and 1958.
Read MoreHaving produced the stunning and heavily over-subscribed 8C Competizione and Spider between 2007 and 2010, Alfa Romeo decided to create a less expensive iteration of the modern sports car…
Read MoreBy the mid 1970s, it was well known that the United States military would soon have to find a replacement for the Ford M151 jeep that could trace its origins back to the early 1950s and which had…
Read MoreHaving been founded in 1976, Tom Walkinshaw Racing (TWR) quickly became renowned for its work with privateer BMWs. The firm then picked up a manufacturer contract with Mazda for the British…
Read MoreChassis P/1003 was the Mk1 GT40 sold to French industrialist and racing driver, Guy Ligier. Ligier tentatively began competing in the late 1950s (on both two wheels and four), but it wasn’t until after…
Read MoreAlthough it must have seemed unlikely that the Lamborghini Countach could become any more spectacular, that is precisely what occurred when the Countach S was unveiled at the Geneva Motor…
Read MoreWhen Porsche unveiled the 996 type 911 at the Frankfurt Motor Show in September 1997, it marked the biggest raft of changes yet seen to the firm’s Flat 6-powered icon. Since going into production…
Read MoreAlthough the highly anticipated Ferrari versus Porsche battle for Group B circuit racing honours never materialised, the GTO programme embarked upon in Maranello did spawn arguably the…
Read MoreIgnoring the wickedly expensive 911 3.0 Carrera RS homologation special of which a little over 50 units were built, the ultimate 911 that Porsche offered for the 1974 model year was the 2.7 Carrera.
Read MoreFollowing its introduction at the Paris Motor Show in September 1972, Porsche’s 911 2.7 Carrera RS became the quickest off-the-shelf road car for any aspiring competitor. In M471 Sport trim (which…
Read MoreAlongside chassis 202, chassis 207 was one of the S4s to ‘Corsa’ trim that Lancia used for the model’s WRC debut on the 897km all-gravel 1985 RAC Rally which took place between November…
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