To stand any chance of beating the all-conquering McLaren F1 GTR which had been developed without regard to expense as the finest road car ever made, Mercedes-Benz and Porsche were…
Read MoreChassis 022 was the XJR-15 driven by Ian Flux in 1991’s JaguarSport Intercontinental Challenge. The three-race series offered $1m for the winner of the final contest and a Jaguar XJR-S for the victors in…
Read More21 years after the company had last created a purpose-built competition Prototype, Ferrari produced the sensational 333 SP for its customers to mount an attack on the 1994 IMSA World…
Read MoreHaving left the family home in Shizuoka aged 15 without any formal education, Soichiro Honda headed for Tokyo where he found work as an apprentice car mechanic. Six years later in 1922, Honda…
Read MoreFollowing the best part of a ten-year period when the Le Mans 24 Hours was contested exclusively by purpose-built Sports Prototypes, 1993’s event marked the return of production-based GT cars to…
Read MoreChassis 4874 was a left-hand drive Miura SV configured in Bianco with two-tone Bianco / Nero upholstery. It was dispatched to Malta on June 25th 1971 for British property magnate, John Gaul.
Read MoreIn order to homologate an F1-derived normally aspirated V12 for the 333 SP racing car, Ferrari equipped its third generation mid-engined super speciale with said engine, albeit in 4.7 as opposed…
Read MoreBy the autumn of 1951 Porsche’s fortunes had been transformed. When 356 production began in 1949, it did so at a converted Austrian sawmill because the firm’s Zuffenhausen plant in Stuttgart…
Read MoreIntroduced mid-way through the 1966 season, the 910 served as Porsche’s replacement for the outgoing 906. Based around a tubular steel spaceframe chassis into which were dropped various…
Read MoreFlush with Ford cash, De Tomaso decided to take the Pantera Group 4 motor racing where it would go head-to-head with Ferrari’s 365 GTB/4C, the Porsche 911 Carrera RSR and Chevrolet’s Corvette.
Read MoreChassis 21R was one of four 1997 F1 GTRs supplied to BMW Motorsport. In addition to having created the 6.1-litre engine for McLaren’s F1 supercar programme, BMW Motorsport had purchased three…
Read MoreEven though Porsche created their own reverse engineered machine for the late 90s GT1 scene, it took the might of Mercedes-Benz to topple McLaren over the course of an entire season. From…
Read MoreBetween 1974 and 1976, the Lancia Stratos established itself as among the most successful rally cars of all time winning three Manufacturers’ titles for the Turin-based firm. However, ahead of the 1977…
Read MoreJust five examples of the legendary Super GT-inspired NSX Type R GT were built by Honda, one of which was sold to a customer while the other four were retained by the company. Conceived with…
Read MoreWhen the prototype Countach LP500 broke cover at the Geneva Motor Show in March 1971, Lamborghini re-wrote the rules for production car design radicalism. At this stage, the wedge…
Read MoreWith its record of five major victories from eight race outings, Porsche 956 chassis 003 ranks among the most successful top flight Sports Prototypes ever. Reserved for use by the Rothmans…
Read MoreFerrari’s prime objective with the big block V12 engine from designer Aurelio Lampredi was to create a power unit that could propel the Maranello firm to victory in Grand Prix racing. However, the…
Read MoreFour-and-a-half years after the 924 was launched in late 1975, Porsche embarked on a competition programme with its entry-level model that famously resulted in a sixth place finish first time out at…
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