With the rear-engined 911 not anticipated to survive for more than another decade, 1971 saw Porsche begin work on an upmarket front-engined Grand Tourer that could better adopt to ever-changing…
Read MoreThe Dino 206 S was conceived as Ferrari’s challenger for the under two-litre Group 4 Sports car class that came into effect as part of revamped FIA regulations for 1966. In preparation, the…
Read MoreChassis SL76/147 was dispatched on May 20th 1969 to Lola’s European distributor, Jo Bonnier. Bonnier in turn sold the car to renowned Swiss tuner, Louis Morand, who planned to race it with an…
Read MoreFerrari Owners Club track day at Castle Combe in 1991. Featured cars: Ferrari F40: J 7806, Ferrari 250 GTO: 6 GTO, Ferrari 365 GTC/4: ONJ 1, Ferrari 288 GTO: MRA 1, Ferrari Testarossa: 4 ARE…
Read MoreFor those customers that wanted something even more formidable than the regular Comfort-spec. 959, Porsche offered a rarely seen Sport variant. At the heart of the 959 Sport was a 2.85-litre…
Read MoreHaving begun to collaborate with an official DTM racing programme in 1989, Mercedes-Benz and AMG forged ever closer ties during the years that followed. In 1990, the two firms signed a…
Read MoreHaving exclusively produced cars for competition use since 1926, Maserati decided to expand into the lucrative market for road-going passenger vehicles following the conclusion of World War 2.
Read MoreChassis HLA12202 was a US-spec. fuel-injected Countach Quattrovalvole dispatched from the factory to Lamborghini East in New York on July 30th 1987. Ordered in Nero with matching Nero…
Read MoreAlthough the Ferrari 348 was easily the prettiest and most desirable junior supercar on offer during the late 1980s / early 1990s, Honda’s state-of-art NSX with its aluminium monocoque and free…
Read MoreAlthough the World Rally Championship-winning Quattro produced between 1980 and 1991 played a large part in propelling Audi into the wider consciousness of the motoring public, it wasn’t until…
Read MoreUnveiled in all-wheel drive Coupe form at the Frankfurt Motor Show in September 1988, Porsche’s 964 was the most heavily modified iteration of the much-loved 911 yet seen. In addition to an…
Read MoreChassis 52741 was one of two Ferrari 288 GTOs originally delivered to renowned Italian car collector, Emilio Gnutti in Brescia (the other having been chassis 52465). Delivered in February…
Read MoreHaving created the 911 SC RS for Porsche and Rothmans, Prodrive had a brief dalliance with the MG Metro 6R4 during the Group B era, after which the Banbury firm switched their attention to the Group…
Read MoreFollowing Ferrari’s successful debut campaign as a manufacturer in 1947, the Maranello firm headed into the 1948 season with an enlarged two-litre engine to replace the 1.5 and 1.9-litre units used thus…
Read MoreTo 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…
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