Having created arguably the most effective sports racing car ever seen for the 1955 season (the W196S 300 SLR), Mecedes-Benz made the decision to abandon top flight competition as a…
Read MoreAs Zonda production approached its much-delayed conclusion, Pagani inevitably began to receive an influx of requests from customers who wanted increasingly individual examples of what had…
Read MoreAlthough conceived purely for road use, the McLaren F1’s groundbreaking specification meant that, once converted into a top flight GT1 racing car, it had the measure of every other machine on…
Read MoreChassis 01 was the first 550 assembled by Porsche and one of two examples completed to 550/1 specification. This pair (01 and 02) both received a chassis and body fabricated by Weidenhausen in…
Read MoreAs a consequence of its superior technical specification and build quality compared to anything else available from Italy at the time, the Lamborghini 350 GT was enormously well received following its
Read MoreIn the midst of a trend for unimaginative retro-themed automotive styling around the turn of the millennium, Audi broke with convention to create a genuinely fresh design language for some of its…
Read MoreFor many collectors and enthusiasts, the ultimate incarnation of the legendary AC / Shelby Cobra is the seven-litre 427 Competition. Produced between 1965 and ‘67, just 23 of these legendary…
Read MoreChassis 00011/52 was a uniquely configured W194 300SL that served as a development mule for the subsequent W198 300 SL ‘Gullwing’ production car. Assembled over the winter of 1952-1953, the…
Read MoreBecause competitive Group C cars had been available at a cost effective price for both the premier C1 and junior C2 category, Group B circuit racing never took off in the same way as rallying. A dearth…
Read MoreDespite a troubled gestation that saw half a decade elapse before the first production car was finally ready, the Bugatti Veyron went on to re-write the rulebook in terms of the performance, luxury and…
Read MoreOnce a couple of early production issues had been sorted, the critically acclaimed Type 26 Elan swelled the coffers at Lotus. Two years after launch, and with around 800 units completed, an S2…
Read MoreIntroduced at the Turin Motor Show in November 1980, the GT5 was De Tomaso’s new range-topping iteration of the Pantera and became one of the few supercars of the Countach era that could match…
Read MoreChassis P/1004 was an early Mk1 GT40 allocated to Ford’s six-car attack at the 1965 Le Mans 24 Hours. Following preparation by Shelby in California (completed May 5th 1965), it ran at Le Mans in…
Read MoreThe JaguarSport Intercontinental Challenge of 1991 remains arguably the most spectacular one-make racing series ever organised. It comprised three events, supporting the F1 races at Monaco…
Read MoreIn the midst of a two-year campaign that yielded eight class wins for the TZ2 at World Sportscar Championship level, Alfa Romeo gave the order for a rolling chassis to be dispatched from Autodelta…
Read MoreHaving successfully campaigned third generation A60 Celicas on Toyota’s behalf in IMSA’s junior GTU category, Dan Gurney’s renowned All American Racers was commissioned by the Japanese…
Read MoreChassis 0848 was the last of three 330 P3s constructed by Ferrari for the 1966 racing season. Like the first example (0844), chassis 0848 emerged from Maranello with Coupe bodywork while the other P3…
Read MoreAlthough the 1973 and ‘74 model year 911 Carrera RS in 2.7 and 3-litre trim quickly came to be regarded among Porsche’s most revered road-going models, the company did not create another…
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