With stints in Formula 1 and top flight sports car racing having helped edge Lancia towards bankruptcy, the Turin firm, renowned for its innovative engineering solutions, was sold to the Pesenti…
Read MoreThanks to a relentless programme of updates, the G body impact-bumper era 911 was an incredibly well sorted machine by the time production came to an end in 1989. The final 3.2-litre…
Read MoreIn April 1995, McLaren received an approach from Japanese businessman, Motokazu Sayama, who wanted his medical supplies company, Ueno Clinic, to be the title sponsor of an F1 GTR at that…
Read MoreAs production of the McLaren-built SLR was coming to an end, Mercedes-Benz unveiled a run-out special that was even more extreme than the 722 Edition launched back in late 2006. Inspired by…
Read MoreWhen the much-loved ten-year old 308 was up for replacement in the mid 1980s, Ferrari elected to carry out a relatively mild facelift and install a bigger 3.2-litre engine. The resultant 328 went on to…
Read MoreOne day after the 1967 Le Mans 24 Hours had seen all previous records broken, the FIA announced a three-litre engine limit would be imposed on top flight Group 6 Prototypes from 1968. The drastic…
Read MoreHaving unveiled the 2000 GT amid great fanfare in late 1965, customer deliveries began in the spring of 1967 by which stage Toyota’s hoped-for figure of 1000 sales a month was already looking…
Read MoreUnveiled at the Frankfurt Motor Show in September 1983, the E24-based M635 CSi was BMW Motorsport’s first effort at the parent company’s grand 6-seriwa 2+2 Coupe. In the engine bay of…
Read MorePrecisely one year after Renzo Rivolta ambitiously announced the arrival of his high end line of Iso motor cars with the elegant IR300 / IR340, a pair of stunning ultra sporty Gran Turismos dubbed Grifo…
Read MoreWhen it came to the ultimate sporty open-topped Grand Tourer during the 1980s, nothing could match Aston Martin’s handsome line of V8 Volantes which offered Rolls-Royce build quality with…
Read MoreWhile most other sports car manufacturers struggled to integrate the more intrusive safety equipment being mandated in most major markets during the 1970s, some innovative design saw…
Read MoreFollowing the spectacular success of the TZ and TZ2 GT racing cars, Alfa Romeo commissioned their official competition department, Autodelta, to work its magic on something with more mainstream…
Read MoreChassis SL76/153 was the T70 Mk3B GT supplied new to privateer Terry Croker for the 1970 season. The yellow car appeared under an A&J Motors entry which was the garage run by Croker’s father in…
Read MoreA Mercedes-AMG One on Supercar Nostalgia? This is the first one of these we’ve seen on the open market so… Currently for sale with DD Classics in Richmond, Surrey, showing just delivery mileage.
Read MoreWhen the Lamborghini Miura debuted in more-or-less production-ready trim at the Geneva Motor Show in March 1966, it became the first car conceived for road use with a twelve cylinder mid…
Read MoreLaunched at the Geneva Motor Show in March 1961, the Jaguar E-type redefined what could be expected from a car priced at such a lot less than an Aston Martin, Ferrari or Maserati. In addition…
Read MoreOf the myriad top flight drivers employed by BMW Motorsport for the CSL racing programme, none was more closely associated with the ‘Batmobile’s on-track success than Hans-Joachim Stuck.
Read MoreHaving dabbled in a variety of motor sport disciplines since his company’s 1959 inception, Alejandro de Tomaso’s first production model, the Vallelunga Coupe, entered the final throes of development…
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