As a consequence of their rugged build quality, outstanding performance and useful rear-engined layout, the Porsche 356 and 911 proved enormously effective rally cars. After the 911 made its…
Read MoreAlthough Mazda became the first Japanese manufacturer to take outright victory at Le Mans, Toyota had arguably been even more committed to the cause having spent vast sums on its various…
Read MoreAfter the first generation Civic had proven Honda’s breakthrough model as an auto maker, the firm spent the next ten-or-so years focused on refining its core principles of well-built and reliable…
Read MoreBecause Ford had commissioned Shelby to produce the GT350 as a hot Mustang to contest the SCCA B-Production championship, it was no surprise that a good number of privateer owners…
Read MoreAlthough the contemporary 911 was offered in three alternative body styles to maximise its appeal, Porsche concluded that the market for its grand front-engined flagship, the 928, was too small to…
Read MoreHaving already improved the spectacular 275 GTB by way of a more aerodynamic body and a torque tube coupling to eradicate alignment issues between the engine and driveshaft, Ferrari went on to…
Read MoreChassis M10003 started life as the last of three Mirage M1s built by John Wyer Automotive Engineering who had acquired the GT40 production rights from Ford. The M1 was a significantly…
Read MoreThe super tuner era of the 1970s and 80s certainly churned out some spectacular creations, but Lamborghini’s Countach was generally regarded as sufficiently extreme in OEM trim that few…
Read MoreHaving dominated the early 1970’s Group 4 GT racing scene with normally aspirated 911 RSRs, Porsche created a forced induction model for its customers to race during the second half of the…
Read MoreFollowing on from the original A6 GCS which since 1947 had proven an enormously successful mount for the popular under two-litre Sports car class, Maserati produced an improved Series 2…
Read MoreAfter a self-imposed year in exile, Scuderia Ferrari returned to the World Sportscar Championship for 1969 with the all-new 312 P. Ferrari’s absence from the 1968 campaign had come about as a result of…
Read MoreUnlike the 964-type 911 which had proven something of a slow seller particularly in its twilight years, the substantially revamped 993 launched at the Frankfurt Motor Show in September 1993 became a…
Read MoreOther than Porsche’s 911, few cars can rival the Lotus Esprit for the longevity of its styling. Originally penned by Giorgetto Giugiaro and subsequently updated by the Ital Design chief for the Turbo…
Read MoreAfter the best part of 15 years during which bespoke coachbuilding had all but died out, a new era for highly individual customisation began during the late 1970s. The period that followed saw an…
Read MoreChassis 4301066 was the M1 Procar supplied to German-domiciled Austrian privateer, Franz Konrad. Having successfully campaigned a Porsche 914/6 GT during 1973 and ‘74, Konrad moved…
Read MorePorsche’s domination of 1970s GT racing initially came about thanks to the creation of an ultra specialised Renn Sport 911 designed to exploit the Group 4 regulations, approval for which required…
Read MoreWhen it came to in-house-built high performance Saloon cars, BMW’s Motorsport division had the sector pretty much sewn up throughout the 1980s. However, when General Motors acquired Lotus in…
Read MoreAt the Los Angeles Motor Show in November 2012 Mercedes-Benz unveiled the third and final production version of the SLS AMG: the Black Series. A further uprated version of the standard SLS…
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