As the 308 GTB and GTS had easily proven Ferrari’s most popular offerings yet seen, it was no surprise the Italian form stuck to the same tried-and-tested formula when it came to a replacement.
Read MoreWith Ferrari having so far completely dominated the Group 3 Grand Touring era of the World Sportscar Championship, the Ford-backed Shelby outfit with its trick new Cobra Daytonas went…
Read MoreConsidering that open top Ferraris have generally outsold their fixed head counterparts for several decades now, it seems almost inexplicable how so few customers opted for one of the firm’s most…
Read MoreIn 1965, the Essex Wire Corporation went public on the New York Stock Exchange and embarked on a marketing partnership with Ford that saw the firm go racing with the GT40, Shelby Cobra and…
Read MoreChassis KLA12962 was a right-hand drive Countach 25th Anniversary dispatched from Sant’Agata on March 23rd 1990. Its destination was Lamborghini’s UK distributor, Portman in London, where it is…
Read MoreBack in the 1980s and early 90s, the FIA’s Evolution rule allowed manufacturers to create small runs of further enhanced cars that had already been homologated into either Group A or B. Whereas 5000…
Read MoreAs 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…
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