Having dominated Grand Prix racing alongside the similarly Nazi party-funded Auto Union outfit from 1934 until the outbreak of World War 2 in 1939, Mercedes’ return to front-line competition for the 1952…
Read MoreMercedes and Benz both enjoyed significant success as separate firms during the early days of motor racing. Their merger in 1926 created an industrial behemoth. When Adolf Hitler’s Nazi party…
Read MoreFollowing the Black Monday stock market crash of October 1987, speculators began to pile into alternative asset classes, one of which was high end classic and exotic motor cars. During the next…
Read MoreAlthough Porsche’s Sonderwunsch department had quietly been supplying customers with the normally aspirated 911s in ‘Turbo Look’ trim since the early 1980s, it did not become an official factory…
Read MoreCompared to the first generation E30 M3 which was a raucous and comparatively unrefined homologation special conceived purely to create the most effective Group A racing car possible, the…
Read MoreChassis 4659 was the 500th Miura built. A right-hand drive example signed off on April 24th 1970, it was configured in Verde Miura with Nero leather upholstery and matching fabric seat inserts. The…
Read MoreAlthough Aston Martin’s Virage was clearly an accomplished Grand Tourer, some customers wanted a machine with more punch than the standard car offered. From January 1992, those that desired…
Read MoreThe wide-bodied Pantera GT5 unveiled at the Turin Motor Show in November 1980 ushered in the kind of fat arches, deep side skirts and massive spoilers that were so in vogue at the time.
Read MoreSince 1962, various iterations of the AC and Shelby Cobra had been used to win myriad races and championships. However, the one title that had proven elusive was the World Sportscar…
Read MoreHaving narrowly been defeated by Ferrari in the fight for the 1964 World Sportscar Championship, Shelby returned for another crack in 1965. By this time, the American team’s fleet of Cobra Daytonas…
Read MoreAs 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…
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