Having been the second manufacturer to offer a mid-engined production car (the four cylinder Vallelunga), Alejandro de Tomaso took his company into the big league when he launched a V8…
Read MoreIt’s no secret that here at Supercar Nostalgia we think, of all the high end machinery produced this century, the Aston Martin Valkyrie is far and away the most impressive. In addition to a…
Read MoreFerrari had campaigned two different types of Sports racing car during a successful 1961 campaign that had seen the Scuderia take victories at four out of five World Sportscar Championship events en…
Read MoreAlthough Honda’s early automotive efforts largely focused on open top two-seat models,by the time the company made its breakthrough into the four-wheel market with the first generation Civic, it had…
Read MoreAlthough the addition of a Quattrovalvole engine in 1982 had endowed the Mondial with the kind of performance one would expect from a Ferrari, it was Pininfarina’s beautifully executed face-lift that…
Read MoreAston Martin built 1567 examples of the much-loved DB6 between October 1965 and November 1970 of which just 240 were the updated Mk2 variant. Introduced in July 1969, the Mk2 was a…
Read MoreChassis 9306700166 was the Porsche 934 supplied new to Kremer Racing in Cologne for the 1976 season. That year the car was driven exclusively by Kremer’s number one driver, Bob Wollek, who…
Read More17 months after the Bertone-bodied Tipo 105 Giulia Sprint GT Coupe was launched at the Frankfurt Motor Show, Alfa Romeo released a tricked-out hot rod conceived to pave the way for the most…
Read MoreHaving been created with the sole intention of toppling Ford from its position atop the premier Division 1 class in Touring Car racing, the BMW Motorsport-developed E9-based 3.0 CSL did just that…
Read MoreWhereas arch rival Bertone had developed a reputation for daring creations that reflected the latest fashion, Pininfarina was traditionally seen as a more conservative design house. However, all…
Read MoreHaving 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.
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