Today, RM Sotheby’s broke the record for the most valuable Formula 1 car ever sold: the Mercedes-Benz W196R Stromlinienwagen chassis 00009/54. One of four known complete…
Read MoreChassis 80756 was completed in 1989 as a standard left-hand drive Euro market F40 in the only colour that was offered by Ferrari: Rosso Corsa with seats trimmed in red fabric upholstery. The car…
Read MoreUnlike most manufacturers who simply developed hot versions of existing models to satisfy the minimum production requirements for classes that demanded any significant volume, Lancia’s…
Read MoreDuring the spring of 1974, what would today almost certainly be regarded as the most valuable Lamborghini in existence was deliberately destroyed. That car was the one-off Countach LP500…
Read MoreTwelve months after the base DB4 had made its highly anticipated debut, Aston Martin displayed a high performance, short wheelbase version generally supplied without rear seats aimed at those…
Read MoreUnveiled at the Paris Motor Show in October 1958, Abarths new dual overhead cam 750 Bialbero Record Monza instantly became the car to beat in the sub 1-litre GT racing categories. Based on…
Read MoreAs far as Ferrari and Porsche were concerned, Honda’s NSX could not have arrived at a worse time. While the Italian-made 348 initially sold well, its on-limit handling left much to be desired…
Read MoreChassis 4024 was a left-hand drive Miura S ordered by Nuccio Bertone who had the car configured in Bleu Metallizzato with a mix of black leatherette, brown leather and beige fabric for the interior.
Read MoreAs a consequence of its purebred nature, rear-drive layout and supercharged rather than turbocharged engine, the Lancia Rally provides arguably the best driving experience of all the Group…
Read MoreOf all the Group A homologation specials produced during the 1980s and 90s, arguably the most notorious were Ford’s massively spoilered Sierra and Escort RS Cosworths. Thanks to their…
Read MoreIn terms of the cars Ferrari should have officially offered during the 1980s, perhaps the best candidate was a Spider version of the iconic Testarossa. We use the phrase ‘officially offered’…
Read MoreDuring World War 2, AC’s Thames-Ditton factory had produced Swordfish and Albacore components for Fairey Aviation along with Ordnance QF 6-pounder anti-tank guns, glider undercarriages, flame…
Read MoreOf all the ill-fated projects born during the late 1980s collector car boom, none proved costlier than the epic Bugatti EB110. Having purchased the Bugatti naming rights in 1987, Italian industrialist…
Read MoreAfter the small team of engineers that had secretly been working on a mid-engined design that would incorporate Lamborghini’s much-admired V12 engine finally showed it to the company…
Read MoreLike every T16 Evolution 2, chassis C203 was reserved for use by the works Peugeot Talbot Sport squad based on the outskirts of Paris. It appeared on the registration 709 EXC 75 which had…
Read MoreIf it were possible to create a ranking for the costliest Group B programme undertaken by a manufacturer, that crown would also certainly fall to Porsche whose 959 incurred a monumental…
Read MoreAt the New York Motor Show in March 2010, Mercedes unveiled a GT3 racing version of the critically acclaimed SLS AMG that went on to prove itself an enormously effective machine at both…
Read MoreWhen Ferrari unveiled the highly anticipated 550 Maranello at the Nurburgring in July 1996 it marked an unexpected return to a front-engined layout for the firm’s twelve cylinder two-seat…
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