When the McLaren management team of Ron Dennis, Mansour Ojjeh, Creighton Brown and Gordon Murray decided to forge ahead with their plan to construct the ultimate road car of its era…
Read MoreChassis P/1018 was one of two Mk1 GT40s built to race trim for promotional use. It was commissioned by Ford on behalf of Carroll Shelby whose firm had undertaken much development…
Read MoreAlthough 20th century sports car racing saw frequent periods of domination by some truly great automobiles, perhaps the most sustained era of supremacy by an out-and-out prototype was that of…
Read MoreTwo years after the first production-ready Ace had emerged from AC’s Thames Ditton factory, renowned engineer and amateur racing driver Ken Rudd debuted his Bristol-powered example at…
Read MoreAt the end of a 1973 season during which it had been pipped to the World Sportscar Championship by the French state-backed Matra concern, Ferrari elected to focus its racing activities solely on…
Read MoreWhen it came to an off-the-shelf mid-sized super saloon during the first half of the 1980s, nothing in the Mercedes-Benz, Jaguar or Alfa Romeo arsenal could touch the BMW Motorsport-enhanced…
Read More19 months after Porsche had successfully re-launched its hardcore driver-focused 911 Carrera RS, Honda followed suit with what has come to be regarded as Japan’s best sports car of the 20th…
Read MoreChassis GT39084 was an EB110 GT completed during 1994 and configured in the fabulous Verde Scuro with extended Light and Dark Grey leather. It was supplied to a Belgian customer through the..
Read MoreAlthough in later years the Turbo generally stole all the headlines when it came anything Esprit, the normally aspirated variants with their fizzy engines and lightweight mid-engined delicacy were…
Read MoreAfter a 34 year production run that had seen several million cars built across six different generations, Ford elected to kill off its eponymous Escort in favour of an all-new model: the Focus.
Read MoreWith the switch to a revised bodyshell that incorporated elegant impact-absorbing bumpers, the 1974 model year 911 (production of which began in August ‘73) ushered in the most significant…
Read MoreJust how quickly things got crazy during the 1988-1990 collector car boom remains truly remarkable. Over a two-and-a-half year period following the late 1987 Stock Market crash…
Read MoreChassis C205 was one of the 20 T16s built to Evolution 2 trim for use by the works Peugeot Talbot Sport operation. It debuted as part of an all-new two-car entry for Evolution 2’s third competitive…
Read MoreWith a bigger bodyshell and more refined six cylinder engine than the outgoing E30 M3 (which had used a racey four cylinder motor), in many ways BMW’s E36-based expression of the M3 theme felt…
Read MoreHaving commissioned the first two instalments of its burgeoning Art Car theme in time for the 1975 and ‘76 Le Mans 24 Hour races, BMW went on to order a third machine that would appear at the…
Read MoreAfter Zagato had successfully re-bodied a small run of Giulietta Sprint Veloces into ‘SVZ’ trim (making them the most competitive under 1300cc GT racers around), Alfa Romeo commissioned…
Read MoreAlthough its face-lifted appearance hinted at the level of development work undertaken, Porsche claimed the new 964-type 911 3.6 Carrera was “87% new” compared to its 3.2-litre forebear. Having…
Read MoreChassis 88605 was the F40 supplied new to Malaysian real estate magnate, Charles Chong. After completing his studies in the UK, Chong spent most of his time in London between 1971 and ‘81.
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