Having campaigned the two-litre V6-powered A440 and A441 with much success during the 1973 and ‘74 seasons, Renault’s Alpine subsidiary created a 2.2-litre turbocharged A442 for 1975 when the…
Read MoreChassis GT39099 was the only EB110 GT that left the factory painted Bianco Monaco. Its interior was upholstered in two-tone grey. The car was reputedly ordered via Bugatti boss Romano Artioli’s…
Read MoreAston Martin launched the DB4 in late 1958 to replace the ageing DB MkIII which could trace its origins back to 1949. In addition to handsome new Touring of Milan coachwork, the DB4 ushered in a…
Read MoreBetween 1957 and 1963, Lotus lost money on every Type 14 Elite they sold. Instead of a conventional separate body and chassis, the Elite was built around an advanced monocoque made from glass…
Read MoreTuscany has all manner of public roads doing a laudable impressions of a tarmac rally stage, and if you’re going to drive an Italian homologation special around for a day you’d struggle to find a better area to get lost in on purpose.
Read MoreFerrari famously created the 360 Challenge Stradale in order to homologate some upgrades that would pave the way for the most potent GT3 racing car possible. Unveiled at the Geneva Motor Show…
Read MoreAfter Group B cars were banned from the World Rally Championship and Group A took over as the premier class, Lancia’s Martini-backed Deltas collected a trio of back-to-back Driver and…
Read MoreOne of the rarest Cobra options offered by Shelby was the Dragonsnake pack. Conceived with drag racing in mind, it included items like modified rear fenders to accommodate slick-shod American…
Read MoreChassis 208 was one of five S4s used by the Totip-backed Jolly Club outfit during 1986. That season, Jolly Club’s programme focused on Dario Cerrato’s attempt to retain the European and Italian Rally…
Read MoreWorthy candidates for ultimate 911 are numerous, but can anything top an ex-works Martini Racing RSR from 1973 that bagged sixth overall and fourth in class at the Targa Florio World Championship race?
Read MoreIso Rivolta was founded in 1962 by Milanese industrialist, Renzo Rivolta. Rivolta made his first fortune manufacturing refrigeration units. After World War 2 he expanded to motorcycle production and, in…
Read MoreHaving been in with a shout of scoring an unlikely victory using an almost bog standard XK120 at the 1950 Le Mans 24 Hours, Jaguar went all-in with a purpose built machine for 1951: the XKC (better…
Read MoreBoasting a top speed of 170mph+ and a $21,500 price tag, it was the most powerful and most expensive Italian supercar you could buy new in 1962. Most people have never seen one – hardly…
Read MoreThere’s just something right about a Giallo Fly Daytona and this car looks about as perfect a specimen as you could hope to find. A late US version delivered via Chinetti Garthwaite Imports in…
Read MoreSome of the best Lamborghini spots in London during the 1980s.
Read MoreIt’s hard to argue that the McLaren F1 is not the single best expression of a high performance automobile ever. However, McLaren’s preference to dial down the F1’s visual drama for reasons of…
Read MoreAfter the EK9 Civic Type R proved a critical and commercial hit during the second half of the nineties, Honda released an EP3 version at the Geneva Motor Show in March 2001, production of which got…
Read MoreChassis 9113600576, also known as R5, started life as one of the seven 911 RSRs campaigned by the works-assisted Martini Racing outfit in European rounds of the 1973 World Sportscar Championship.
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