As he had helped Peugeot develop the 205 T16 Evolution 2, French rally legend Bernard Darniche was able to acquire an Evolution 1 for the 1985 Tour de Corse. At the time, Evolution variants were…
Read MoreOwing to poor trading conditions that led to massively reduced demand for high end motor cars, the expensively revived Bugatti company filed for bankruptcy in 1995. However, that wasn’t quite the end…
Read MoreLaunched at the Paris Motor Show in September 1982, the C3 was Audi’s third iteration of its executive-sized 100 model. Also offered in more upmarket 200 trim and sold as the 5000 in the…
Read MorePorsche’s 911 Turbo, internal code 930, paved the way for two forced induction racing cars that debuted in 1976: the Group 4 934 and Group 5 935. In Group 4, only relatively light modifications…
Read MoreWhen Jaguar displayed the XK120 prototype at the London Motor Show in October 1948, it did so with little expectation of sending the model into production. However, even in the gloom of post-war…
Read MoreA litany of beautiful and successful Maserati sports racing cars were produced during the 1950s with among the most highly regarded having been the second generation A6 GCS of which 52…
Read MoreFamously, Ayrton Senna drove a Honda NSX-R round Suzuka in white socks and loafers, so in this latest TDS episode, Henry Catchpole does his best to pay tribute to that iconic footage. He also investigates how a car with only 276HP can stand toe-to-toe with the very best supercars ever made.
Read MoreDespite a long-standing relationship with Pininfarina, Ferrari commissioned Carrozzeria Bertone to design and manufacture bodywork for its first V8-engined road car. Unveiled at the Turin Motor Show…
Read MoreTo see off the expected threat from GT1 iterations of the Ferrari F50 and a reverse engineered purpose built racer that Porsche was known to have in development, McLaren created an uprated…
Read MoreChassis 9305700022 was the last of Porsche’s pre-production 911 Turbos. Originally configured in Black with Brown upholstery and Sports seats, the car was registered S-CE 1919 and served as a…
Read MoreThe collaboration to create a V16-powered monster by automotive engineer Claudio Zampolli and music producer Giorgio Moroder was arguably the most ambitious of all the supercars formulated…
Read MoreDuring the mid-to-late 1980s, arguably the most elegant sporting Coupes offered by Europe’s high end manufacturers were the Aston Martin V8 and BMW’s E26 M635 CSi. While in Vantage trim the…
Read MoreHaving raced a variety of cars in his native Argentina, Alejandro de Tomaso departed for Italy in 1955. De Tomaso hailed from a politically prominent family and his move to Europe was reputedly…
Read MoreBetween the 1950s and 1990s, members of the Korps Rijkspolitie, the Dutch National Police responsible for the nation's highways, were issued a variety of open top Porsche patrol cars; 356…
Read MoreAfter the 288 GTO and F40 had used twin turbocharged V8s that propelled them to hitherto unseen levels of performance, Ferrari took a different approach for its third generation limited production…
Read MoreBizzarrini 5300 Aperta Lusso review. Carbon body, targa roof, 400bhp V8, 175mph, modern air conditioning & CarPlay. La Dolce Vita…
Read MoreBetween 1967 and 1969, Porsche commissioned three transporters from Mercedes-Benz based on the O317 platform. During the years that followed, this handsome trio traversed Europe, initially…
Read MoreWhile most examples from Lancia’s 200-strong batch of 037s built to homologate the model for Group B competition led a relatively pampered life, a handful were rallied by their owners and a few…
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