Five years after Lamborghini had displayed the original production-spec. Countach (the LP400), an even more dramatic variant was revealed under lights at the Geneva Motor Show in 1978. Dubbed…
Read MoreFive years after he had joimed Porsche (back when the company was based in the Austrian town of Gmund and the 356/1 prototype was still on the drawing board), engineer Ernst Fuhrmann was given…
Read MoreAlthough BMW’s Formula 1 programme of 2000 to 2009 did not deliver on championship-winning potential, it did pave the way for an F1-inspired V10 to find itself in the 2004-2010 M5 and the 2005…
Read MoreAt the peak of the Brunei Royals’ mind-bending car splurge during the mid 1990s, a batch of 288 GTOs was sent to Pininfarina for customisation. Here, some were re-painted out-of-range colours…
Read MoreWhen it comes to most extreme iterations of the 911, three candidates stand out. One is the 1974 Carrera RSR Turbo, another the 935 it spawned which, from 1976, was built in various states of tune.
Read MoreInspired by Zagato-bodied iterations of the Ferrari 250 GT Competizione, Japanese collector, Yoshiyuki Hayashi, commissioned a coachbuilt mid 2000s revamp based on the 575M. Zagato’s…
Read MoreThe sixth generation Honda Accord was built as three distinct models: one for Japan, one for the Americas, Australia, New Zealand and Southeast Asia and one for Europe. While production of…
Read MoreAlthough the Stratos had it all and then some, the Fiat Group’s replacement was derived from more mainstream fare and proved you didn’t need bona fide supercar characteristics to become the era’s…
Read MoreDuring the peak of its popularity in the mid 1980s, the 944 Turbo was selling in almost as many numbers as the 911 Carrera - well over 10,000 a year. However, by the early 1990s, the 944 was…
Read MoreIs the Countach perhaps the most Lamborghini of all? Let's take a ride in the Quattrovalvole, not the purest, but the most powerful carburetted Countach. Twelve symphonic cylinders that still give incredible satisfaction today.
Read MoreDuring the late 1950s, arguably the most beautiful two-saeat Roadster offered by any manufacturer was the Pinin Farina-styled first generation Ferrari 250 GT Cabriolet. Underneath rakish lines…
Read MoreDuring 1973, the Martini-backed Porsche works team ran 911 Carrera RSRs that became ever more extreme as they were developed away from production-based Group 4 trim towards out-and-out…
Read MoreAs 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…
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