Nearly 40 years after the GT moniker had last adorned one of its cars, Aston Martin revived the Gran Turismo script for a sharper, punchier DB7. Unveiled at the Birmingham Motor Show in…

Having started to blossom during the late 1970s, Super Tuning became one of the defining characteristics of 1980s car culture when an era of wealth, optimism and conspicuous consumption…

Two months after BMW Motorsport had released the ultimate 3.2-litre iteration of its E9 CSL (the ‘Batmobile’), a forced induction version of the diminutive E20 was unveiled at the Frankfurt Motor…

The 1995 DTM and concurrent ITC series were three-way factory battles between Mercedes-Benz (with its W202-based C-class), Alfa Romeo (with the spectacular 155 V6 Ti) and Opel (Calibra V6 4x4).

The Group A era from the early 1980s to the mid-late 90s spawned a fabulous array of homologation specials, some of which paved the way for great circuit racers and others, rally icons.

For a machine with such handsome looks, killer handling and outstanding competition pedigree, the Type 14 Lotus Elite continues to represent great value. Built around a state-of-art fibreglass…

When Nissan launched the R34-based Skyline GT-R in 1999, most desirable of the options on offer was the V Spec bundle. Most notably, V Spec GT-Rs gained an uprated Pro version of the ATTESSA…

The right shape, the right time and a manufacturer that supported artistic endeavour like no other. All of it meant BMW’s E26 M1 styled by wedge king Giorgetto Giugiaro became ground zero for Art Car expressionism.

ed line up of Berlinetta, Coupe, Cabriolet and Spyder bodies for the 250 GT during the second half of the 1950s, Pinin Farina produced a considerable variety of designs, some of which served to…

As Britain’s best high performance Coupe, the ultra exclusive Aston Martin DB5 was familiar to anyone with a passing automotive interest. Mid way through production though, the DB5 became…

To celebrate Bernd Scneider’s 2003 DTM Drivers’ title and back-to-back Team Championships for the second generation CLK in the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters, Mercedes-Benz cooked…

If you were a sufficiently wealthy and well-connected Porsche customer back in the early 1980s, you might just have been offered something a little secretive. Something no regular Joe walking into the…

After the expensively developed Pantera SI proved a commercial flop, De Tomaso’s future hinged on what appeared to be a brand new successor: the Guara. In reality the De Tomaso Guara was a…

It’s difficult to disagree that, with its Giotto Bizzarrini-designed underpinnings and spectacular Giorgetto Giugiaro-designed body, the Iso Grifo has the best of everything. When you factor in…

For many collectors and enthusiasts, the ultimate incarnation of the legendary AC / Shelby Cobra is the seven-litre 427 Competition. Produced between 1965 and ‘67, just 23 of these legendary…

By combining the air-piercing nose from the short wheelbase DB4 GT, a tuned engine and the familiar long wheelbase DB4 chassis, the fixed head DB4 Vantage offered state-of-art aerodynamics…

Among the great automotive styling triumphs from the second half of the 20th century was Giorgetto Giugiaro’s reworking of the Lotus Esprit in its transition to third generation trim. The…

Hollywood icon Clark Gable owned three Jaguar XK120 OTS Roadsters. His first was chassis 670003 (completed in June 1949, the third left-hand drive XK120 built), his second was chassis 672282…

If the Peugeot 205 GTi had the hot hatch market in its pocket for most of the 1980s, the only choice for a compact class mid-engined two-seater was Toyota’s first generation MR2. Launched in mid…

As the priciest iteration of the world’s most expensive car, Bugatti’s Veyron Grand Sport Vitesse just about summed up this spectacular engineering achievement. An open top version of the…

In addition to racing his own 1932 Ford Roadster on the California dry lakes and Bonneville Salt Flats, Vic Edelbrock, founder of the eponymous Edelbrock performance equipment empire, encouraged…

Unveiled at the Turin Motor Show in November 1963, the Mistral was the last new Maserati to feature the firm’s iconic twin spark dual overhead cam straight six and the first named after a…

Rather than create a simple Drop Head conversion of the rakish 275 GTB, Ferrari decided to offer the 275 GTS with a completely different look. Just a couple hundred of these two-seat Spyders…

Four years after the straight six-powered C-class-based C 36 AMG was launched, Mercedes-Benz replaced it with the V8-engined C 43. A second body style was introduced at the same time; from…

When it comes to the greatest hot hatch of all time, it’s difficult to look beyond Peugeot’s 205 GTi which, thanks to a combination of sparkling performance and superb chassis dynamics, is still…

Few Porsche prototypes survive the rigours of development and, of these, hardly any make their way out of captivity into private hands. However, currently residing at the Gallery Aaldering showroom in…

To contest the high profile and fiercely competitive 1300cc Group 3 Grand Touring class, Alfa Romeo came up with the Giulietta-based Tipo 101.26 Sprint Zagato. Unveiled at the Geneva Motor Show…

After a tumultuous few years that had seen Aston Martin frozen out of the US market on emissions grounds and then placed into receivership, a new consortium took control in 1975. Although…

The only mild criticism of the Z1 had been that its chassis was capable of handling far more power than the stock 2.5-litre straight six engine could muster. However, just a fraction of the 8000 buyers…

Although Peugeot’s 205 T16 ultimately delivered both the Driver and Manufacturer World Rally Championships in 1986, Lancia’s Delta S4 would almost certainly have emerged victorious in both…