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1967 Fiat Dino Spyder
The story of the Ferrari powered Fiat Dino is nowadays well known, the cars having long since achieved classic status. The Fiat Dino came about as a result of new rules imposed by the FIA upon the marques competing in the 1967 Formula Two championship, in which Ferrari was a prominent contender. These rules stipulated…
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1988 Porsche 959
Porsche 959 values are suffering from a simple problem: The cars are just not old enough to ascend to that high platform of market adulation {vsig}2004-9_1209{/vsig} Before the Ferrari F40, before the McLaren F1, almost before the term “supercar” was invented, there was the Porsche 959, an expression of extensive development, technical competence, and competitiveness…
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1988 Porsche 959 Coupe
{vsig}1996-6_1688{/vsig} The 959 is already regarded as one of the ultimate “Supercars” ever produced and made available to the public. With only about 250 having been built, they are assured of their place in motoring history. First created in 1983 for the now abandoned Group B racing series, then entered in the Paris-Dakar off-road rally,…
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1973 Alfa Romeo Montreal
{vsig}1996-6_1691{/vsig} Stylish, elegant and distinctive, the Montreal made its debut at the Montreal Expo during the 1967 World Fair in the city of the same name, an event that celebrated Canada’s centenary. It was initially fitted with Alfa’s ubiquitous four-cylinder, twin-cam engine, in this case a 1,779 cc unit, but by the time the Montreal…
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1958 Ferrari 250 GT Series 1 Cabriolet by Pininfarina
Since its introduction in the early fifties, the legendary 250 GT had only received Coupe or Berlinetta bodies. It was Boano who first introduced a Spyder in 1956. One year later, at the Geneva Motor Show, a masterly inspired Pinin Farina at the top of his art replied with a striking design, built on the…
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1962 Lancia Flaminia Coupe 2.5
The first Lancia designed entirely by the Turin company’s new technical supreme, Professor Antonio Fessia, the Flaminia was the flagship of the Lancia range when launched in 1957. The initial four-door Berlina, with mold-breaking Pininfarina styling, evolved from the Florida show cars, combining the best of American trends with the ultimate in high class European…
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1959 Messerschmitt KR 200 Kabinenroller
After World War II, with stringent restrictions imposed by the Allies, the former aircraft manufacturer Messerschmitt turned its attention to car production and put the eccentric Kabinenroller model into limited production. Messerschmitt became one of the best known “bubble car” manufacturers and produced the Kabinenroller until the early 1960s. The idea had originally been conceived…
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1964 Alfa Romeo Giulia Sprint Speciale (1996)
Alfa Romeo, Italy’s oldest sporting marque, has been building cars since 1910. They produced some of the greatest machinery ever to be seen pre-war, such as the beautiful 1750 Zagato roadsters, the magnificent Monzas, and the mighty P3 Grand Prix cars. With the advent of the 1950s, Alfa Romeo was forced to rationalize its production…
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1978 Ferrari 400
Ferrari took some time to come into the four-seat market although Aston Marin, de Tomaso, Lamborghini and Maserati had established that there was a niche for such a car. When Ferrari did decide to make a real four-seat car rather than the two-people-plus-a-mall-dog approach of the 250 GTE and 330 GT, it seems to have…
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Triumph Stag
The birth of the Triumph Stag came almost by chance after stylist Giovanni Michelotti, already responsible for the Triumph Herald, 200 saloon and TR4 models, borrowed a tired 2000 for the basis of a new show car in 1965; the only proviso was that Triumph would have the first option on the design if it…