Profiles
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1975 Lancia Stratos
The Lancia Stratos was the first car to be designed specifically for international rallies – in which it enjoyed extraordinary success – and because 400 examples had to be built, it allowed some lucky people to buy a competition machine for the road. It was a revolutionary design of timeless beauty which was among the…
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1973 Porsche 911 Carrera RSL
The Carrera RS is one of the most famous Porsche models ever built, and has come over the years to be regarded as one of the top sports cars to emerge from the 1970s. It was designed and built with ambivalence very much in mind: Porsche’s engineers wanted a car that could be successfully used…
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Ferrari 365 GTC/4
Unjustly overshadowed by the great 365 GTB/4 Daytona, which was produced concurrently, the 365 GTC/4 was seen as a softer alternative and as a result remained a largely underestimated Ferrari for many years. It shared the Daytona’s 4,390 cc, four cam V12 engine, breathing through six Weber carburetors, albeit slightly detuned to produce 320 bhp…
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Austin-Healey 100/6
Before World War Two, Donald Healey’s achievements included an outright win with an Invecta at Monte Carlo and no less than six Alpine Cups. He drove and designed cars for Triumph from 1934 to 1939, but after the war he decided to go it alone and produced a series of sports cars which soon ran…
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250 Ferrari GTE 2+2
The Ferrari 250 GT was born in 1954 and for ten years it continued to undergo developments and improvements that were above all dictated by racing experience. 1960 saw the introduction of the 2+2 GTE, the first of the four-seater Ferraris. The 250 GTE had more room than the other versions, and yet it was…
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1937 Jaguar SS 100 2.5
Factory publicity described the sensational new SS100 as “primarily intended for competition work and sufficiently tractable to use as a fast tourer without modification.” The Heynes-designed overhead-valve engine was capable of giving the car genuine 100 mph performance and the styling of the new sports two-seater reflected William Lyons’ influence at its very best. The…
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Ferrari 500 Superfast
The culmination of a series of ultra-aerodynamic and high performance grand tourers by Pininfarina, the Ferrari 500 Superfast was produced in very limited numbers following its debut a the 1964 Geneva Show. The culmination of a series of ultra-aerodynamic and high performance grand tourers by Pininfarina, the Ferrari 500 Superfast was produced in very limited…
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Porsche 718 RSK Sport Spyder
“The 1959 Sebring 12-Hours provided the Americans Sesslar/Holbert and their RSK with victory in the 1,500 cc class from the works RSK driven by Barth/John Fitch.and fourth overall behind two three-liter Ferraris and the larger works RSK of Trips/Bonnier.” – Richard von Frankenberg, “Porsche: The Man and His Cars.” Of all Porsche competition sports cars…
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250 Ferrari GT Short Wheelbase Berlinetta
The Paris Salon in 1959 saw the introduction of a Ferrari 250GT Short Wheelbase Berlinetta, a direct development of the Long Wheel Base car known as the Tour de France. Built on the 94.5-inch wheel base chassis powered by the classic three-liter V12 engine, the new and exciting Gran Tourismo car was destined for many…