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The Chevrolet Camaro is one of the defining American performance cars, introduced for 1967 as Chevrolet’s answer to the Ford Mustang and developed over six generations into a model that ranged from affordable six-cylinder coupes to some of the most capable factory-built muscle and track cars ever sold by General Motors. Although the Camaro is…

The Alfa Romeo Giulietta was one of the most important small sporting cars of the 1950s and early 1960s, combining advanced engineering, elegant Italian styling and genuinely lively performance in a package that was far more accessible than Alfa Romeo’s prewar and immediate postwar machinery. Introduced in 1954, the Giulietta family helped transform Alfa from…

The Ferrari 365 GTB/4, universally known as the Daytona, was Ferrari’s definitive front-engine grand-touring flagship of the late 1960s and early 1970s. Introduced in 1968 and produced through 1973, it combined a large naturally aspirated V12, rear-mounted transaxle, independent suspension and dramatic Pininfarina styling in a car that was both exceptionally fast and unusually sophisticated…

The Lancia Stratos HF is one of the most important purpose-built rally cars ever created. Unlike many competition cars of the 1960s and early 1970s that began life as modified production models, the Stratos was conceived from the outset around the requirements of international rallying. Its extremely short wheelbase, mid-mounted Ferrari V6, compact dimensions and…

The Mazda RX-7 is one of the most important Japanese sports cars ever built and the model that most successfully established the rotary engine as a serious performance-car powerplant. Produced across three generations from 1978 through 2002, the RX-7 evolved from a lightweight, relatively simple front-engine coupe into a highly sophisticated twin-turbo sports car capable…

The Aston Martin V8 was the company’s flagship grand tourer through most of the 1970s and 1980s, combining traditional hand-built British luxury with a muscular quad-cam V8 and surprisingly formidable performance. Produced in its Aston Martin V8 form from 1972 through 1989, it developed from the earlier DBS V8 and ultimately spawned the V8 Vantage,…

The Lotus Esprit was one of the longest-lived and most distinctive mid-engine sports cars of the modern era. Introduced in production form in 1976 and built through 2004, it evolved from a lightweight, naturally aspirated four-cylinder wedge into a much faster and more sophisticated twin-turbo V8 supercar. Despite that extraordinary span, the fundamental Lotus philosophy…

The Shelby Cobra was created by combining a lightweight British sports-car chassis with American Ford V8 power, producing one of the fastest and most influential road cars of the 1960s. Developed by Carroll Shelby beginning in 1962, the Cobra evolved remarkably quickly from a relatively delicate AC Ace fitted with a 260-cubic-inch Ford small-block into…

The Ferrari 308 GTB is one of the defining Ferrari sports cars of the 1970s and early 1980s. Introduced in 1975 as the replacement for the Bertone-styled Dino 308 GT4, it combined a transverse mid-mounted V8 with a compact two-seat chassis and one of Pininfarina’s most enduring designs. Its proportions—low nose, deeply recessed side intakes,…

The Jensen Interceptor was one of the most distinctive British grand tourers of the late 1960s and 1970s, combining Italian styling with large-displacement American V8 power. Introduced in 1966, it replaced the earlier C-V8 and quickly became Jensen’s best-known road car. Its formula was unusual but effective: a hand-built British chassis and interior, a Chrysler…