Since 1966, pretty much every supercar of note came from within Europe. Many of these supercars were known to be...
Isdera was a little known German engineering and sports car specialist. Few people were aware of its existence until the...
In 1985 Automobili Lamborghini was working on Project 132, with the intention of succeeding the Countach at the top of the Lamborghini range. Starting from scratch, designer Marcello Gandini (who was also responsible for drawing Miura and Countach) sketched a very aggressive, sharp body for what was to become the Diablo. When...
Starting as a project aimed at developing a high-performance off-road vehicle for military use, the final model slated to go...
The Lotec C1000 is a one-of-a-kind supercar that not a lot of people have heard about before. Originally commissioned by...
Nissan started making Group C cars in 1983. At first a Nissan engine would be mounted in a foreign-made chassis (March Engineering or Lola Cars International), and entered in the WEC (World Endurance Championship) and Japan’s own endurance series. The R91CP, however, was entirely Nissan-made, and – driven by Masahiro...
The Porsche 962 (also known as the 962C in its Group C form) was built by Porsche as a replacement...
The original Bugatti EB110 debuted on September 15th, 1991 – the date of company founder Ettore Bugatti’s 110th birthday. But...
The original Viper was dreamed up as a modern-day Shelby Cobra, a perfect rebound from the malaise era and Lee Iaccoca’s botched attempt at making the brand exciting by creating the underwhelming Chrysler TC. The humble budget in question was $70 million; a huge sum indeed, but a modest budget...
As Jagaur’s first production supercar, the XJ220 was a bold step for the British company. Looking at the company’s history,...
Rotary-powered Mazdas have been around since the 1960s, but not all of them ended up etched in the collective unconscious...
The Porsche 964 Carrera RS Clubsport, also known as the N/GT, is a rare lightweight 911 from the early 1990s. It comes equipped with a 3.6-litre naturally aspirated ‘M64/03’ flat-six, paired with a five-speed manual transmission. Of the total 2,282 units produced for the 964 Carrera RS, only 290 were...
Every so often, Porsche creates a short production run of cars that celebrates the attributes of one of their special...
The Bugatti EB110 GT, named in honor of Ettore Bugatti’s 110th birthday, was positioned as the epitome of luxury and...
Launched in 1992, the McLaren F1 would go on to revolutionize the supercar industry with many of its core characteristics still referenced in the production of today’s most exotic vehicles. It is the McLaren model everybody knows. It paved the way for an increasingly mainstream use of materials such as...
Perhaps the greatest Japanese sports car of all time, the NSX was originally developed as a hardtop coupe and fine-tuned with inputs...
McLaren’s F1 roadcar is arguably the best car ever produced by racing manufacturer McLaren, and was often referred to as...
Developed by Porsche to fulfill FIA GT racing homologation requirements, the 993 GT2 was derived from the 993 Turbo. It featured a rear-wheel drive layout, an alloy rear subframe with a double-wishbone suspension setup, riveted fender flares, an aluminum hood and doors, and a distinctive “banana” biplane rear wing. Factory...
The 512 M was launched in October 1994 at the Paris Salon as the ultimate and final Testarossa. It was also...
The 993 Porsche 911 GT2, initially named GT, was built to comply with homologation regulations for the GT2 class racing,...
Porsche responded to the reorganization of international GT racing with a series of homologation specials beginning with the naturally aspirated 911 RS and culminating in the GT2 Evo. The lightweight RS set the basic template, using a non-turbo air-cooled flat-6 punched out to 3.8L and rated at 300 bhp, bolt-on Turbo-style wheel-arch...
In terms of sheer ambition, the Lotus Elise GT1 was perhaps the ultimate Elise ever created. Conceived to replace the Esprit GT1...
After a promising season in 1996, Porsche updated their GT1 contender to Evolution specification. This included redesign bodywork, a new...
Designed by Gordon Murray and Peter Stevens, the McLaren F1 was developed and designed with a no compromise approach, world-beating Formula 1 expertise and technology, and the most driver-focused driving experience at its core. A true pioneering tour de force, the McLaren F1 was the first road car to feature...
Aimed at winning Le Mans and complying to European road regulations, the sole 911 GT1 ’98 Straßenversion is a unique...
Competing as a production-based sports car, the new C5-R Corvette was developed to compete as a GTS-class race car that...
The CLK GTR is a sports car and race car that was born out of Mercedes-Benz’s desire to duke it out against Ferrari and Porsche in the FIA GT Championship. Essentially taking elements of a CLK racer and some road car trimmings and mashing them together, they produced the prototype...
The Alfa Romeo SE 048SP was originally developed as a replacement for the Lancia LC2 in the Group C racing...
The Porsche 911 GT1 Evo is considered one of the standout racing cars from the 1990s, and this example, chassis...
The McLaren F1, the Porsche 911 GT1 and the Mercedes CLK GTR are three of the most iconic supercars of all time and were known as the “holy trinity” of Group GT1 in the 1990s. Let’s join Henry Catchpole from Carfection as he gives us an in-depth comparison about these three...
