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The Challenge Stradale, hailed as one of the finest road-ready Ferraris of the 21st century, delivers an exceptional driving experience,...
The Maserati Bora was unveiled in 1971 at the Geneva International Motor Show and was produced until 1978 with 564 cars built, not to mention the spectacular Boomerang, a coupé prototype created by Giugiaro with futuristic engineering and wedge-shaped bodywork. Following the trend that had already revolutionized Formula 1...
Ghia debuted the Maserati Ghibli to a stunned public at the prestigious 1966 Turin Motor Show. The advanced styling incorporated...
The Bugatti EB110 GT, named in honor of Ettore Bugatti’s 110th birthday, was positioned as the epitome of luxury and...
Some cars are designed to get us from A to B, and nothing more. And then there are icons – cars that leave their mark, monumental creations of a certain era in the automotive world. The BMW 507 is most certainly not just a car. Even though the 507 was...
No other American icon of performance rises to the level of the 427 Shelby Cobra. And while the 289 Cobra...
While the 250 GT was primarily a racing car, it did spawn a line of desirable road-going models, too. In...
The 458 Speciale joins the Ferrari range alongside the 458 Italia and 458 Spider and, like all special-series Ferraris, is aimed at a specific kind of owner, in this case those looking for an even more focused sports car that offers extreme driving emotions. Created as a more extreme version...
It was no surprise that the competition-bred Mercedes Benz 300 SL Gullwing coupe set the world afire upon its debut, with...
In 1985 Automobili Lamborghini was working on Project 132, with the intention of succeeding the Countach at the top of...
Ferruccio Lamborghini’s challenge to Ferrari began in 1964 with the 350GT, but it was the introduction of the Miura, often considered the pioneer of the supercar category, that firmly established Lamborghini as a renowned manufacturer of high-end sports cars. Prior to the Miura’s official unveiling at the 1966 Geneva Salon,...
The FXX was conceived as an experimental prototype exclusively available to a limited group of Ferrari’s most discerning clients. Those...
The Iso Grifo automobile emerged from the visionary collaboration between engineer Giotto Bizzarrini and entrepreneur Renzo Rivolta. Its inception in...
Credit – BarnFinds.com I saw my first Bricklin in 1974. Lit up under the Southern California sun, a local specialty dealership was featuring this gleaming Safety Orange plasticized wedge of sharp cheddar cheese. I was immediately drawn to it. I’d already spent months daydreaming in math class about becoming a...
If you’ve never seen a Lancia Stratos in person, you owe it to yourself to seek one out. The Stratos...
The Maserati MC20 made its debut in 2022, developed through a collaborative effort between Maserati and the motorsport engineering company...
The 993 Porsche 911 GT2, initially named GT, was built to comply with homologation regulations for the GT2 class racing, which had imposed a ban on all-wheel-drive vehicles by the mid-1990s. In order to enhance the GT2’s track capabilities, significant upgrades were made to the brakes, suspension, and wheels to...
More expensive than the 300 SL sports car and nearly twice the price of the top-of-the-line Cadillac of its era,...
The first Z06 was actually an option package first offered with the 1963 Corvette. The package was developed by Corvette’s legendary...
The Ferrari F12tdf is a faster, lighter and more powerful special edition of the Ferrari F12 Berlinetta. Ferrari says the car has been created in homage to the legendary Tour de France road races, which it dominated in the 1950s and 1960s with the likes of the 1956 250 GT...
The F12berlinetta is the third-generation Ferrari GT which follows the 599 GTB Fiorano and 550 Maranello. When released, Ferrari called...
Leaving on top The multiple title-winning Aston Martin Vantage GTE recorded a double-podium finish on its final appearance in the...
In a chance partnership, Shelby American and the Hertz Corporation devised a plan to provide motorists with the ability to hop into the driver seat of a special edition 1966 Shelby GT350, known formally as the Shelby Mustang GT350-H. Mechanically, Hertz issue GT350-H Mustangs were identical to those that could...
To celebrate its 100th anniversary, Ford Motor Company developed the Ford GT, with the GT40 Concept unveiled at the 2002 North...
The Ferrari F50 is a supercar that conceptually resembles a Formula 1 single-seater. It offers an exhilarating driving experience, characterized by...
The McLaren P1 is a remarkable hypercar that has been recognized as a landmark both for McLaren and the development of high-performance hybrid vehicles. Now, there’s an open-top version of it to be manufactured by Lanzante, a UK-based company renowned for converting McLaren F1 GTRs and P1 GTRs into road-legal...
Carroll Shelby, renowned for creating the iconic Cobra, conceived the idea of infusing his Shelby touch into Ford’s newly hot...
In 1960, Ferrari introduced the 250 GTE 2+2, marking its foray into the four-seater market to compete with rivals like...
The Super Dart 400 was built on a 1957 300C Chrysler chassis and proudly featured a 400-horsepower Chrysler Hemi engine under the hood, complete with two substantial 4-barrel carburetors. This powerhouse was assembled on Chrysler’s industrial engine line and enhanced with a combination of performance parts, including the optional “Power...