Finally recognising that they had a reputation for making outdated albeit fast road cars, 1971 allowed customers to enjoy the new Bora (internally known as the Tipo 117) which was a large step forward for Maserati. Bought out by Citroen some three years earlier, this was the first car to be completely designed from scratch […]
Not every day the opportunity comes along to review a Lamborghini, so naturally I jumped at the chance. A big thank you to Joe who owns this magnificent machine and to Karl Goodwin motors for facilitating the review. To date, the only Ferrari I had driven was a Ferrari Mondial. The most powerful car I’d […]
Popular Science awarded their 2003 “Best of What’s New” award to the Porsche Carrera GT, internally known as the 980 and placed on sale from 2004 to 2007. This legendary machine from Porsche also claimed first place on the Top Sports Cars of the 2000s list and eighth place on the Top Sports Cars of […]
As a successor to the Ferrari 360, the type F131 was sold as the Ferrari F430 and launched at the Paris Motor Show. It was available from 2004 through to 2009. Design Again, design of Ferrari’s latest model went to Pininfarina. With the same Alcoa aluminium chassis as the 360 alongside the same doors and […]
As a successor to the very popular Ferrari 355, the Type F131 was launched in 1999 as the Ferrari 360. Utilising a brand new aluminium chassis and adopting a space frame approach to the construction, this Ferrari moved away from the traditional pop-up headlamp units and wedge shapes. Modena 8,800 hardtop models were produced during […]
The BMW Z8 was officially launched to the public in 1999 with a design that was almost identical to the concept that had been previewed at the 1997 Tokyo Motor Show. With only 5,703 models sold from 2000 to 2003, the Henrik Fisker designed car never really sold in the quantities expected by BMW. Design […]
Engineering brothers Martin and Friedhelm Wiesmann founded the Wiesmann car company in 1988 to construct and sell hand built convertibles that could be customised to requirements. It was a grand idea that ultimately failed in 2014 but was bought out by a new team – hopefully the new range of cars are just as good […]
Announced in 1992 on the 40th anniversary of the Belgian concessionaire at a special reception in the Palais de Cinquantenaire in the heart of Brussels, the 456 replaced the 412 and marked a return to the V12 2+2 layout. The 456 was also the last Ferrari model to incorporate pop-up headlights in its design – […]
Colin Chapman, the Lotus boss, saw an opportunity in 1980 to move the Lotus road-car range upmarket with the introduction of the Esprit Turbo. This was a logical step after his initial moves in 1974 with the launch of the Eclat and the Esprit launch in 1975 (replacing the Elan and the Europa). History 1970 […]
The Mercedes 500E. Looks like a bog standard Mercedes, unless you know what you’re looking at. This in reality is a Porsche wearing a Mercedes badge. Porsche engineering The 80s/90s transition period saw Germany in a recession, which of course meant that high performance car manufacturers like Porsche were not selling as many cars as […]