Greatest Cars, Ferrari 312P Berlinetta

Throughout the 1950s and well into the 1960s Ferrari was extremely successful with evolutionary sports racing cars. The V12 for example in the 330 P4 Le Mans racer of 1967 was still closely related to very first Ferrari engine designed some two decades earlier. The gradual development had resulted in bullet-proof machines that dominated sports…

Greatest Cars, Austin 7

The Austin 7 was an economy car produced from 1922 until 1939 by the Austin Motor Company. Nicknamed the “Baby Austin”, it was one of the most popular cars ever produced for the British market, and sold well abroad. It wiped out most other British small cars and cyclecars of the early 1920s and its…

Greatest Cars, Silver Arrows

As we have all probably heard by now, the Mercedes driven by Fangio was sold at Bonham’s Goodwood Festival of Speed Auction for a record $29,650,095. Well, we thought that may be we should have a closer look at these great cars. Silver Arrows (German: Silberpfeil) was the name given by the press to Germany’s…

Greatest Cars, Fiat X19 Abarth

We shall be covering the X19 range in the next few weeks, so we thought to give you a little taster by featuring the Abarth version of this car. The Fiat subsidiary Abarth, developed the Abarth X1/9 Prototipo to replace the 124 Spider Abarth as Fiat’s main rally car. Ultimately, the parallel 131 Abarth project…

Greatest Cars, Lamborghini Countach

The Countach was styled by Marcello Gandini of the Bertone design studio, the same designer and studio that designed the Miura. Gandini was then a young, inexperienced designer—not very experienced in the practical, ergonomic aspects of automobile design, but at the same time unhindered by them. Gandini produced a striking design. The Countach shape was…

Greatest Cars, McLaren F1

During the supercar glut of the 1980s and 1990s, the McLaren was the most outrageous, most powerful and also most intelligently designed supercar of the lot. It was also one of the lightest and most practical. From the outset it had the best possible packaging while also being incredibly fast and stable. Although the F1’s…

Greatest Cars, Honda NSX

The beginnings of the NSX trace back to 1984, when Honda began experimenting with a mid-mounted, rear-wheel drive format. Expecting to create a more efficient and dynamic driving package, they instead found themselves marvelling at the unique and thrilling handling of this test car. The memory of their unexpected discovery would follow them, and the…

Greatest Cars, Alfa Romeo 2000 Sportiva

Some of the greatest cars ever produced will be published in this section. You can find more of our greatest cars here. Alfa Romeo 2000 Sportiva After the Second World War, Alfa Romeo had drastically revised their line-up. In a matter of years, production shifted from the most expensive car available to small family saloons.…

Greatest Cars, Aston Martin Lagonda

The Aston Martin Lagonda is a luxury four-door saloon built between 1974 and 1990. A total of 645 were produced. The name was derived from the Lagonda marque that Aston Martin had purchased in 1947. There were two very distinct versions, the short-lived 1974 saloon based on the Aston Martin V8, and the contrasting ultra-modern…

Greatest Cars, Bentley 4½ Litre

“There’s no replacement for displacement” The 4½ Litre was based on a rolling chassis built by Bentley and it came about replacing the Bentley 3 Litre. It is famous for epitomizing prewar British motor racing and for its popular slogan “there’s no replacement for displacement”, created by the founder of Bentley, Walter Owen Bentley. Bentley…

Greatest Cars; Aston Martin DB2

The DB2 sports car was manufactured by Aston Martin from 1950 through to 1953. It was a major advancement over the 2-Litre Sports model it replaced, with a dual overhead cam straight-6 in place of the previously-used pushrod straight-4. The car featured a 2.6 L engine, and was designed as a closed coupé (described as…

Greatest Cars, Fiat Dino

The Fiat Dino is an exotic front-engined, rear wheel drive sports car manufactured between 1966 and 1973. It was an intermediate step towards creating Ferrari’s “Dino” and the two are often confused. The Fiat Dino allowed Ferrari to achieve the necessary production numbers to homologate Alfredo Ferrari’s (better known by his nickname of “Dino”) V6…