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The De Tomaso Mangusta “Mongoose”

Jon Branch January 28, 2023
De Tomaso Mangusta Ghia GT sports car
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The De Tomaso Mangusta ranks as one of Italian designer Giorgetto Giugiaro’s most outstanding mid-engined designs. Originally created based on a backbone chassis built…

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1990s Supercar Royalty: The Bugatti EB110 GT

Jon Branch December 10, 2022
1994 Bugatti EB110 GT
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The Bugatti EB110 was a true successor of the original pre-war Bugattis that had been created by Ettore Bugatti and his son Jean. It…

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The Mighty Mercedes-Benz 500 SL AMG 5.0

Jon Branch December 5, 2022
Mercedes Benz 500SL AMG
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The Mercedes-Benz 500 SL AMG 5.0 was to be a marriage made in heaven: a joining together of a Mercedes-Benz 500 SL with the best…

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Lancia Delta S4 Group B Works – The Car That Won The 1986 Monte Carlo Rally

Jon Branch November 5, 2022
Lancia Delta S4 rally car
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The Lancia Delta S4 is a Group B rally car created with the sole purpose of winning events in the World Rally Championship. In…

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There’s A Works 1982 Lancia 037 Group B Evolution 1 For Sale

Jon Branch November 3, 2022
Lancia Group B works Evolution1
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This Lancia 037 Group B Works Evolution 1 is one of the cars that made the mid-engine Lancia an icon of Group B’s earlier…

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The Sultan of Brunei’s Ferrari Testarossa “Pininfarina Spider” Is For Sale

Jon Branch November 2, 2022
Ferrari Testarossa Pininfarina Spider Special Production Sultan of Brunei Pininfarina
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With its long side strakes covering the large air vent on each side of the car, and wedge-shaped profile, the Testarossa was a unique…

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A Rare Group B Homologation Special: The 1984 Peugeot 205 Turbo 16

Jon Branch October 30, 2022
Peugeot 205 Turbo 16
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The Peugeot 205 Turbo 16, in rally form, was a car that largely dominated the last two years of Group B competition – the…

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For Sale: A Rare 1985 Audi Sport quattro S1 E2 Group B Works Racer

Jon Branch October 27, 2022
Audi Sport quattro S1 E2 rally car
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Throughout the history of the sport of motor rallying the Group B era stands out as the most dramatic, the most gut wrenching motorsport…

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1989 Lamborghini Countach 25th Anniversary

Jon Branch September 8, 2022
Lamborghini Countach 25th Anniversary
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The Lamborghini Countach was created as the successor to the Miura, which was the car that effectively changed Ferruccio Lamborghini’s vision for his company….

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The Impossibly Beautiful Fiat 8V Supersonic By Ghia

Jon Branch August 19, 2022
Fiat Otto Vu 8V sports car
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The Fiat 8V was one of the great surprises of the early 1950’s. This was a two litre V8 sports car with a semi-monocoque…

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A Road-Legal Le Mans Race Car: The Rare 1991 Jaguar XJR-15

Jon Branch August 17, 2022
Jaguar XJR15 sports racing car Tom Walkinshaw Jaguar
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In 1982 when Jaguar entered into a partnership with Tom Walkinshaw Racing to form JaguarSport they probably didn’t anticipate creating a road-legal sports car…

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This Is The “Modena Monster” – The Mighty 1955 Ferrari 410 Sport Spider

Jon Branch August 15, 2022
Ferrari Sport Spider racing car
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Nicknamed the “Modena Monster”, this was one of only two Ferrari 410 Sports racing cars that were campaigned by the Scuderia Ferrari factory team…

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