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They weren’t the first, but an all-women crew entered the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1935, driving three of these MG PA/Bs. This particular model is the only one remaining of the team, and it was the first of the three to cross the finish line.
How do you go from zero to sixty in three seconds? Easy: drive a Komfort. The 1988 Porsche 959 ‘Komfort’ ($1,000,000 – $1,300,000) was the most technologically advanced care of the late eighties. 450 horsepower, a 2,849 cc air- and liquid-cooled horizontally opposed six-cylinder engine sporting two-stage turbochargers, a six-speed … Read More
No doubt about it: Porsche’s Carrera Coupé is an odd looking car. It’s also fairly hard to find. In the mid-fifties, Porsche was producing thousands of cars and winning big at the racetrack, with plenty of strong finishes in the Carrera Panamericana, made sweeter by beating rival Ferrari. To celebrate, … Read More
Giotto Bizzarrini was an engineer at Renzo Rivolta, which was a refrigerator, motorcycle, and car manufacturer in the early sixties when the company began building supercars. He was the chief engineer on their Iso Rivolta, but a falling out with the company drove him to found his own company, Protipi … Read More
The late 30s were a rough time for Aston Martin. Though it was recognised as a major sporting car company, they had a rough time thanks to the global situation. Strike action by French workers scuppered their entry in the 1936 Le Mans race, and two team cars had to … Read More
