"The Lancia ECV was probably the most extreme expression of the Group B Ethos. 600 HP. Carbon-Fibre and Kevlar bodied. Completely uncompromised. Deadly. But just look at it. When a little kid dreams of a rally car, this is the image "
Triumph TR7
" At the time I couldn’t stand the Triumph TR7. It was an abomination. Ugly. And many of the world’s motoring press said so, too. It just didn’t make sense, that cheese-wedge shape, that inconsequentially pert rear three "
The Return of The Flying Finn
"It’s exactly 30 years since Ari Vatanen won the UK stage of the World Rally Championship in the crazy days of Group B racing. This November Ari will be back in the UK for the Wales Rally GB (13th-16th "
Rover x BRM
"Gas Turbines — A much maligned power source. Sounding like the wheezings of a deadly dragon and producing freaky vehicles that used too much fuel – we are glad that some madcap engineers wanted to try them in racing cars. This snoop-nosed "
Ford Consul Capri
"It might have looked like a spaceship - particularly when compared to Ford UK’s standard issue cars of the time like the Anglia - but this first edition of a Ford car to carry the Capri moniker was as "
Ferrari 250 GT Tour de France
"We were gobsmacked by the beauty of this rare and precious Ferrari 250 GT 'Tour De France'. The first of the 250 Berlinettas rolled out of the factory in March 1956, and were the first real iteration of the genius combination of race-worthy "
Ford Transit Supervan 1
"There's something deliciously audacious about the very idea of a Mk 1 Ford Transit with an F1 engine installed. And look at the first edition of Ford’s promotional Transit. It looks every bit of the burly 1970s monster that it "
Porsche: the sum of its parts
"Came across this amazing 'teardown' video on the venerable and inspirational Le Container recently. It's magic being able to see the frightening amount of moving parts that goes into making the magical 'simplicity' that is the Porsche 911. Without peeking into "