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Learn your ABCs with this cooler-than-cool Bugatti Type 57 Atalante
A hallmark of luxury, elegance, and status in the early 1930s, and now a true piece of automotive artistry and wonder almost 90 years later. The Bugatti Type 57 Atalante is so much more than just a car.
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Pininfarina's Honda HP-X is bringing 1980s sci-fi to Pebble Beach
Pininfarina is most closely associated with Ferrari, but their partnership with Honda led to two of the greatest sports cars of the 1990s: the legendary NSX and mini yet mighty Beat. However, Honda and Pininfarina wowed the world before - at the 1984 Turin Auto Show when they debuted this, the HP-X Concept. Now freshly restored and set to make its North American debut at the Pebble Beach Concours this month, the HP-X will be the first Japanese vehicle entry at the concours in over 50 years.
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Marc Phillipp Gemballa’s Marsiens have officially landed
It seems like yesterday that we first saw the other-worldly footage of Marc Philipp Gemballa and his team tackling bitterly cold -20 degrees Celsius conditions in Scandinavia, then moving on to Sölden in Austria to scale an almost-impossible glacier, only to return and head straight to Germany’s Nordschleife, covering 3,000 km with complete ease. After intense testing, developing and innovating, the Marsien is now ready for 40 lucky clients to experience.
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From Boney M to bonafide classic, this BMW M1 has a story to tell
The origins of motorsport-derived road cars are often involve the craziest of stories. From last minute homologation specials to a one-off prototype-turned-road car, there are tales desperate to be told, and the BMW M1’s history is no exception. A mere 399 road going examples of the M1 were made, and even fewer were treated to in-period customisation such as this example from Motikon.se.
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Guess who commissioned this one-off Lamborghini LM002 Station Wagon
It's easy to understand why the Rambo Lambo resonated so deeply with car enthusiast across the globe when it launched. Lamborghini, the marque behind so many poster cars including the Miura and Countach, had built an all-terrain military vehicle for mere civilians, ready to inject your daily grocery run with some Esercito Italiano flair. Not long after its unveiling, a certain Sultan of a tiny sovereign state on the island of Borneo decided he would quite like to add one to his collection...
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We found Porsche paradise on Earth at Megaphonics ’24
Recently Boxengasse welcomed thousands of air and water-cooled 911s to their fabulous Bicester event space for the sixth instalment of Britain’s biggest Porsche celebration: Megaphonics! Read the full review of the event on Classic Driver.
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Meet the FF’s great grandfather: the Ferrari 365 2+2 Felber "Croisette"
If you’re heading to Monterey Car Week, it’s almost guaranteed you’ll spot this unique Ferrari 365 2+2 GT4 Felber “Croisette”. Until this month the car had remained in Switzerland ever since its original importation from Italy. Still wearing its Blue Ribot paintwork and white roof, it is to almost the exact specification today as it was when it left Panther Westwinds all those decades ago, the only difference being that the fridge is missing.
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The homologated Peugeot 205 Rallye picked up where the T16 left off
What happens when you take an already lightweight hatchback, strip it to its bare necessities and give it some real punch under the bonnet? Well, a homologation special is what you get, and the Peugeot 205 Rallye is perhaps the best road-legal rally legend out there…
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Super Stradale
Iconic rally cars like Audi, Lancia, and Peugeot are renowned for their mud-loving, fire-spitting performances. However, Fiat 131 Abarth Rally Stradale, built under Aurelio Lampredi and Sergio Limone's watch, also warrants recognition. This homologated road version was one of the 400 made for rallying; it weighs only 1,020 kg, making it agile with a responsive 2-liter engine. A worthy addition to any car collection for its unique racing heritage.
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Our favourite gelato this summer? Ferrari F40 alla menta!
Colour choices for a new Ferrari F40 in the 1980s were pretty limited: it was only available in Rosso Corsa. Luckily, owners have become more bold and creative in recent years, showcasing how good the original Maranello supercar can look in bright blue or dark green. Another well-known protagonist of the repainting movement is this 1991 Ferrari F40. Known as ‘Minty Forty’, it heads now to the auction block at the RM Sotheby’s sale on August 16 in Monterey, estimated to fetch 1,9 - 2,5 mln USD.
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The iconic BB Auto 'Rainbow Porsche' makes a return at Pebble Beach
Sponsored by Polaroid, Rainer Buchmann’s ‘Rainbow Porsche’ 911 Targa was a star of the 1970s tuning scene. Now Galpin Motors introduces BB Auto Design to North America and pays tribute to the original BB Auto car with a hybrid Targa at Monterey Car Week.
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Is this ballistic RUF Rturbo the ultimate Porsche 996?
The 996-generation Porsche 911 might be the sweet spot of the rear-engined sports car lineage. For an affordable, engaging ride, the Carrera and Carrera 4 are perfect. The GT3 and GT3 RS are amazing both on and off the track. If grand touring is your preference, the Turbo and GT2 are incredible continent-crushers. What if even the infamous GT2 wasn’t up to your standards in terms of power or rarity? Well, there was really only one option left, and it came courtesy of the Porscheholics at RUF.
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Chrysler was brought back from the dead by Ghia’s Special Coupé
Despite Chrysler’s success during the 1930s, its popularity as a big player dwindled at the end of the 1940s, but thanks to cars like this Special Coupé by Ghia heading to Worldwide Auctioneers’ Auburn sale on 29 August, the brand was brought out of the darkness.
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Here’s how this Bugatti EB 110 went from bare chassis to showstopper
If we told you the following recipe — carbon fibre chassis, quad-turbo V12 engine, and four wheel drive — most would think we’re describing a modern-day hypercar, but that’s exactly what Bugatti equipped the EB 110 GT with when it debuted in 1991. It was as bleeding edge as poster cars come, and it had to be to justify a price tag that would leave you with change after purchasing two Ferrari Testarossas...
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Meet the team that are continuing the mighty Mini’s revolution
For so many of us, our love of cars is so deeply rooted into our earliest memories that it’s hard to imagine what we’d be interested in if we hadn’t experienced four-wheeled fantasies. For Adrien Harang, his childhood was spent surrounded by engines, not from his father or older siblings like so many of us, but his grandmother, who owned a small garage in a rural area to the west of Paris...