The Bentley Continental Flying Spur (2006 - 2013) was the second Bentley manufactured since the Volkswagen Group purchased the brand in 1999, afte...

Before David Plastow left his senior position at Rolls-Royce following the take-over of Vickers plc, he had been responsible for a series of model...

The E-Type Series III was introduced in 1971, with a new 5.3 litre, V12 engine, uprated brakes, and standard power steering. Optionally, an automa...

When Alejandro de Tomaso acquired Maserati in 1976, he had ambitious plans for the marque. His plan was to combine the prestige of the Maserati br...

Sharing the Volkswagen Group A5 platform, it debuted at the Frankfurt Motor Show in October 2003 and went on sale in Europe one month later. The G...

Though launched at the Geneva Salon of 1991, many elements of the John Heffernan/Ken Greenley-penned Continental R had been seen at the same event...

The 456M, M standing for Modificata, was unveiled in 1998, starting with chassis number 109589. Many changes were made to improve aerodynamics and...

The Mercedes-Benz W113 roadsters, designed by Paul Bracq, were produced from 1963 through to 1971 and were known as the 'pagoda roof' SL. All mode...

These fabulous and popular little cars were designed in 1959 and were heralded as a new concept in car design. Little did they know or envisage wh...

The Ferrari 348 was a mid-engined, rear wheel drive, V8 powered two-seater replacing the 328 in 1989 and continuing until 1995. Badged 348 TB for ...

In the aftermath of the Second World War, Rover's chief engineer Maurice Wilks used a demobbed' Willys Jeep around his farm in Anglesey and was im...

The fourth generation BMW M3 was announced on the 2007 Geneva Motor Show. It was originally set to be called M4 along with 3 Series coupés and con...

The 996 is the internal designation for the Porsche 911 model manufactured and sold between 1998 and 2005. On its debut, the 996 featured the most...

The Austin Healey 100 was built between 1953 and 1956, it was developed by Donald Healey to be produced in-house by Healey's small car company. He...

First produced late in 1966, the 250 SL used the same bodyshell as the 230 SL that had founded this spectacularly successful sports car dynasty an...

This UK supplied right hand drive Series I 3.8 litre fixedhead coupé was manufactured on 28th February 1962 and is one of the first 250 E-Types pr...

As the successor to the 1100, Fiat's 1200 series debuted in November 1957 at the Turin Motor Show. The two-model 1200 series was available in Gran...

The Ferrari 575M Maranello is a two-seat, two-door, grand tourer which was launched in 2002, it is essentially an updated 550 Maranello featuring ...

At the London Motor Show in 1959, Rolls-Royce Bentley Motors introduced their all-new 6.2-litre V8 engine with the Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud II and...

The Porsche 993 was introduced in 1993 as a replacement for the 964 generation of the iconic 911 model and was built until 1998. Regarded by many ...

In the summer of 1965, Mercedes-Benz launched its new replacements for both W 111 and W 112 saloons, the W 108 and W 109 respectively. In a bizarr...

The Citroën CX is a large, front-engine, front-wheel-drive executive car manufactured from 1974 to 1991. Production models took the form of a four...

Stylish, fast, and practical, the Stag began life as a Triumph 2000 based styling exercise by Italian carrossier, Giovanni Michelotti. A 2+2 conve...

The notion that the Mini might have a future as anything other than basic transport was an anathema; the idea of a high-performance version was la...

After spearheading the Aston Martin V8's transformation for the 1990s, the Virage name was dropped during 1994, its place as the 'standard' model ...

The 1972 F2 Brabham BT38 was based on the 1971 BT36 but was a monocoque instead of a spaceframe. MRD records state 16 were built, but there is evi...

The TR-Tec Group of companies, trading as Backdraft Racing South Africa, was established in the city of Durban in 2002 and was initially producing...

From the birth of the original TR1 of 1952 through to the TR250 of 1968, Triumph Motor Companys line of TR sports cars were both ground-breaking a...

The Austin Healey 3000 Mk. III was launched in October 1963 and remained in production until the end of 1967 when production of Austin Healeys cea...

The Volkswagen Type 2 was introduced in 1950 as a multi-variant utility vehicle, known as the Transporter, Kombi or Microbus (depending on body ty...

The Jaguar E-Type was initially designed and shown to the public as a grand tourer in two-seater coupé form and as a convertible roadster. Open he...

When Porsche launched the 928 GTS in 1992, they knew it would be the last evolution of 928. Porsche did much to enhance performance and refinement...

Alpine, once an independent company specialising in faster Renaults, and later a Renault subsidiary, established a fine competition history with t...

Launched at the Geneva Motor Show in March of 1963, the 230 SL was a very different car to its predecessors. Intended as the replacement for the 1...

Launched at the Geneva Motor Show in 1993, the Ian Callum styled DB7 began production in 1994 at a new factory in Bloxham, Oxfordshire. It was eng...

Lotus Engineering Limited was formed by engineer Colin Chapman, a graduate of University College London, in 1952. The first factory was in old sta...

The BMW E30 3-series was first introduced in 1982, with the BMW built convertible version joining the line-up in 1988.  Unlike the bulky Baur roll...

The Range Rover is a large luxury four-wheel drive sport utility vehicle launched in 1970 and is now in its fourth generation. In 1967, the first ...

The Jaguar XJ40 was manufactured between 1986 and 1994. Officially unveiled on 8th October 1986 it was an all-new redesign of the XJ to replace th...

The C55 signified a return to AMGs V8 roots, after barely a three-year flirtation with a supercharged V6. AMG found 8,100 homes for the C32, but t...

The 944 was to feature new styling based upon the Le Mans-styles-Porsche 924 Carrera GT, along with a brand-new Porsche-designed and developed 2.5...

After an initial attempt to enter the luxury motor car market, which did not get beyond the prototype stage, Hotchkiss decided on a one model poli...

The Mercedes-Benz S-Class is a luxury saloon and was officially introduced in 1972 with the W116 S-Class which succeeded previous Mercedes-Benz mo...

The Jaguar Mk. II was a medium sized saloon built from 1959 to 1967 as a successor to the 2.4 and 3.4 litre models. The Mk. II was handsome, power...

From its launch in 1961 to the end of its production in 1975, the Jaguar E-Type went from design revelation to motoring icon in a generation. Base...

One of the most synonymous names in British motoring history, Railton Cars was founded in 1933 by Noel Macklin, a well-respected engineer who had ...

The E-Type design owed much to that of the racing D-Type, a monocoque tub forming the main structure while a tubular spaceframe extended forwards ...

The second incarnation of the Cortina was designed by Roy Haynes and launched on 18th October, 1966, four years after the original Cortina. Althou...

From 1970 through to 1972, Aston's flagship model was the DBS V8. Although the body and name was shared with the six-cylinder DBS, the V8 sold for...

A modern classic by Pininfarina, the simple yet elegant Spider bodywork that premiered on the 1966 Alfa Romeo Duetto would prove enduringly popula...

Some ideas are just moments of genius, shifting a concept around 180° and leaving other manufacturers playing catch-up. This was the case with Fia...

Successor to the race proven E9 3.0CS/CSi, the BMW 6 Series was introduced in August 1976, it utilised a modified version of the 5 Series saloon p...

A direct descendant of Jaguars giant-killing D-Type, the E-Type naturally borrowed many styling and engineering cues, the body was slippery and vo...

DUE TO CIRCUMSTANCES BEYOND OUR CONTROL, THIS LOT HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN FROM THE AUCTIONFollowing the launch of the 911/996, Porsche launched the GT3...

 The fifth generation of the legendary SL series of two-door convertible sports cars was known as the R230. It featured a fully retractable hardto...

By the mid-1960s, the Jaguar E-Type was appealing to the man with a young family but who were restricted by the size of the current Jaguar E-Type ...

The Land Rover Defender was launched in 1948 and, incredibly, production only finished in January 2016 after a continuous run of 67 years. Outward...

The standard Sierra that we all know and love was homologated in 1986 for Group A Touring Car Racing. That is to say, 5,000 units needed to be bui...

The Triumph TR5 was manufactured for just 13 months, from August 1967 through to September 1968 and is the most sought after of the Michelotti /Ka...

These fabulous sports cars were unveiled at the Geneva Salon in 1977 and voted Car of the Year for 1978. It was intended as an upmarket replacemen...