Shelby American Cobra 260 The Shelby American Cobra 260 traces its roots back to the British AC Ace and later AC Bristol engined version. A tubular and lightweight design enclosed in a beautiful aluminium body originally designed by John Tojeiro. … Continue reading A practical guide to the Cobra 260, 289 and Daytona Coupe.
Talking Group 2 here and production based touring cars so here comes the Cologne Capri, the fastest and meanest evolution of the model. The final answer from Ford to the mighty BMW CSL which had taken the game to another level … Continue reading #TouringCarMadness – The Cologne GA Capri.
Group 5 or the wildest ever production category ? Well, that what it stands for in terms of history. Defined as a ruleset by the FIA for Special Touring Cars, it in situ evolved in three generations of cars with … Continue reading #TouringCarMadness – The Zakspeed Capri Turbo.
Recent holidays and visit to a sunny island called Ibiza visiting one of my best friend and of course, a petrolhead like me brought up some Nascar content. Yeah, well, I like Nascar ! People in Europe and certainly because … Continue reading #Stories – Racing to Win, Wood Brothers Style.
The Williams FW07-C takes its roots from the 1979 Williams FW07 designed by Patrick Head for the 1979 Formula One season. The FW07 was Williams answer to the Hethel built Lotus 79. It shares many aspect, the main one being … Continue reading #GroundEffect – The 1981 Williams FW07-C
The World Rally Championship, known as the WRC today saw the rise of fantastic machinery through the introduction of the Group B category by the FIA in 1982. Created to fill the slot of the previous Group 4 and Group … Continue reading #EightiesMadness – Inside the mighty Ford RS200.
© All Pictures – Copyright Rémi Dargegen Photography. Not a Tour Auto newcomer but a Cobra again and we love it, “644 CGT” aka CSX2130 one of the Willment cars was back on the Tour Autothis year after its win … Continue reading #RemiDargegen – The Willment “644 CGT” Shelby Cobra.
All Pictures © Stéphane Sasso – Sassography. Thanks to Stéphane Sasso for the pictures, Stéphan and Mike Kupka of MECauto and all the MECauto Boys’. The World Sportscar Championship again ! Not the best era of sportscar racing as this championship … Continue reading #PurpleCat – The 1991 WSC Jaguar XJR-14.
Back in 1966 the British Saloon Car Championship allowed Group 5 cars to join the already colourful field of Group 1 and Group 2 cars. Group 5 allowed almost anything to be fitted to the cars and in 1967 Lotus introduced … Continue reading #TouringCarMadness – The 1967 FVA Powered Ford Cortina Lotus Mk2.
In 1983, the GTX class of the IMSA GT Championship became obsolete, and was replaced by the IMSA GTP category. Ford which had been racing the Ford Mustang GTX needed a new car and here comes the story of the Ford … Continue reading #Focus – IMSA GTP & The Ford Mustang GTP.
