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Rare species, this leightweight Ferrari 275 GTB

Rare species, this leightweight Ferrari 275 GTB

August 19, 2017

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This Ferrari 275 GTB is a rare one. It is equipped with the single camshaft twelvecilinder engine , but it also has the lightweight body, built by Carrozzeria Scaglietti in Modena. The car was assumably one of two testcars for Ferrari, when they were preparing for the Monte Carlo Rally of 1966. In the

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A heroic failure: the Australian Leyland P76 V8

Posted: January 22, 2020

British Leyland was already in big trouble when they decided to design a full-size saloon car for the Australian market. And guess what? It was even a pretty good car. But still, production stopped within two years. In the 1960s and ‘70’s the Australian car market was dominated by the large cars, like the Ford […]

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This Volkswagen is faster than a normal Golf GTI

Posted: April 7, 2018

The Volkswagen Golf I GTI in this picture is faster than other Golf I GTI I’s. It was tuned by Oettinger, sold by Volkswagen and available only in France. Why in France? Because there, the Renault 5 Turbo was ruling the market for hot hatchbacks in the early 1980’s. To challenge that car, Volkswagen needed […]

Cars from Turkish museum part of Bonhams Goodwood Auction

Posted: April 4, 2019

During the sale at the Goodwood Members Meeting, there will be 24 cars on sale from the collection of the Key auto museum in Turkey. That’s only part of the museum’s collection, the sale has to do with a change in the direction of the museum, Bonhams says.

Daughter Tiffany takes over Dan Kruse’s auction house

Posted: September 4, 2019

A family take-over in Texas, USA: Tiffany Kruse starts her own auction house Republic Auctions. She more or less takes over from her dad, who has managed Dan Kruse Classics since 1972. San Antonio based Dan Kruse Classics has been one of the premier classic car auction houses, the business started as early as 1972. […]