Carrozzeria Riva, or Mario Riva & Sons, started in 1949 in Carzaniga Merate, Como. The range of work undertaken was eclectic, ranging from boats to buses to hearses,...

Founded in 1937, Alfonso Morini’s company built two-stroke lightweights at first before developing a range of fast four-stroke roadsters during the 1950s, the first of which appeared at the...

Although the Mk I was a great success, selling four times as many as the larger Jaguar saloons, Jaguar boss William Lyons was not content. He knew it...

The Fiat 1100 was a small family car produced from 1937 to 1953 by the Italian car manufacturer Fiat, as a replacement for the Fiat 508 Balilla. Under...

Taking its name from a type of Camel known for its speed, the Méhari was launched at the Paris Auto Show in October 1968 and would remain in...

This lovely Vespa 400 was first registered in France on the 10th March 1961 by Mon. Faget Aime of Montagnac. The car was recently repainted and it is...

In March 1963 the new generation of SL sports cars was launched with the debut of the 230 SL at the Geneva Show. This revolutionary new model replaced...

After 1973, it was decided that the 2.4 litre wasn’t really fast enough for the 911, with the impending American emissions standards threatening to slow the model down...

This late November 1961 MK II Coupe is a rare example indeed. In total over 10,000 coupes were built of all variants- but of this version there were...

The Toyota J40 is the model designation for a Toyota Land Cruiser 40 series made from 1960 until 1984. Most 40 series Land Cruisers were built as 2-door...

The legendary Jaguar E-Type needs no introduction and this very nice 2+2 Coupe is no exception. As with so many other E-Types, it was exported when new to the...

Late in 1974 Porsche started building a special 911 model to mark the company’s 25th anniversary. Only 400 2.7 Targa 25th Anniversary models were built, and all were...

Ferrari’s flagship model, the Testarossa, revived a famous name from the Italian company’s past when it arrived in 1984. The ‘next generation’ Berlinetta Boxer retained its predecessor’s mid-mounted...

With BMW looking to push the marque further upmarket, the combination of their bahn-storming six cylinder engine and a pretty but underpowered Coupé in its portfolio, it was...

The Maserati Quattroporte in this sale is chassis number AM107*1026*. As confirmed in a letter from Maserati, this car was built on the 22nd July 1966, delivered to...

The M5 made its debut at Amsterdam Motor Show in February 1984. It perfectly offered the need for a larger car to carry the family with a full...

‘The Mustang can be tailored to be anything from a gentle in-town ladies’ car to an impressive 130mph highway performer. Undoubtedly its almost infinitely variable personality is one...

The FIAT 1500 was an all-new design first shown to the public at the Milan Motor Show in November 1935. Automotive engineers had begun to pay greater attention...

Debuted at the 1985 Frankfurt Auto Show, the Ferrari 328 was the second model in Ferrari’s long and popular line of mid-engine V8 sports cars, continuing through the...

Ferrari’s flagship model, the Testarossa supercar revived a famous name from the Italian company’s past when it arrived in 1984. A ‘next generation’ Berlinetta Boxer, the Testarossa retained...

October 1975 saw the debut of the most successful shape ever to wear the Cavallino Rampante emblem. Over 20,000 examples of all engine types and sizes were produced...

Originally registered in the Trento region of Italy, this beautiful example of a 695SS was fully restored in 1997 by Flavio Lona Carrozzeria in Trento. It was a...

This is an extra special Jaguar XK140, not least because it is very well known amongst the European historic rallying fraternity. Over the last 25 years it has...

The Lancia Fulvia Sport Zagato was another collaboration with the legendary Milanese styling house. It was slightly less outrageous in appearance than the outlandish Zagato-bodied Sport Flavia, but...

The Lancia Augusta was a small passenger car produced between 1933 and 1936. It was first revealed to the public at the Paris Motor Show on 5th October...

The BMW M1’s existence originates from the need for a production based car for a proposed Group 5 ‘Silhouette Formula’ to compete in the World Sports Car Championship....

Timing is everything and it’s something that British motor industry veteran Donald Healey knew a bit about. This was a man who had won the Monte Carlo Rally...

The Mercedes-Benz W111 was a chassis code given to a range of Mercedes vehicles produced between 1959 and 1971, including 4-door sedans (1959-1968) and 2-door coupes and cabriolets...

This matching numbers 3.3-litre Porsche 930 is one of only 948 European flatnose examples. Built at the Rössle Bau plant away from the main Porsche production line, these...

Following in the footsteps of the 330 America in terms of its drivetrain, the 330 GT 2+2 featured a four-liter V-12 engine, which was mated to the existing...

Only a handful of Lambdas were used in competition, starting from the second half of the Twenties. These cars were distinguished in their displacement class (the class “3-litre)...

Jaguar saloons led the field in production and touring car races during much of the 60s. Not surprisingly the quickest and most successful private entries came from John...

The Lancia Delta S4 is a Group B rally car from the Italian car company Lancia. The Delta S4 competed in the World Rally Championship in 1985 and...

This Lancia Aprilia is finished with wonderful blue paintwork and it was on display in the San Marino Museum for a long time until its closure. It then...

This Mercedes 220 SE is a manual example, finished in white with a blue sunroof. It is presented in good general condition, while the interior is in the...

Perhaps the fastest normally aspirated Porsche 911 produced by the factory to date is the 1996 Carrera RS 3.8, and it is indeed a wolf in wolf’s clothing....

Having been exported to Alfa Romeo Newark USA on 26 March 1965, this mint and most likely matching numbers Alfa SS – bearing one of the last built engines of 1964 as...

With the introduction of the 550 Maranello in 1997, Ferrari returned to its tradition of building front-engined V12 sports cars, resurrecting a line that had remained dormant since...

With the introduction of the Bertone-styled Giulietta Sprint in 1954, Alfa Romeo established the ‘small car, big performance’ formula that would characterise the Milanese marque’s offerings from then...

This Mini Morris 850 of the 1962 has the engine updated with a Cooper conversion and wonderful seats. Finished in green with a white roof, this is one...

‘The 911 is the best Porsche ever – all the vices of the old suspension have been eliminated and the modern offbeat styling should have a much broader...

For fairly obvious reasons, few Mercedes-Benz cars reached Britain in the late 1930s which was Britain’s loss because, then as now, the company made superb, technically advanced motor...

Produced for the 1973/74 season only, the legendary BMW 2002 Turbo was Europe’s first turbocharged production car. Demands for increased power for its medium-sized saloon had prompted BMW...

Introduced in 1948, the Porsche Type 356 is acknowledged to be one of the world’s greatest sports cars. Over a 15-year production run, the handsome and durable 356...

This Mercedes Benz 300 Limousine, widely known and affectionately nicknamed after Germany’s first chancellor Konrad Adenauer, who used the model as his official government car, comes to us...

In its relatively short life, the French firm of Facel Véga produced approximately 2,900 cars, all of which were stylish, luxurious and fast. At the very pinnacle of...

Few would deny that Lamborghini’s Countach is the quintessential supercar. It was built by a talented and passionate team of designers and engineers with the purpose of being...

The Grosser Werkmeister is a one-off racing car constructed and built by Georg Werkmeister of Dingelstädt in the German Democratic Republic. With assistance from ex Auto Union aerodynamic...

Maserati needs no introduction. Already a legendary racing marque before the war, the company turned to the limited production of sports cars for the road in  the...

Launched at the 1955 Frankfurt Show, the attractive 190SL roadster looked very similar to the 300SL, but thanks to more modest underpinnings it cost a great deal less....

First presented at the Paris Motor Show in October 1937, the Simca 8 was a family car sold in France from 1937 to 1951. Having gone on sale...

The Alfa Romeo Giulia (Type 105) was a sports saloon produced from 1962 to 1978. Weighing about 1,000kgs, the Giulia was powered by a light-alloy DOHC 4-cylinder engine...

The Ford Mustang was successfully introduced in April 1964 as the sporty “Pony car” to attract younger buyers into Ford products. After a few years of development, Ford...

This is a superb example of a low-mileage, matching-numbers and accident-free Pantera that has had just one owner in the US and one owner in Germany. Originally ordered...

Of the 432 DKW F91s originally built, this car is one of about 20 known examples still in existence worldwide, and it comes with an almost complete history....

Porsche’s strong historical links with Volkswagen were re-affirmed in 1969 with the launch of the Porsche-designed 914, a mid-engined, Targa-top sports car to be assembled by Karmann of...

The XK150 was available at first only in fixed and drophead coupé forms; the open roadster version didn’t appear until the following year. At 190bhp, the engine’s maximum...

Homologated initially with a fractionally over-bored (3,003cc) engine (enabling it to compete in the over 3-litre class) the 3.0 CSL came with 206bhp for road use and well...

This matching numbers example was first registered in 1957, with the optional 283ci engine, also options 101 (heater), 102 (AM radio), 209 (white-wall tyres), 303 (manual transmission), and...

The Alfa Romeo prepared for 1995 a virtually new to the DTM, advanced electronic technology loaded vehicle (as a sophisticated ABS system with laser sensor in the underbody)....

The Porsche 911 first appeared at the 1963 Frankfurt Show as the ‘901’, but shortly after production commenced in 1964 it had become the ‘911’ following Peugeot’s complaints...

For the 456, Pininfarina worked its magic once more to create a subtly beautiful curvaceous body contrasting with the hard edges of its predecessor. Although bereft of extraneous...

The success of this first series Appia - built in just 20,025 copies - is not exceptional: the Fiat 1100-103 is a really strong competitor and, in 1955,...

Ford were looking to race the MkI Cortina in the Group 2 category, for which 1,000 `homologation specials’ would be required. The obvious powerplant was the twin-cam version...

It was at the 1948 London Motor Show that Jaguar virtually threw the sports car world into turmoil with its stunning XK120. Here was a car with incredible...

As the first all-new Lamborghini built under the tutelage of parent company Audi, the Murciélago was a huge step forward for the then-fledgling Italian supercar manufacturer. Finally able...

In 1924, Vittorio Jano created his first straight-eight-cylinder engine for Alfa Romeo, the 1987 cc P2, with common crankcase and four plated-steel two-cylinder blocks, which won the first World...

One consequence of the E-Type’s long process of development had been a gradual increase in weight, but a good measure of the concomitant loss of performance was restored...

At the 1957 Geneva Motor Show the replacement for the legendary and highly successful Lancia Aurelia was revealed. Named the Flaminia, after a famous Roman road (just as the...

Based on a Triumph 2000 Mk.1 saloon, the Stag project started out in 1965 as a show car built by Michelotti of Turin, then Triumph’s regular stylist. Triumph’s...

The 328 was introduced in 1936, and was immediately noted for the semi streamlined bodywork, which was years ahead if its time, the Jaguar XK 120 of 1948...

The 328 was introduced in 1936, and was immediately noted for the semi streamlined bodywork, which was years ahead if its time, the Jaguar XK 120 of 1948...

Ferrari’s flagship model, the Testarossa supercar, revived a famous name from the Italian company’s past when it arrived in 1984. A next generation Berlinetta Boxer, the Testarossa retained...

For 1929 the Model L engine gained rubber engine mounts with increased engine oil pressure, while evolutionary changes were made to the exterior design with a new, higher,...

The Alfa, in a few words then, is a small car with a rev-happy dohc engine that can carry two people from point A to point B over...

Presented in good condition in all respects, this very attractive Spider benefitted from restoration approximately 10 years ago, and still presents well. The 124 looks lovely in the...

The replacement for Fiat’s much-loved 500 ‘Topolino’, the Nuova 500, debuted in 1957. A radical departure from its predecessor’s essentially pre-war design, Fiat’s new baby featured unitary construction,...

The Alfa Romeo 2000 Spider was launched in 1958 using practically the same engine and running gear as the far more ubiquitous Alfa Romeo Berlina Coupe, but with...

In 1954 Mercedes-Benz had introduced the 300SL sports car, a ‘Gullwing’ coupé inspired by the German manufacturer’s highly successful 300 Super Leicht series of sports-racers that had spearheaded...

The heart of the F355 was its phenomenal 3.5-litre V8 engine. Equipped with four overhead camshafts and five valves per cylinder - a layout borrowed from Ferrari’s Formula...