In 2014, Jaguar set about building the six ‘missing’ E-type Lightweights and in 2017, the Coventry marque announced that it would construct nine XKSSs. Jaguar leapt several steps further in 2018, revealing that it would build a whopping 25 ‘new’ D-types, in order to fulfil the factory’s original ambition of 100 cars. Every last detail of these ‘continuation’ cars was faithfully recreated and hand-built at Jaguar Classic Works in Warwickshire.
Ah, the golden tinge of autumn. As familiar as an old friend. A sign of change – after the joviality and vigour of the summer, but before the positive daylight makes its escape and the gloom draws in. A time to slip on your favourite transition jacket.
From the 250 GTO to the 550 Maranello, elegant and imposing dual-purpose Grand Tourers have always formed the backbone of Ferrari’s range.
It’s been 25 years since JJ Lehto, Yannick Dalmas and Masanori Sekiya defied the odds to win the 24 Hours of Le Mans outright in the Ueno Clinic-sponsored McLaren F1 GTR. On their maiden outing at La Sarthe, F1s finished first, third, fourth, fifth and 13th overall – an extraordinary feat for a road-born GT car and not a purpose-built prototype.
“Weight is the enemy, air resistance the obstacle,” exclaimed Carlo Felice Bianchi ‘Cici’ Anderloni, the son of the co-founder of Carrozzeria Touring Superleggera. It’s a simple statement, but one which encompasses a philosophy that can be traced back to the very beginnings of the Milanese coachbuilder in the 1920s.