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The unfamiliar Flag Metallic Blue coupé corners fast and flat. Confident and undramatic, unlike the gaggle of AC Cobras that squirrel around erratically in its wake. Until a technical niggle emerges just beyond the halfway point, cruelly forcing pilot David Hart to retire from the lead, we’ve no doubt that the Ecurie Ecosse Tojeiro-Ford will clinch victory in the Royal Automobile Club TT Celebration, the most prestigious race on the historic racing calendar. The one everybody wants to win. 

There is no disputing the fact that the Mille Miglia is the most beautiful motor race in the world – always has been, always will be. The annual 1,000-mile road rally from Brescia down to Rome and back runs through the heart of Italy, both literally and metaphorically. And as anyone who has completed the event in its revived form will tell you, the Mille Miglia is a life-affirming experience that should be high on the bucket list of every keen classic car enthusiast. 

Expectant visitors to the Geneva Motor Show in 1981 would have been greeted by this very Merak SS ‘Tipo 80’ on the glamorous Maserati stand.

Do you remember the small series of grainy spy shots that did the rounds in the early 2000s showing a secretive all-black Ferrari Enzo development mule pounding around Fiorano? 

Jaguar had no idea that the E-type would cause such widespread hysteria. It had planned to build what it naively deemed was a generous production run of 250 cars. 

Earlier this week, Porsche revealed the eighth-generation 911 Targa, telling of the model’s enduring appeal. The Targa name promptly transcended the Porsche world after it was introduced in 1965, coming to symbolise an entire genre of stylish and safe semi-convertible sports cars. And this, the very first Porsche 911 Targa built, is the car that kindled that legend. 

For the discerning collector who wants a significant car with which to truly make the most of the international events circuit, this 1974 Porsche 911 Carrera 3.0 RS fits the bill.