Maserati tips it's hat to Sir Stirling
A prototype of the new Maserati MC20 super sportscar, pays homage to Sir Stirling Moss, the legendary motor racing ace who died on 12 April at the age of 90. The design used for this prototype is taken from the…
M3, or not to be
Next year marks the 35th anniversary of a motoring icon, one which revolutionised the mid-size sports car segment when its production started back in 1986. The very first BMW M3 set a new standard by which…
TWR's Supercat
In 1981 the FIA prepared new Group A regulations for the European Touring Car Championship to be implemented for the 1982 season. British racing car driver Tom Walkinshaw saw an opportunity to take…
How to sketch a 911
With so much of the world urged to stay home and save lives during the current crisis, Porsche has launched a new series of automotive masterclasses designed to help you sharpen your skills from the…
Love at the Red Line
RUF Automobile, manufacturer of bespoke sports cars and supercars, has released this film titled “RUF, Love at the Red Line”. The company, which began as a repair shop more than 80 years ago…
When Audi went back to the future
Twenty years ago Audi unveiled this incredible tribute to the famous ‘Silver Arrows’ of the 1930s at Autostadt in Wolfsburg. Projekt Rosemeyer’s familiar features are clear to see: the massive radiator grille…
Bugatti's Holy Trinity
All-wheel drive, four turbochargers and a monocoque made of carbon, these are Bugatti’s proven and continuously improved ingredients for their super sports cars from the last three decades…
Porsche's pin-up poster art
Assembled by a life-long collector over more than 40 years, this group of posters highlights the history and evolution of Porsche, with a particular emphasis on the factory’s golden era of the 356 and Spyder, as well as…
No ordinary 'showroom' Corvette
Rooted in development work led since 1962 by Zora Arkus-Duntov, Chevrolet's head of Corvette engineering, the ‘Heavy-Duty 427’ that eventually gained fame as RPO L88 was first ‘field tested’ with Roger Penske's…
Virtual Insanity
We’ve featured Khyzyl Saleem before on Ecurie, but after seeing some of his latest work across social media recently, we thought we’d revisit his portfolio and share some of his most recent creations…
The Pop Art Champion
Peter Klasen is a German artist known for his collage-like Pop Art paintings and prints. Using an airbrush, the artist contrasts images of industrial objects like pressure gauges and hydraulic circuits, with sexually…
Maserati's iconic Boomerang
First seen as a concept car at the Turin Motor Show in 1971, the Maserati Boomerang was a typically adventurous piece of work by Giorgetto Giugiaro. The Boomerang borrowed its mechanical underpinnings…
When Fiat went Supersonic
Fiat can trace its roots back to 1899 and although it built both massive and magnificent competition cars in the early twentieth century, after World War II the company was known largely for its mass-produced…
The Art of Lasse Bauer
These beautiful graphic illustrations are the work of Lasse Bauer, an automotive artist and art director from Denmark. Bauer produces a range of both minimal and realistic, detailed designs of some of the…
Plymouth's original funny-car
Deep in the heart of Chrysler Engineering in late 1964, Jim Thornton was modifying a chassis in the Structures Lab. The just-completed drag-racing season had witnessed many things: the reintroduction…
The Flying Mustang
Recognised as the ‘Flying Mustang’, the first Shelby GT350 ‘R-Model’ ranks not only as the most historically important Shelby Mustang in the world, but it is also arguably the most important Mustang in the history…
The Art of the Crash Helmet
This incredible collection of Formula 1 crash helmets recently went under the hammer in Paris as part of Aguttes Spring Sale. Featuring a mix of originally used and replica helmets, this set spans 50 years in the…
The Lotus-powered hot hatch that ruled the world
In the mid-1970s, the British automotive industry was in crisis, marred by bad management, frequent strikes and decreasing competitiveness compared to the increasingly successful Japanese automakers…