Launched at the International Motor Show (IAA) in Frankfurt in September 1975, the first Golf GTI was fresh and wild. As of the summer of 1976, it stormed into an automotive category that hadn’t actually existed until…

This amazing example of Maranello’s popular Bertone-bodied 308 GT4 benefits from many years of California-based ownership, as well as a recent round of upgrades to off-road ‘Safari’ specifications…

This is just a selection of around 90 vintage racing, event, and commemorative posters dating from 1925 to 1972 that are currently available as part of an online auction from RM Sotheby’s. The collection is offered…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…