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In part 2 of our McLaren F1 GTR Retrospective, we are going to look at the 1996 season. McLaren Cars made a number of improvements for the 1996 season with revised aerodynamics, cooling and fuel system. Many components were re-engineered. As I explained at the beginning of the month , a new test car, Chassis ‘10R’ was completed and used
As our BMW Feature Month comes to an end, I have been asked to give my personal reflections on the golden years of the McLaren F1 GTR. Grab yourself a coffee….it’s a long one! With the aid of Rod's images from his recent visit to Rahal Letterman and John Brooks extensive collection, I'll attempt to cover the two seasons in which
We couldn’t possibly have a VW Group month without featuring one of the most important cars of all time, the Audi Ur-Quattro. The Ur-Quattro made its debut at the Geneva show in 1980, on sale to the European public a year later. Based on the cheaper Audi 80 coupe, visually, the Quattro had more aggressive styling with dramatic flared arches, deeper
Before the days of Audi domination in Sportscars, the German manufacture had a similar dominance in Touring car racings, otherwise known as ‘tin-tops’. Some of Audi’s greatest successes were in the Supertouring era of the 80s and 90’s. Supertouring was a 2 litre based European Touring car Formulae which most national championships
In the second of our two part retrospective, we look at the second half of the 1990's in the British Touring Car Championship. If you missed the first part, then you can catch it here . With the help of images from BTCC.net and Peter Still Photographic, we rejoin the action from '96 season. BMW, Renault, Vauxhall, Ford and Honda were joined
Happy new year and welcome to 2009. What better way that to look back to the 1990's with the help of BTCC.net and Peter Still Photographic archives. Many Touring Car fans would classify the ‘Super-Turing’ era as the golden era of Touring Car Championships, although the competition in recent years runs this era close. The man in the street
Back in the early days of Speedhunters, one of our first 'Retrospective' posts featured Nissan at Le Mans. Given that its Nissan month and the Speedhunters community has grown quickly this year, we have decided to republish this feature. Enjoy! - Andy A comment regarding the lack of Nissan's in our Cars of >> Le Mans - GT2 post made
Volkswagen UK recently published a press release highlighting the 33 year of Golf GTi history, which makes interesting reading. I thought this could form the basis of our latest Retrospective piece, on the original hot hatch. Golf GTi Mk1 1977-1984. If you are old enough, cast your mind back to 1975! The Giorgetto Giugiaro designed Golf GTi is launched
Following out retrospective piece last week on the BMW M1, we can bring some images of the Anniversary races which were held at the German Grand Prix this weekend. Niki Lauda won race one, after starting on the front row, along side ex-BMWMotorsport Boss, 72 year old Jochen Neerpasch in the Andy Warhol painted 'Art Car'. The small field were
It is the 30th Anniversary of the BMW M1 supercar this year and BMW are marking the occasion in a number of ways. The BMW M1 'Procar' will return to the track this weekend, when a one-off race takes place at the German Grand Prix, at Hockhenheim. It gives us a great opportunity to go back in time and look at the first M-Power car. The BMW M1