The 1994 F355 was the latest in a very long line of smaller entry level mid engined Ferraris. These dated back to the absolutely classic 206 Dino, which was launched upon a Ferrari loving market as long ago as 1967. The F355’s predecessor, the 348, had always been rather disappointing in terms of driver appeal. [...]

The Ferrari F 40 was built to mark Enzo Ferrari’s 40th year as a car manufacturer in 1988. However, it was also intended, from its injection, to represent the super car in its ultimate form. It was a great way to celebrate Enzo’s birthday, and an even greater way to celebrate the super car. Outwardly [...]

The introduction of the 456GT in 1992 marked the return of the classic front engined V12 layout to Ferrari ultimate road car. It was also exactly what most people dreamed a Ferrari should be, a very beautiful fast, amazingly sharp handling, and dauntingly expensive for all but the extremely rich. Not since the demise of [...]

The Ferrari 365 GT4 and 400 Series were the most civilized Ferraris of their generation, and they were the first to be offered with automatic transmission. This change horrified Ferrari Purists, but went down so well with paying customers that in fact very few of these cars were ever built with manual transmission. The crisp, [...]

Almost 20,000 308 GTB and GTS models were built between 1975 and 1989, making it one of Ferrari’s most successful models ever. Compared with a Porsche, however, these cars were rare, something which has constantly helped keep the price of these beautiful vehicles high. Ferrari took 15 years to build as many cars as Porsche [...]

While Lamborghini were forging ahead with their range of impressive mid engined flagship supercars, the Ferrari solution for the late sixties and early seventies came in the desirable form of a front engined V12 Coupe, the 365 GTB/ 4 Daytona. Launched in 1968, the car was named Daytona in honor of Ferrari victory in the [...]

Although the big V8 engined Facels had proved very successful, company founder Jean Daninos still had a longing to build an all French spots car pitched at a lower price. It was a vision that, given Daninos’ track record of turning his ideas into reality, should have worked. However, the results of his hopes for [...]

Jean Daninos, founder of Facel Vega, made his name producing special bodywork for Panhard, Simca and Ford. However, he had long cherished the ambitious dream of building his own high performance car, and he went on to finally achieve his ambition in 1954 with the Facel Vega FVS. The Vega FVS was a glamorous, close [...]

The Edsel has passed into popular modern mythology as the ultimate in corporate blunders. It was a marque pitched by Ford at the lower medium market sector, between the much bigger Fords and the budget Mercury models. By the time it was launched, the market was in a slump, buyers were looking for smaller cars [...]

Although European enthusiasts often deride post war American cars, the Duesenberg SJ model is proof that, before the Second World War, the Americans could produce a car as good as any in the world. As well as being the basis for some spectacular coach work, the SJ was more than just a pretty face. In [...]