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Walter Rohrl and the Monnet 1982 Porsche 924 Carrera GTS

Motorsport variants of the 924 proved successful, as demonstrated by this restored pre-series Carrera GTS mud machine, recently reunited with its original wheelman, Walter Röhrl

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1994 Bertone Karisma - Turin’s four-door Porsche 911 964-based GT sedan

Marriages of Italian styling and German machinery are a rarity, but the clever way Bertone clothed a 964-generation 911 showed how creativity and ingenuity from Turin worked well on a chassis from Zuffenhausen

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50 Years: celebrating the Lamborghini Countach

Lamborghini stunned the world in ’71 with the Countach, a reveal that set a supercar template. Or did it

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Damon Hill takes a step into his father’s world with Jaguar E-type ECD 400 at 1961 Silverstone

On April 15 1961, Graham Hill served notice of the Jaguar E-type’s potential by giving the model a debut race victory at Oulton Park. Sixty years on, we reunite Graham’s son Damon with the same car

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Story of George Follmer

He was an underrated racer who played a significant role in Porsche’s US successes. Total 911 charts the incredible career of George Follmer.

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Porsche 911 hero: Jeff Zwart

Porsche’s undisputed ‘King of the Hill’ has showed the 911’s competitive prowess isn’t limited to circuits

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Jaguar XK140 disqualified from Le Mans, 28-29 June 1956

The C-Type and D-type may have owned the LeMans 24 Hours during the Fifties, with five victories between them, but they weren’t the only Jaguar sports cars to take part in the famed endurance race at this time.

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