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1987 Ferrari F40

Today marks engineer Nicola Materazzi’s 80th birthday. He worked a lot on Ferrari supercars like Testarossa, 288 GTO Evoluzione, 328 and, of course, the Ferrari F40 of which he was responsible for the whole project

1979 Lamborghini Countach LP400S

Marcello Gandini’s design literally made the mold from which nearly every supercar would be modeled after for the next two decades: a sleek flying wedge, short but wide, impossibly low to the ground, with a mid-mounted engine and upward-opening “scissor doors.”

1997 Subaru Impreza WRC



As the 87th Rally Montecarlo is kicking off today, we pay tribute to Piero Liatti, the last Monte-Carlo-rally-winning Italian driver. Piero has been official Subaru driver from 1995 to 1998, firstly as tarmac-specialist but then he got the chance of driving during all events. One of his best season was 1997 when he was able to get a maiden win in the first event of the season. Liatti won Monte Carlo rally defeating reigning champion Tommi Mäkinen and WRC heroes like Carlos Sainz and Colin McRae, his teammate at Subaru. He came second in Spain after an intense fight again with Mäkinen and he was going to win in Sanremo too if team orders didn’t need him to slow down and let trough McRae for championship reason. He will finish 6th that year, competing in only 5 events of the season.

1981 BMW M1

Only 456 M1s were produced between 1978 and 1981.
The mid-mounted, fuel-injected, 277-horsepower, double-overhead-cam six-cylinder engine facilitated top speeds in excess of 262 km/h, thanks to the M1’s outstanding power-to-weight ratio. Such numbers should not be regarded as surprising, as early development of the M1 was in partnership with Lamborghini.

1962 Shelby Cobra AC 260

In September 1961, American automotive designer Carroll Shelby wrote to AC asking if they would build him a car modified to accept a V8 engine. AC agreed, provided a suitable engine could be found. Shelby went to Chevrolet to see if they would provide him with engines, but not wanting to add competition to the Corvette they said no. However, Ford wanted a car that could compete with the Corvette and they happened to have a brand new engine which could be used in this endeavor: the Windsor 221 in³ (3.6 L) engine – a new lightweight, thin-wall cast small-block V8. Ford provided Shelby with two engines.