Generally speaking, I’m not the biggest Lotus fan, but I’m really digging the Evora GT4 concept. Lotus revealed the new Evora this week at the Auto Shanghai motor show in China – Lotus is owned by the Chinese automotive company Geely. It weighs around 1200 kg (subject to ballast) and could reach over 270 km/h.
It’s still a concept though, but the production version will probably be very similar. And there’s hope to see it at La Sarthe…
Remember in my review of Jaguar’s E-Type Lightweight when I said that in 1963 Jaguar planned to produce 18 units? By 1964 however, upper management decided to cut production short after number 12 was done.
Astonishingly, back in 2015, Jaguar decided to complete the 18 car run. In their Browns Lane factory, where the Lightweight was originally produced, the missing 6 cars came to life. Built to original specifications, and utilising the unused chassis numbers, these “new” Lightweights came out of the factory exactly like their older brothers back in 1963 and 1964.
With a price of over £1million, they sold out even before production began. Ain’t it nice to have lots of money?
1930 Bentley Speed 6 #4
Pilots: W. Barnato, G. Kidston
Team: Bentley Motors Ltd
Race: 1st GC (S8 class) at Le Mans in 1930
Ixo - LMM 1930 (diecast)
Review HERE
1991 Sauber-Mercedes C11 #31
Pilots: M. Schumacher, F. Kreutzpointner, K. Wendlinger
Team: Team Sauber-Mercedes
Race: 5th GC (C2 class) at Le Mans in 1991
Spark - S1251 (resin)
Review HERE
I’m not the biggest fan of the cars from Maranello, but boy this one looks GOOD! It’s the new P80/C, a one-off model based on Ferrari’s 488 GT3. The 488 GT3 was a more-than-capable track weapon, but the owner of the P80/C didn’t think it was exclusive enough. So he got Ferrari to build him an exclusive track car, and after four years of development, his brand new car is ready.
Over at Ferrari’s website you can find a little more about the car. They also posted a 12 minutes video:
The 1955 Milli Miglia, of course.
His record of 10h7’48” still stands to this day, and will never be beaten. Why? Because the Mille Miglia was absolutely insane. Imagine around 500 cars on public roads going over 200 km/h through cities and villages. Oh, and those roads were NOT closed to the public.
And some say that the Avusrennen was bonkers…
The T80 was a 3000 hp behemoth designed to shatter LSR. Unfortunately World War II broke out just before the record attempts, so we never will know how fast it could really go.
1963 Jaguar E-Type Lightweight #15
Pilots: B. Grossman, B. Cunningham
Team: B. S. Cunningham
Race: 9th GC (2nd GT 4.0 class) at Le Mans in 1963
Spark - S2104 (resin)
Review HERE
This morning I stumbled upon the video from Petrolicious. To resume the story, the car was a barn find, but the new owner opted to keep it as he found it. Gave it a total mechanical overhaul, but everything else is how it was when the car was found in a shed in Japan.
I’m a big fan of originality and character in a car, but I have to say that to see such a lovely vehicle like that all covered in rust makes me uneasy. I for one would try to leave some patina but the ugly time scars would have to go.
What would you do? Keep it as is or restore it?
1999 Audi R8R #8
Pilots: F. Biela, D. Theys, E. Pirro
Team: Audi Sport Team Joest
Race: 3rd GC (2nd LMP class) at Le Mans in 1999
Ixo - LMM 137 (diecast)
Review HERE
