The Aston Martin DBR1 That Won Le Mans Costs Less Than the One That Lost The Aston Martin DBR1 lived in five near-identical examples: same shape, same engine, built by the same hands in the same English works months apart. Brothers in green. And something happened between them that doesn’t add up until you understand … Read more
Audi 90 quattro IMSA GTO: The Car They Changed the Rules to Stop Most race cars lose because something breaks, or because the driver lifts, or because the thing in front is simply quicker. The 1989 Audi 90 quattro IMSA GTO managed something rarer and far more telling. It lost a championship while being the … Read more
Ford Mustang GT3: the wild horse at Le Mans June 2024. Circuit de la Sarthe. Centennial of the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Twenty-four cars line up on the LMGT3 grid. Porsche 911s. Ferrari 296s. Aston Martin Vantages. BMW M4s. McLaren Arturas. Corvette Z06s. Mercedes-AMG GTs. Lexus RC Fs. Mid-engine cars. Rear-engine cars. Mid-rear-engine cars. … Read more
AMG: From a Garage in Burgstall to Devouring Mercedes from Within The Story of Two Engineers, a Rented Apartment, and the Red Pig That Changed Everything Every empire starts somewhere small. Apple started in a garage. Amazon started in a bedroom. And AMG — the division that now defines what “performance” means for the world’s … Read more
