1985 Super Cars
The Lagonda name was brought back by Aston Martin in 1976 with a high-speed and luxurious grand touring car. The William Towns styling was his typical audaciousness, including linear flying wedge styling that resembled Japanese origami. In the front......
With a long rich history in the UK, Daimler was founded in 1893 and following WWII continued to produce very special automobiles for the rich and titled. Daimler eventually became part of Jaguar and began to share platforms. Because of their quality......
The Pantera (Italian for Panther) is a mid-engine sports car produced by the De Tomaso Car Company of Italy from 1971 to 1991.In late 1971, Ford began importing Panteras for the American market to be sold through its Lincoln Mercury dealers. Ford......
This 1985 Ferrari 288 GTO has about 37,000 kilometers, or about 23,000 miles. The car has been used sparingly since new. It spent some of its early years in Europe, and later imported to Utah in the early 1990s by race car driver Gerry Jackson and later......
Production of the 1985 308 GTSI QV included a mere 733 cars with approximately 92 being left hand drive and about 50 being exported to the United States. This Ferrari, with Pininfarina coachwork, was purchased new by Mr. Gary Bahre, on May 15,......
The Ferrari 328 was designed by Pininfarina and produced from 1985 through 1990, during which 6068 examples were produced. The 328 followed the Ferrari 308 but featured a transversely mounted, naturally aspirated V8 with an enlarged bore and stroke.......
The Ferrari Mondial was designed by Pininfarina and wears coachwork by Scaglietti. This example has just 58,000 miles. The notoriously slow windows have been upgraded with window accelerators in both doors. The car is finished in its original Rosso Corsa......
The Pininfarina-designed Ferrari Testarossa was introduced in 1984 at the Paris Motor Show and brought the aerodynamic and modern wedge shape to the supercar realm. Designed by the creative genius Leonardo Fioravanti, the Testarossa came to epitomize......
During the 1970s, the Ford European racing concern in Boreham, England, had dominated WRC competition with various versions of competition-prepared Escorts, even winning the Manufacturers Championship in 1979. They withdrew in 1980. With the introduction......
This 1985 XJR-5 001 was run by the Group 44 team of Bob Tullius, who persuaded Jaguar to sponsor the racing effort.The car is powered by a 6.0L, twin-overhead-cam, 590 horsepower, V12 engine coupled to a 5-speed gearbox. The car weighs about 2030......
In 1986, this Lamborghini 5000 S Countach (European Version) was purchased by a Puerto Rican tycoon and was sent to San Juan. He used it as a daily driver to visit his food warehouses around island. It was a show stopper in the Puerto Rico highway system......
This Jalpa is one of a very few factory all-white Lamborghinis with a Countach rear wing. it is a Euro spec car delivered in Switzerland to its original owner. The 8-cylinder Lamborghini engine is aluminum with a quad cam, four Weber carburetors, and,......
The Lotus Esprit was a collaboration of the Lotus Cars Legendary race and sports car designer Colin Chapman and Ital Designs Giorgio Giugiario (he has been recently awarded as body stylist of the century). The Esprit made its debut at the Paris Motor......
The Ferrari 250 GT California is one of the most treasured automotive creations, and fewer than 100 examples were built. The Ferris Buellers Day Off movie was centered around this vehicle, starring Cameron Frye (Alan Ruck) and his friend Ferris Bueller......
The Porsche 959 was originally developed for the short-lived Group B rally program. It was a technologically sophisticated vehicle with the body construction incorporating DuPont Kevlar aramid fibers, a polyurethane nose cap, and aluminum doors and front......
Instantly recognizable as The Lowenbrau Car, 962-HR1 and its predecessor, 962-103 are by far the most successful and recognizable sports car ever to race in the legendary IMSA GTP Series. Constructed by Holbert racing under license from Porsche AG,......
A one-off IMSA Ligths car that ran Miami, Sebring, and Daytona IMSA races, with a podium finish at Daytona in 1986. Also referred to as a Royale Porsche PR40.......
Alois Ruf Jr. inherited his late fathers company in 1974, and by this point, he was passionately involved in tuning and modifying Porsches. The company, now known as Ruf Automobile GmbH, would build a global reputation as one of the most highly regarded......
In 1966 Rolls-Royce introduced an all-new model, the Silver Shadow. This was a significant departure from previous models with a high-pressure hydraulic system for the brakes and hydraulic rams above the springs for leveling, an electric motor to select......
By the mid-1980s, Saab had broken into the competitive realm of the upscale European car. In a market where Mercedes-Benz and BMW had ruled for many years, Saab proved that its cars had become a viable alternative for the young, up-and-coming professional.......
