What’s the best way to sell fancy watches? A little Creedance and a classic car, of course. Check out the Tudor Heritage Chrono ad.

The 1968 Porsche 907/8 Coupe is a beautiful machine, so much so that Tudor decided to use it in the promotions surrounding their latest piece.

MORE: The Scuderia Rosso Cronografa Watch

Here at Motorsport Retro we enjoy seeing iconic machines being recognized by contemporary brands on a large scale, and this put a smile across our dials.

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When Toyota first appeared at Bathurst for the 1965 Armstrong 500 with a trio of RT40 Coronas, they were fighting an uphill battle in more ways than one.

For their first appearance on The Mountain, Toyota was looking to prove that not only were their cars well-built and reliable, but fast and fun as well.

They would also have to make some headway into the lingering effects which both nations faced after the end of World War 2 just two decades earlier.

At a time when the cars which raced around Bathurst on Sunday were exactly the same as the cars you could walk into a dealership and buy on Monday morning, motorsport, and particularly Bathurst, was the perfect opportunity to speak to the people.

Those three little Coronas spoke louder than their small stature would suggest, and you can enjoy their tale at the Shannons Club in Toyota RT40 Corona: Japan’s first Bathurst warrior.

Thanks to the Shannons Club

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Watch as David Coulthard and the BBC crew head to Silverstone to experience the awesome Williams FW08, as well as this year’s FW36. Watch as David Coulthard jumps behind the wheel of the Williams FW08. It’s three liters of naturally aspirated, v8, five-speed glory.

MORE: David Coulthard – His Story (video)

BBC take us along for the ride as Coulthard compares to FW08 to the current FW36. There’s no contest, we know which one everybody would prefer!

MORE: Retro Reunion – Hakkinen and Coulthard behind the wheel again

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The final laps of the 1991 Japanese Motorcycle Grand Prix at Suzuka were unforgettable. Hang on as Michael Doohan, John Kocinski, Wayne Rainey and Kevin Schwantz duke it out for honours in a spectacular finish.

Wayne Rainey dominated the 1990 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season and wrapped up the championship early with seven wins and a huge championship lead to his name. However, if you looked a little further down the championship order, some exciting stuff was brewing.

Mick Doohan won his first Grand Prix at the Hungaroring and was really coming on song. Kevin Schwantz was also putting in some scintillating rides, spending most of his time on the podium and claiming five wins, if lacking a little in consistency!

This set us up for a brilliant 1991 season as the three riders developed an exciting rivalry. This would be expressed beautifully when the three riders were joined by John Kocinski for an out-and-out sprint to the line of the opening round of the season at Suzuka.

We pick up the action for the last lap, with Kevin Schwartz leading the other three riders and nobody giving an inch. Enjoy.

MORE: Legends: Wayne Rainey

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Drivers like Jo Schlesser and Denny Hulme took the Cosworth Ford powered 1963 Brabham BT6 to great heights in Formula Junior. Stuart and Jonathan Hughes are a father and son team who spent their lives racing motorcycles and karts. These days, they enjoy the absolute bliss of the 1963 Brabham BT6.

MORE: Brabham in a Brabham – 1966 (video)

It was the weapon of choice for Jo Schlesser and Denny Hulme during the 1963 Formula Junior season. Today, it’s the ideal privateer vintage racer. This is why.

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Sit back and relax as we wind the clock back to the tune of 45 years with this intriguing, comprehensive look into what motor racing was really like in 1969.

Opening Image: Jackie Stewart at the 1969 French Grand Prix (Image: The Cahier Archive)

A lot happened in the world of racing during the final year of the swinging sixties, however for us 1969 will forever be remembered as the year that Jackie Stewart won the first of his three Formula One World Championships.

MORE: The best of Jackie Stewart (Gallery)

This terrific piece takes us on a nostalgia roller-coaster through the tail end of one of the most iconic racing decades of all time (we’re not just talking about F1 either). Enjoy.

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If you wanted to go race in the utterly mad Group B World Rally Championship in 1982, you had to build homologation cars to qualify. These cars were (slightly) less mad.

This 1984 Audi Sport Quattro is a perfect example of the ‘slightly’ in less mad Group B homologation cars, and it’s heading to auction at RM Auctions’ Arizona sale in January, 2015.

Only 2014 Audi Sport Quattros were built for Group B homologation, and they were all stunners. With just 8,300 kilometers on the clock, this particular car exists as one of the best and most original remaining examples.

With the relaxed regulations of Group B, and the requirement of only 200 cars to meet homologation rules, manufacturers were free to push boundaries – and Audi smashed them with the Sport Quattro.

The Sport Quattro took the already-impressive Group 4 Quattro and fixed all of its downfalls. Its wheelbase was shortened and its steel monocoque shell featured GRP and carbon-Kevlar panels to trim weight.

For power the racing car received a turbocharged 2,133 cubic centimetre five-cylinder alloy-bock motor. Putting out 450 brake horsepower tuned for competition the car could run zero to one hundred in 4.8 seconds.

On the road going version you’ll just have to make do with 302 brake horsepower.

To bring that power into check the car featured brakes developed for Porsche’s 917 – AP four-piston racing brakes, ventilated and slotted. The road version of the car would receive a selectable ABS system.

To keep the car connected to the road it was given four-wheel independent coil-spring suspension with front and rear anti-roll bars.

The 214 Sport Quattros which Audi built were sold through specialised dealers to select customers, and ran at a not-inconsiderable 200,000 Deutschmarks.

Despite the road-going ticket, this is no hand-holding road car. It handles like a race car and requires management of plenty of turbo lag as you wait to spin up that big KKK-K27 turbocharger. Driving it requires talent, mechanical sympathy and a healthy respect. We love the sound of that!

This particular car was originally purchased by Yoshikuni Okamoto, and then sold to the current caretaker.

Its white paint is understood to be original, and it still sits on its factory-correct white alloy wheels. It will be sold with its original tools, jack, owner’s and service manual, radio with manual and set of fresh original racing belts.

In contrast to most of the competition cars we enjoy so much, this one has been gently driven throughout its time – and that’s a good thing! It’s been recently, and thoroughly, serviced by Audi of Fairfield Connecticut and is registered for road use.

While it doesn’t have a competition history of its own, this car represents a significant, rare and awesome piece of the overall history of the World Rally Championship. It’s an artefact of Group B – one of the wildest times that the sport has witnessed – and you can drive it on the road!

We want one.

Head to RM Auctions’ official website here for the full details. Their Arizona sale will be held on the 15th and 16th of January, 2015 at the Arizona Biltmore Resort & Spa.

Images thanks to RM Auctions, by Erik Fuller

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Mario Andretti tests an early version of the radical yet troublesome Lotus 80.

The original car would require no wings due to the huge downforce it produced and the team was excited with the possibilities.

However, a serious problem was encountered during testing. Mario Andretti reported that at speed the car behaved very well, but in braking and cornering, where speeds were lower, the car lost downforce alarmingly then regained it unexpectedly. It was discovered the car was generating too much downforce for the driver to cope with. The problem was twofold: firstly, the ground effect’s low pressure area under the car was moving around with the car’s centre of gravity. The phenomenon was known as porpoising, as the car appeared to be lifting and squatting at different speeds, causing it to lurch violently through corners. Secondly, the slightest difference in track ride height including off cambered corners, kerbs, etc. affected the undercar pressure hugely. The team experimented by fitting the car with wings, but this had little effect on the way the car behaved. Andretti persevered with the car, but his new team mate Carlos Reutemann refused to drive it and stayed with the Lotus 79.

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In 1988, McLaren and Honda formed a partnership that would result in one of the most successful racing cars of all time. In 2015, the two are set to reunite and are looking to set the bar high. But what could be higher than their last attempt at a turbo powered Formula 1 car? We take a look at their awesome creation from 1988 and the last era of turbo F1 – The McLaren MP4/4.

The MP4/4 was a car that had everything a team could ask for. Superior performance matched with a superior driver lineup and a team ready to back it all up.

Rewind back to 1988, McLaren-Honda had developed the MP4/4 as a response to the domination of the Williams team in ‘87. It was the very last hurrah to a dying breed of turbo powered Formula 1 car that had dominated the series for the better part of a decade.

However, tough new restrictions on fuel and boost pressure for turbo cars meant that expectations for competitive, let alone championship winning turbo cars were initially doubtful. However, the MP4/4 was quick to overturn these thoughts by cleaning up the field race after race and acted as a final salute to an exciting, although dangerous era of F1 racing.

The superior Honda RA168-E 1.5L Turbo V6 paired together with the ‘dream team’ driver lineup of veteran Alain Prost and the talented Ayrton Senna, team McLaren were seemingly unstoppable. Narrowly missing out on having the perfect season, the MP4/4 will forever be remembered for its dominance of the grid while at the hands of two of Formula 1’s most memorable drivers.

Watching onboard footage of either of these drivers on the limit and you’ll realize that their skill was nothing short of heroic. Piloting 700HP of force fed power in a lightweight carbon fibre package with nothing but a retro 6 speed manual transmission on the narrow streets of Monaco? Frankly, I can’t think of anything more frightening.

Now let’s fast forward back to today’s situation.

For 2015; turbo power has returned, McLaren and Honda are set to revive a legendary partnership after a disappointing season for McLaren at the rear of the competition. And McLaren’s driver lineup is now complete with 2 former world champions in Fernando Alonso and Jenson Button.

Will 2015 bring about the revival of McLaren-Honda glory that we once saw with the MP4/4?

1988 Mclaren MP4/4 Stats:

- Claimed 15/16 Pole positions

- Claimed 15/16 race victories

- Claimed 10 one-two victories from 16 starts

- Led for 1003 of the 1031 laps in the entire season

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It is said that an additional 30,000 people turned up to Bathurst in 1976 for the purpose of watching Brabham and Moss race this car. Things didn’t go as smoothly for the Brabham / Moss combo on the mountain in 1976 as the pair might have hoped, with a jammed gearbox causing a Triumph Dolomite Sprint to ram into the back of it on the start line.

MORE: The best of Stirling Moss (Gallery)

Jack Brabham was behind the wheel at the time, and the damage was severe enough that the race was effectively over for the world famous duo before it had even begun. However, the fact still stood that tens of thousands of additional fans had turned out to see Moss and Brabham drive at Bathurst, so the team hastily repaired the car and sent it back out.

MORE: The best of Jack Brabham (Gallery)

The car re-entered the track several hours later, primarily for the purpose of appearances. Moss explained after the race that he was really enjoying driving the car… until the engine expired.

Watch and enjoy.

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Watch as timeless rally machines are pushed to the absolute limit during the Rally Legend Boucles de Spa of 2014. Just another quiet Saturday in Belgium.

Old fashioned, high performance engines scream through the Belgian forest as part of an event known as the Rally Legend Boucles de Spa.

MORE: Find out what it’s like to live with, and drive rally legends on the road (video)

The guest list included greats such as the Ford Escort, Group B Metro 6R4, Group A Subaru 555 Impreza and more. Our suggestion? Crank up the volume, sit back, and enjoy.

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One of the most awe-inspiring machines of sportscar racing in the late ’70s, Porsche’s 935 was also one of the most popular. Still just as, or even more, awe-inspiring, we so no reason for this classic to be any less popular today!

This one, a factory 1978 Porsche 935, is up for sale at RMD.

This car is chassis 930 890 0016, and was originally sold to Reinhold Joest.

Joest campaigned it in the World Championship for Makes and the German DRM (Deutsche Rennsport Meisterschaft) series in 1978. During the year it made at an appearance at the 24 Hours of Le Mans sponsored by the Whittington Brothers, but didn’t finish.

An accident at Hockenheim at the end of 1978 saw Joest end up in the hospital and the car damaged, but not written off.

The shell remained, but its parts were moved to a new Joest shell – 009-0001J. In 1979 the original shell, 890 0016, was repaired and used by Volkery Merl again in the DRM series. When these duties were completed the parts were once again stripped from 890-0016 and both shell and bodywork were sold to John Lagodny.

It was then built up again, using parts from Lagodny’s ex-Kremer 935. Lagodny raced the car in Benelux championship races and on the European hillclimb scene through to 1981 and was extremely successful.

The pair not only raced prodigiously, but won with similar vigour. They claimed some ten outright victories, mostly in 1980 and 1981, along with plenty of class victories and podiums.

In ’82 the car was sold to Jurgen Kannacher, who had owned it briefly before Lagodny. He organised Henz-Jurgen Dahmen for driving duties in a series of DRM races, achieving a best result of 7th at the Nurburgring in 1982.

It was then sold to Bo Strandell, for whom Anders Olofsson raced it once in 1983 at Falkenberg in the Swedish GT Championship and finished third.

After a brief stint in a Swedish museum it was bought in 1984 by John Greasley. Greasley painted it in an orange Jagermeister livery and hired the car out to Porsche Club drivers who were contesting the Pirelli Championship. This period saw it tackle classic British tracks like Mallory Park, Oulton Park, Silverstone, Donington, Brands Hatch and Snetterton.

It moved on once again in 2005, this time to Michael Foveny in Australia, who fully restored it and gave it to Roitmayer GmbH to race prepare it.

It’s currently running a freshly-rebuilt water-to-air twin-turbo motor and is wearing its 1978 24 Hours of Le Mans Liqui-Moly livery. It’s been racing in the Classic Endurance Racing series since 2009 and has run at Silverstone, Spa, Monza, in the Le Mans Classic, at Paul Ricard and at the Nurburgring.

After an adventurous life of near-incessant racing this Porsche 935 is just as awe-inspiring as the day it rolled onto the track for the first time. It’s correct and ready for the track, including current FIA HTP papers and even its original Wagenpass.

Head to RMD’s website here for more information.

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This beautifully-shot look at the Grand Prix de Monaco Historique gets it. It’s a pure celebration of the golden age of motorsport, and why we all love it.

“You can’t have gravel pits where people can spin into because there’s nowhere to have it because there’s a hotel or house there.”

The streets of Monaco, cradled as they are by the beautiful harbour, are amongst the most beautiful in the world. When they’re set up for racing – they get even better.

And when the racing cars doing said racing are the most glorious examples of motorsport’s golden age, they’re more beautiful still!

This video, by Carwell Casswell, sets a new bar for production values. It captures Monaco, the glorious machinery of the Grand Prix de Monaco Historique and the legendary drivers who race them perfectly.

“These aren’t works of art that you hang on the wall. They’re something which have to be enjoyed. You have to make them live.”

It’s no slouch when it comes to the content either! The stunning visuals are set against the insights of great drivers like Derek Bell, Alain De Cadenet and Stirling Moss as they reflect on what makes Monaco so gripping; so special.

If you didn’t have the Grand Prix de Monaco Historique on your bucket list before watching this, you most certainly will after. Take three minutes and settle in for pure classic motorsport inspiration.

MORE: Video: Introduction to the Monaco Historique

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Enjoy the magic of the annual Canadian Historic Grand Prix with this awesome little video, shot at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park.

The Canadian Historic Grand Prix is a coming together of everything there is to love about the memory of golden age motor sports. It’s held in June of every year with the goal of representing the greatness in the history of racing.

MORE: The very first Canadian Grand Prix (Video)

This little in-house video shot and edited by the Vintage Automobile Racing Association of Canada (VARAC), captures the atmosphere perfectly.

MORE: Caught on video – 10 unforgettable things that happened at the Canadian Grand Prix

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“The Racing Years” allows us to digest the glory and danger of historic motorsport piece by piece, and year by year. This episode takes us into the thick of 1968, the second and final year in which Graham Hill would become Formula One World Champion.

Opening Image: World Champion Graham Hill at the 1968 Spanish Grand Prix (The Cahier Archive)

Five Formula One racing drivers who started the 1968 season were not alive by the end of the year. Across Indy, F1, F2 and Sportscars the cars were fast, and safety was a secondary concern at best. Jim Clark, Mike Spence, Jo Schlesser and Ludovico Scarfiotti lost their lives, and have never been forgotten. Glory came at a very high price in 1968.

MORE: George Waltman completes the 1968 24 Hours of Daytona, Solo! 

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Video: Inside Porsche’s secret warehouse

Some of these cars are so secret, even Volkswagen doesn’t know about them. Let’s take a peek inside Porsche’s secret warehouse.

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Video: Onboard at Le Mans during a 300km/h+ blowout

Watch in horror as the rear tyre of this Mercedes C11 explodes at more than 300km/h at Le Mans. It happened during qualifying for the classic during 2012, and could have very, very nearly gone totally wrong. The sound of that iconic Mercedes sportscar is awesome, too!

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Mazda 767B SCREAMS on the dyno – Video

Imagine being trapped in a sealed room with a quad-rotor Mazda 767B screaming its head off. Yep, that sounds like our idea of heaven, too…

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Porsche GT1 996 somersault – Road Atlanta 1998

An unforgettable scene unfolds as a 996 Porsche GT1 does a backward flip whilst racing at Road Atlanta Petit Le Mans. There’s a lesson in there about down force, somewhere.

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Video: Incredible beauty of the Ferrari 250 GTO

Is this the finest automotive shape of all time?

The latest piece from Petrolicious is pretty special, which comes as no surprise when you consider that the feature vehicle is one of the most desirable automobiles man has ever built – the Ferrari 250 GTO.

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Jaguar XJR 15 race – 1991 – Monaco

A field of 1/2 million pound Jags, Murray Walker commentating and drivers with names like Warwick, Brabham, Needell, Euser and Wolleck. This was the 1991 Monaco Grand Prix Jaguar XJR 15 race.

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The wonderful art of Evan Deciren

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Projecting pure energy through faultless and bold design, Evan Deciren’s motorsport art celebrates cars, riders and drivers who made motorsport history in the sport’s golden ages.

Evan’s work is prolific, with a huge library featuring everyone from Kevin Schwantz to Jörg van Ommen, Niki Lauda and more. And it’s all stunning!

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Action, Energy, Speed and Spectacle: Klaus Wagger’s Automotive Art

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Klaus Wagger’s automobile art has energy, spectacle, passion and a gripping aesthetic to match the mighty classic racecars that are his subject. It’s magnificent, and you have to check it out.

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Anything But Ugly Motos

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As meticulous in its detail as it is arresting in its aesthetic, Francis’ Ooi’s classic racing bike art, going by the brand Ugly Moto, is absolutely gorgeous.

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The Atmosphere and Light of Classic Racing: Barry Rowe

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“An atmosphere and interaction that allows you to see every automobile at its finest.”

Capturing light, atmosphere and auto racing with a unique and immersive style, Barry Rowe’s automobile art is uniquely evocative and atmospheric.

From Saturday mornings spent gazing at damaged racing cars left outside of Jaguar’s factory in Coventry Barry moved on to a career in advertising as an art director. From there he became a freelance painter, winning Sotherby’s prestigious Art Award with a portrait of Juan Manuel Fangio and now counting Aston Martin, Mercedes Benz, and Pebble Beach amongst his clientele.

And we can see why!

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The Return of the Retro Art of Tom Havlasek

Image: Tom Havalsak

We first encountered Tom Havalsak’s ravishing retro art back in the wild old days of 2013, and we loved the way he captured the bombastic character of the golden age of motorsport. He recently got in touch to share some of his new work with everyone, and it’s even better.

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Video: Paper Dreams

The amazing three-minute story of how one man went from making F1 cars from paper, to designing the real thing for Red Bull.

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Video: Project CARS might be the best representation of retro F1 the gaming world has ever seen.

Project CARS has grabbed the attention of many with its community driven funding, and extremely promising game play. Of course the reason we’re interested in it is because it looks like it’s going to give us the opportunity to use the latest and greatest digital gaming technology to enjoy the same old race cars we’ve loved for decades.

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The Spectacular Silver Arrows Project

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The story of the Silver Arrows is one of triumph and progress, earned through blood sweat and tears. What we know of it we’ve pulled from history books, wise men and women, and images and sounds captured on near-century old mediums.

The Silver Arrows Project aims to change that, and tell the Silver Arrows’ story with the technology and mediums of the future.

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As Good as it Gets: Tool Room 1969 Le Mans GT40 Gallery

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In 1969 David Hobbs and Mike Hailwood drove a GT40 to third place in the 24 Hours of Le Mans, just behind Hans Herrmann and Gérard Larrousse, and winners Jacky Ickx and Jackie Oliver.

It’d take an extremely well trained eye to know it, but this isn’t that car. It’s a gorgeous, unflinchingly accurate and brutally fast tool room recreation, and it’s awesome. Check out the gallery.

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Build Ayrton Senna’s McLaren MP4/4!

…and here you were thinking you’d probably never own a McLaren.

Whether it’s as something do in your down time, or something to do with the kids – this accurate 1:8 scale replica of Ayrton Senna’s McLaren Honda MP4/4 is an awesome piece of Formula 1 gear you can have the enjoyment of building yourself.

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Formula 1 World Champion Helmet themed wallpapers!

Image: PJ Tierney

Everybody loves free stuff – especially when it’s no string attached.

They say a wallpaper change is as good as a new phone – well, maybe not, but it certainly doesn’t hurt to keep things fresh! Take a look at these cool designs available for free through PJ Tierney, celebrating the iconic helmet designs of ten Formula 1 champions.

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For Sale: 1984 Peugeot 205 Turbo 16 Evolution 1 Group B

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We’ve been enjoying Turbo Week here at Motorsport Retro, so we had to stop in and enjoy the home of the most exciting machines that turbos have blown along – Group B rally cars.

This stunning ’84 Peugeot 205 T16 Evolution 1 Group B rally car went to auction at Artcurial’s 2014 Salon Rétromobile Paris sale.

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If You’re Planning on Buying a Jaguar XJR-9, now’s the time

Images: RM Auctions by Tim Scott

Only two Jaguar XJR-9s were purpose-built to IMSA specifications. Only one remains. This is it.

It’s going to head to auction at RM Auctions’ Amelia Island Sale in March of 2015 in the anniversary year of its 1990 Daytona 24 Hour victory, so that’s your chance!

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1985 Lancia Delta S4 Group B Up for Auction

Images: Artcurial

This 1985 Lancia Delta S4 Group B is a relic of rallying’s most out-there and exciting era, and a genuine factory works car to boot. It went to auction at Artcurial’s Automobiles sur les Champs 7 sale.

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For Sale: Alan Jones’ Williams F1 FW07

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Following a design ethos that would make Colin Chapman proud, and delivering a car with an understanding of ground effects that would challenge the Lotus 79, Patrick Head designed Williams’ FW07 to be small, light and reliable. It returned dividends by giving the team their first Formula 1 grand prix win, along with a constructors’ title and a drivers’ title for Alan Jones.

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For sale: This 1969 Dodge Charger Daytona

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The first NASCAR racer to record a race lap at over 200 miles per hour, this Daytona veteran may not have the modern mastery that could take you to a win in the 2014 race, but it’s way cooler than the cars which could!

In an effort to swing the balance of power back from Ford, for 1970 Chrysler developed a set of radical aerodynamics and one of the most distinctive shapes in NASCAR: the Dodge Daytona/Plymouth Super Bird. And it worked.

Spectacularly.

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Video: Longest Jump – World record attempt gone wrong

When you’re flying through the air and something goes wrong, the whole situation can unravel very quickly.

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Video: Ford Escort MK1 – terrifying high speed rally crash

When things go wrong whilst airborne, they really go wrong. Watch as spectators rush to this drivers aid before the car even begun to run out of momentum – this is because it’s immediately obvious that this is going to be a particularly nasty accident. Luckily, both driver and co-driver were fine. The car however, was another story.

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“My balls were on fire!” – Gerhard Berger on his shocking Imola crash

Gerhard Berger talks about his horrifying crash during the San Marion Grand Prix 25 years ago.

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Video: Kenny Brack’s HUGE stack (2003)

Watch as Kenny Brack‘s IndyCar catches air in 2003 whilst racing in Texas, the result being a terrifying high speed crash which is said to have resulted in the highest g-force impact of its kind on record.

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Formula 3 chaos – Macau 1995 – Video

A pileup of epic Formula 3 proportions unfolds on the first lap of the 1995 Macau Grand Prix. Trulli, Schumacher and Couto escape – the rest of the field aren’t so lucky.

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