Dear Ultimatecarpage.com visitor,

Since the late 1950s, British teams have been on the forefront of Grand Prix racing, but before that there was an amazing three decade drought. After WWII a large number of talented and rich people founded British Racing Motors (BRM) to take on the dominant Italians. Sadly they failed miserably, but one of the original founders, Tony Vandervell, persevered and gradually worked his way up the ladder first with modified Ferraris and later with cars of his own. Combining the design talents of Colin Chapman and Frank Costin and the driving skills of Tony Brooks and Stirling Moss, the Vanwall succeeded were many others had failed. Amazingly almost every component of the car was designed and constructed in-house, including the fascinating fuel-injected engine and the cutting edge spaceframe chassis. Forgotten by most people, the beautiful Vanwall deserves a lot more credit than it receives today.
After working for Bertone and Ghia and aged just 27 Giorgietto Giugiaro set up shop for himself. He knew his first independent design needed to be something special, so he commissioned one of Giorgietto Bizzarrini's mid-engined chassis. The resulting three-seat Manta was indeed very special. Recently restored, the V8-engined Manta has a unique provenance as an ex-Le Mans racer and the very first ItalDesign work. More V8 power today in the form of the highly successful AMC Javelin Trans-Am racer. To be homologated for Trans-Am all performance parts had to be made available to the general public and as a result the 1970 model year Javelins could be factory equipped with Porsche 917 brakes.
To build up the anticipation for the upcoming Detroit Motorshow or NAIAS, Chrysler released teaser sketches of their upcoming Chrysler Nassau and Jeep Trailhawk concepts. Here in Europe the eyes are on Essen this week and we will be on the show floor on Thursday to not only capture the latest tuner trends, but also the promised historic Grand Prix and Le Mans display. To get you in the mood we have included the 730 bhp Brabus CL V12 S Biturbo in this week's update.

Enjoy the links:

AMC Javelin T/A
http://www.ultimatecarpage.com/frame...hp&carnum=2989

Aston Martin DB2/4 Allemano Coupe
http://www.ultimatecarpage.com/frame...hp&carnum=2978

Bizzarrini Manta
http://www.ultimatecarpage.com/frame...hp&carnum=2990

Brabus CL V12 S Biturbo
http://www.ultimatecarpage.com/frame...hp&carnum=2997

Chrysler Nassau Concept
http://www.ultimatecarpage.com/frame...hp&carnum=2995

Jeep Trailhawk Concept
http://www.ultimatecarpage.com/frame...hp&carnum=2996

Subaru Impreza RB320
http://www.ultimatecarpage.com/frame...hp&carnum=2994

Vanwall VW Grand Prix
http://www.ultimatecarpage.com/frame...hp&carnum=2998

Regards,
Wouter Melissen