Cars

The Maserati 3500 GT Spyder Vignale is one of the most beautiful cars of the 1950s, but this Touring prototype is even more elegant, while being far rarer.

The Vantage V600 is a dinosaur from the age when Aston Martins were powerful brutes. This development prototype has a fascinating history, but is also borderline violent.

Peugeot shook up rallying in 1984 when it burst into Group B with the fire-breathing 205 Turbo 16. Only 200 lucky customers could experience that same excitement.

BMW claimed an eight-cylinder would not fit in the E36 3 Series. Alpina proved them wrong and created one of the highlights in their history with the formidable B8 4.6.

A two-door Maybach 57 was never officially part of the line-up. Instead, people close to the brand created fewer than a dozen of these ultra-luxurious coupés.

The development story behind the 964 Turbo S Leichtbau is fascinating. But in short, Porsche went all out, combining the Carrera RS with the Turbo and a WLS kit.

Group B may have birthed some of the most iconic homologation specials, but the Renault 5 Turbo set the trend and became the template for decades to come.

Lotus has a long history of lightweight 4-cylinder turbocharged sports cars, and the Emira Turbo SE continues that tradition. We went to Hethel for a comparison with an Esprit GT3.

Sbarro was infamous for his radical creations. But, cutting up a Ferrari 308 GTB and turning it into a mid-engined hatchback was surely one of his more unexpected masterpieces.

The mid-engined Renault Clio V6, with its attitude problem, and the odd-looking Volkswagen Beetle RSi appear to be polar opposites, but they also have a surprising number of similarities.