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Grand Tourers
Every grand tourer we cover, across all makes. Choose a model to explore its history.
112 models
Models
AC 428
An Italian-bodied grand tourer on a stretched Cobra 427 chassis (1965–1973) — Frua coachwork over a Ford big-block V8, only 81 built.
Alpina B4
Alpina's 4 Series-based grand tourer — a twin-turbo coupe and Gran Coupé spanning two generations (F32, 2014–2019; G26, 2022–2025).
Alpina B6
Alpina's twin-turbo V8 grand tourer across two 6 Series generations — E63 coupé/convertible (2005–2010) and F12/F06 coupé/convertible/Gran Coupé (2011–2019).
Alpina B8 Gran Coupé
Alpina's 8 Series-based four-door grand tourer — a 612 hp twin-turbo V8 fastback succeeding the B6, launched for the 2022 model year.
Alvis TD 21
The elegant Graber-styled 3-litre coupé and convertible, bodied by Park Ward — the definitive late Alvis grand tourer.
Alvis TE 21
A facelifted Graber-Alvis grand tourer recognisable by its stacked quad headlamps and a more powerful 3-litre six.
Alvis TF 21
The last Alvis car ever made — the fastest of all at around 127 mph, of which only about 106 were built before production ended in 1967.
Aston Martin DB4
The first of the great David Brown grand tourers — a Touring 'Superleggera'-bodied GT that spawned the DB4 GT and the Zagato.
Aston Martin DB5
The most famous Aston Martin of all — James Bond's silver car from Goldfinger (1964) and the icon of the marque.
Aston Martin DB6
The final classic six-cylinder DB grand tourer — longer, more practical, with a Kamm-tail rear and the open Volante.
Aston Martin DBS
The angular William Towns-styled GT that bridged the six-cylinder DBs and the V8 era — the original DBS V8 was the world's fastest four-seater.
Aston Martin V8
Aston Martin's hand-built V8 grand tourer for two decades — the muscular Newport Pagnell car that carried the marque through hard times.
Aston Martin DB7
The Ford-era car that saved Aston Martin — a beautiful Ian Callum design and, in its time, the best-selling Aston ever.
Aston Martin Vanquish
The carbon-and-aluminium V12 flagship of the early 2000s — James Bond's car in Die Another Day and the marque's halo GT.
Aston Martin DB9
The first car on the all-new VH aluminium platform — a gorgeous V12 GT that defined Aston Martin's Gaydon era for over a decade.
Aston Martin Rapide
Aston Martin's elegant V12 four-door — a true four-seat grand tourer, later the basis of the all-electric Rapide E.
Aston Martin DB11
The first all-new Aston Martin of the modern era — a twin-turbo V12 (and AMG-V8) GT that replaced the long-serving DB9.
Aston Martin DB12
Aston Martin's current grand tourer, billed as the 'world's first super-tourer' — a 671-hp AMG-V8 successor to the DB11.
Aston Martin DBS Superleggera
The brutal twin-turbo V12 flagship of the DB11 era — successor to the 2007 DBS, reviving the historic 'Superleggera' name.
Bentley Continental R
Bentley's first bespoke-bodied coupé since the 1960s (1991–2003) — a turbocharged grand tourer revived from the Continental name.
Bentley Continental GT
The car that remade Bentley (2003–present) — a W12 grand tourer that became the brand's best-seller and the heart of the Volkswagen-era range.
Bertone Lamborghini Espada
Lamborghini's four-seat V12 GT designed by Gandini at Bertone — once the best-selling Lamborghini of all time; 1,217 built.
Bertone Volvo 262C
A Bertone-built luxury coupe on the Volvo 264 platform — Volvo's halo car and a trans-Alpine collaboration; 6,622 built.
BMW 6 Series
BMW's large grand-touring coupe — the classic 'shark-nose' E24, revived for the 2000s and 2010s.
BMW 8 Series
BMW's V12 grand-touring flagship coupe of the 1990s, revived in 2018 — home of the M8.
Bristol 400
Bristol's first car (1946–1950) — a post-war fusion of BMW 328 engine and BMW 326 chassis, introduced at the 1947 Geneva Motor Show.
Bristol 401
Bristol's most popular early model — 611 built — with a wind-tunnel-developed aluminium body by Carrozzeria Touring and 85 bhp from the evolved BMW-derived six.
Bristol 403
The most capable of the early six-cylinder Bristols (1953–1955) — 100 bhp, four-wheel disc brakes on test cars, and a 106 mph top speed.
Bristol 405
The only four-door Bristol saloon ever built (1954–1958) — 297 saloons and 43 drophead coupes, using a 105 bhp six.
Bristol 406
The final six-cylinder Bristol (1958–1961) — 181 built, with a bored-out 2.2-litre six and the first Bristol disc brakes.
Bristol 407
The first V8 Bristol (1961–1963) — a Chrysler 5.1-litre V8 and TorqueFlite automatic, establishing the formula every later Bristol would follow.
Bristol 411
The fastest classic Bristol (1969–1976) — a big-block 6.3-litre then 6.6-litre Chrysler V8 producing up to 335 bhp, approximately 143 mph, 287 built across five series.
Bristol 603 / Britannia / Brigand
The 1976 wedge-profile two-door saloon (1976–1993) — around 80 Type 603s then 31 Britannia / Brigand variants — that carried Bristol into the Blenheim era.
Bristol Blenheim
Bristol's long-running final saloon (1993–2011) — a turbocharged 5.9-litre Chrysler V8, 150 mph limited top speed, built until the company entered administration.
Bugatti Type 57
Bugatti's prewar grand tourer masterpiece — 710 built, including the four legendary Type 57SC Atlantics; won Le Mans in 1937 and 1939.
Bugatti Type 101
The last car of the original Bugatti family — seven chassis built from 1951, bodied by four coachbuilders, using the Type 57's proven 3.3-litre straight-eight.
Cisitalia 505 DF
A Ghia-bodied grand tourer on the Fiat 1900 chassis — Cisitalia's final road-car effort, with fewer than ten examples built.
Czinger Hyper GT
Czinger's four-seat grand tourer with gullwing doors — confirmed for production in 2024, targeting roughly 1,000 units at $750,000–$1 million.
Delahaye Type 135
Delahaye's most celebrated model — a coachbuilt grand tourer and outright Le Mans winner, produced from 1935 until the marque's closure in 1954.
Delahaye Type 235
Delahaye's final car — a modernised 135MS with full-width ponton styling, 84 examples built before the marque's closure in 1954.
De Tomaso Longchamp
A Tom Tjaarda–styled 2+2 coupé on the Deauville's chassis — 409 built over 17 years, including a handful of open Spyder variants.
Eunos Eunos Cosmo
Mazda's fourth-generation Cosmo, sold exclusively under the Eunos brand — a twin-turbo rotary grand tourer that became the world's first production car equipped with GPS navigation.
Facel Vega FV / HK500
Facel Vega's founding grand tourer (1954–1961) — a Chrysler V8 wrapped in French coachwork, the fastest legitimate four-seater of its era.
Facel Vega Facel II
Facel Vega's last and finest grand tourer (1962–1964) — lighter and faster than the HK500, with up to 390 hp, considered one of the most handsome cars of the 1960s.
Ferrari 250 GT
Ferrari's most celebrated classic family — a Colombo V12 series spanning coupés, spiders, and the priceless 250 GTO.
Ferrari 275 GTB
The 275 GTB introduced Ferrari's first independent rear suspension and a four-camshaft V12 — a pivotal GT in the marque's road-car development.
Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Daytona
The legendary Daytona — a 352-hp front-engine grand tourer that became Ferrari's last great front-engine V12 before the mid-engine Berlinetta Boxer.
Ferrari 550 Maranello / 575M
The 550 returned Ferrari's 2-seat V12 GT to front-engine layout after 23 years — and the 575M refined it further with 515 hp.
Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano
The 599 brought a 620-hp V12 and aluminium spaceframe to Ferrari's front-engine GT, earning praise as one of the greatest drivers' grand tourers.
Ferrari F12berlinetta
The 740-hp F12berlinetta was the most powerful naturally aspirated road car Ferrari had ever built — a blistering V12 GT in Pininfarina clothes.
Ferrari 812 Superfast / 812 GTS
Ferrari's current front-engine V12 grand tourer — 800 hp, rear-wheel steering, and available as the first open-top V12 Ferrari since the 1969 Daytona Spider.
Ferrari California / Portofino
Ferrari's entry-level front-engine convertible GT — the California pioneered the retractable hardtop at Maranello; the Portofino evolved it with 591 hp.
Ferrari FF / GTC4Lusso
Ferrari's first all-wheel-drive car — the FF's shooting-brake body and V12 were refined into the GTC4Lusso four-seater, before the Purosangue SUV arrived.
Glas V8
Glas's extravagant flagship — a Frua-styled V8 grand tourer nicknamed the 'Glaserati', produced in two forms totalling just 666 units.
Hispano-Suiza H6
The definitive pre-war grand tourer — an all-aluminium OHC six with the first four-wheel servo brakes, widely considered the finest car of the 1920s.
Hispano-Suiza J12
Hispano-Suiza's ultimate pre-war machine — a 9.4-litre V12 producing 220 hp, sold as a rolling chassis to Europe's finest coachbuilders.
Hispano-Suiza K6
A more accessible six-cylinder companion to the monumental J12 — 202 built, still coachbuilt, still bearing Hispano-Suiza's exacting quality.
Hotchkiss 686 / Grand Sport
Hotchkiss's sporting six — a 3.5-litre Grand Sport that won the Monte Carlo Rally in 1939, 1949, and 1950 and rivals the great British touring cars of its era.
HSV Coupé4
An ultra-rare all-wheel-drive Monaro-based coupé — fewer than 140 built, making it the rarest HSV of the modern era.
Iso Rivolta IR 300
Iso's founding GT (1962–1970) — a Bertone-styled 2+2 coupe with a Corvette V8, designed to out-cruise a Ferrari at lower cost.
Iso Rivolta Lele
Iso's 2+2 GT (1969–1974) — a Marcello Gandini fastback that replaced the IR 300, with 285 built before Iso's collapse.
Jaguar XJS
Jaguar's long-lived V12 grand tourer (1975–1996) — the E-Type's controversial, buttress-flanked successor.
Jaguar XK
The modern XK8/XKR grand tourer (1996–2014) — Jaguar's return to a sporting two-door and its first V8 since the 1960s.
Jensen Interceptor
Jensen's signature Chrysler-V8 grand tourer (1966–1976) — Italian-styled, with a distinctive wrap-around glass hatch.
Jensen FF
A landmark Interceptor sibling (1966–1971) — among the first production cars with four-wheel drive and anti-lock brakes.
Jensen 541
Jensen's fibreglass-bodied 1950s GT — among the first British production cars with four-wheel disc brakes.
Jensen C-V8
A fibreglass-bodied Chrysler-V8 GT (1962–1966) and one of the fastest four-seaters of its day.
Lagonda Rapide
A hand-built four-door grand tourer bodied by Carrozzeria Touring — just 55 made, and among the rarest post-war Lagondas.
Lamborghini 350 GT
Lamborghini's first production car — a 3.5-litre V12 grand tourer that proved Ferruccio could build a rival to Ferrari.
Lamborghini 400 GT
The 350 GT's successor with a larger 3.9-litre V12, offered as a 2+2 coupe — Lamborghini's first series-production car in meaningful volume.
Lamborghini Islero
A refined, understated successor to the 400 GT, named after the famous fighting bull — understated styling that divided collectors.
Lamborghini Espada
A full four-seat V12 GT designed by Bertone — Lamborghini's most pragmatic and longest-running classic-era model with over 1,200 built.
Lamborghini Jarama
The last of the classic front-engine Lamborghini GTs — a Bertone 2+2 that succeeded the Islero in a compact, aggressive body.
Laraki Borac
A front-engined grand tourer concept (2005) powered by a naturally aspirated Mercedes V12 — Laraki's unfulfilled pivot toward a more civilized, four-seat hypercar.
Lexus SC
Lexus's V8-powered grand touring coupe — two generations of rear-drive style, from the SC 400/300 to the SC 430 retractable hardtop.
Lexus LC
Lexus's spectacular flagship grand touring coupe — a near-production-concept show car made real, with V8 or hybrid power.
Lister Le Mans
A heavily reworked Jaguar XJS transformed by Laurence Pearce into a 200 mph grand tourer — one of the fastest four-seat cars in the world when new.
Lister Storm
A bespoke 7.0-litre V12 supercar — the fastest four-seat GT of the 1990s, claimed at 208 mph, and a race-proven FIA GT Championship winner in 2000.
Lotus Eclat
A fastback four-seat GT (1975–1982) — the Elite Type 75 rebodied with a sleeker sloping roofline.
Lotus Elite (Type 75)
The 1974 Type 75 Elite — a wedge-shaped four-seat luxury hatchback, the marque's first move upmarket.
Lotus Excel
A 2+2 GT (1982–1992) — the Eclat reworked with Toyota Supra running gear for better reliability and handling.
Mansory La Revoluzione
A twin-turbocharged 1,200 hp Ferrari F12 Berlinetta conversion with an 'inverse Formula One nose', also debuted at Frankfurt 2013.
Mansory Stallone
Mansory's Ferrari 812 Superfast and 812 GTS programme — 830 hp, full carbon body, limited to 10 units for the coupe version.
Maserati 3500 GT
Maserati's first mass-produced road car — the Touring-bodied grand tourer that saved the company from bankruptcy and defined its post-racing identity.
Maserati Ghibli (1967)
A Giugiaro masterpiece at Ghia — the quad-cam V8 low-slung coupe widely regarded as one of the most beautiful Italian cars of the 1960s.
Maserati Biturbo
The world's first mass-market twin-turbocharged production car — controversial in quality but pivotal in keeping Maserati alive through the 1980s.
Maserati 3200 GT
Maserati's comeback coupe under Ferrari stewardship — a Giugiaro-designed GT with LED boomerang taillights and twin-turbo V8.
Maserati Coupé / Spyder
The Ferrari-V8 successors to the 3200 GT — the Coupé and Spyder brought a 4.2-litre Ferrari-derived engine and a Cambiocorsa paddle-shift option.
Maserati GranTurismo
Maserati's signature 2+2 grand tourer — a Ferrari-engined V8 icon in its first generation, now reborn with a twin-turbo V6 and an electric Folgore.
Matra Avantime (for Renault)
Matra's final vehicle — a pillarless MPV-coupé grand tourer built for Renault from 2001 to 2003, with only 8,557 produced before its commercial failure closed the factory.
McLaren GT
McLaren's first dedicated grand tourer — a 612-hp twin-turbo V8 with real luggage space under a glazed tailgate.
Mercedes-Benz SL
Mercedes' long-running luxury roadster line — 'Sport Leicht' — from the 1950s 300SL to today's AMG SL.
Monteverdi High Speed 375
The founding model — a Chrysler 440 V8-powered Swiss grand tourer with Italian coachwork by Frua then Fissore, produced 1967–1976.
Panoz Abruzzi 'Spirit of Le Mans'
A front-engined limited-edition GT (unveiled 2010) capped at 81 cars — one for each running of the Le Mans 24 Hours through 2013.
Porsche 928
A luxury V8-powered grand tourer Porsche designed as a potential 911 replacement — it never replaced the 911 but earned its own devoted following.
Porsche Panamera
Porsche's four-door luxury sports sedan — a bold step into the executive GT segment that went from polarizing to benchmark.
Puma Puma GTB
Brazil's most expensive car through the 1970s and early 1980s — a fiberglass Chevrolet Opala-powered 2+2 coupe.
Rolls-Royce Wraith
The fastback two-door coupe (2013–2023) — the most powerful and dynamic Rolls-Royce of its day, built on the Ghost.
Rolls-Royce Dawn
The open-top convertible companion to the Wraith (2015–2023) — Rolls-Royce's drophead grand tourer.
Rolls-Royce Spectre
Rolls-Royce's first fully electric production car (2023–present) — a two-door coupe and the most aerodynamic model the marque has built.
Steyr Austria (37/100 hp)
Ferdinand Porsche's ambitious Steyr masterpiece — a 5.3-litre straight-eight that was cancelled after only three prototypes.
Talbot Talbot-Lago T150
Antonio Lago's pre-war sporting chassis — host to the Figoni et Falaschi 'Teardrop' coupé, one of the most celebrated automotive bodies ever built.
Talbot Talbot-Lago T26 Grand Sport
Talbot-Lago's post-war flagship — a hand-built 4.5-litre straight-six exotic and one of the first high-performance road cars produced after WWII.
Talbot-Lago Lago America
Talbot-Lago's swan song — a BMW V8-powered grand tourer of which roughly a dozen were built before Simca acquired the company.
Touring Superleggera Maserati 3500 GT
Touring's most prolific pre-closure commission — over 2,000 grand touring coupes that brought Maserati into the profitable road-car business.
Touring Superleggera Lamborghini 350/400 GT
The first Lamborghini road car — Touring reworked Franco Scaglione's concept into a production-ready grand tourer that launched the Sant'Agata marque.
Touring Superleggera Berlinetta Lusso
A five-unit Ferrari F12–based grand tourer that revived the classic Berlinetta Lusso name with hand-beaten aluminium and carbon-fibre construction.
Triumph Stag
A handsome Michelotti 2+2 convertible grand tourer with a unique Triumph 3.0-litre V8 — gorgeous, but undone by a reputation for engine overheating.
Vandenbrink GTO
A hand-built aluminium tribute to the 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO, constructed on the Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano chassis — just five examples made.
Vignale Samantha
A fastback four-seat coupé on the Fiat 125S — fewer than 100 built, one of the rarest Vignales.
Vignale Eveline
A Fiat 124–based coupé (1967–1969) with Jensen Interceptor proportions, ~400 built mostly for the UK market.
Zagato Aston Martin Vanquish Zagato
A 325-car Zagato-bodied Vanquish S family — coupe, Volante, Shooting Brake, and Speedster — unveiled from 2016 to 2017.