Grand Tourers
Every grand tourer we cover, across all makes. Pick a model to read its full history.
Models
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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.
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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).
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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).
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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.
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Alvis TD 21
The elegant Graber-styled 3-litre coupé and convertible, bodied by Park Ward — the definitive late Alvis grand tourer.
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Alvis TE 21
A facelifted Graber-Alvis grand tourer recognisable by its stacked quad headlamps and a more powerful 3-litre six.
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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.
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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.
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Aston Martin DB5
The most famous Aston Martin of all — James Bond's silver car from Goldfinger (1964) and the icon of the marque.
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Aston Martin DB6
The final classic six-cylinder DB grand tourer — longer, more practical, with a Kamm-tail rear and the open Volante.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Aston Martin DBS Superleggera
The brutal twin-turbo V12 flagship of the DB11 era — successor to the 2007 DBS, reviving the historic 'Superleggera' name.
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Bentley Continental R
Bentley's first bespoke-bodied coupé since the 1960s (1991–2003) — a turbocharged grand tourer revived from the Continental name.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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BMW 6 Series
BMW's large grand-touring coupe — the classic 'shark-nose' E24, revived for the 2000s and 2010s.
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BMW 8 Series
BMW's V12 grand-touring flagship coupe of the 1990s, revived in 2018 — home of the M8.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Bristol 405
The only four-door Bristol saloon ever built (1954–1958) — 297 saloons and 43 drophead coupes, using a 105 bhp six.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Ferrari 250 GT
Ferrari's most celebrated classic family — a Colombo V12 series spanning coupés, spiders, and the priceless 250 GTO.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Glas V8
Glas's extravagant flagship — a Frua-styled V8 grand tourer nicknamed the 'Glaserati', produced in two forms totalling just 666 units.
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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.
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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.
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Hispano-Suiza K6
A more accessible six-cylinder companion to the monumental J12 — 202 built, still coachbuilt, still bearing Hispano-Suiza's exacting quality.
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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.
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HSV Coupé4
An ultra-rare all-wheel-drive Monaro-based coupé — fewer than 140 built, making it the rarest HSV of the modern era.
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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.
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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.
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Jaguar XJS
Jaguar's long-lived V12 grand tourer (1975–1996) — the E-Type's controversial, buttress-flanked successor.
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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.
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Jensen Interceptor
Jensen's signature Chrysler-V8 grand tourer (1966–1976) — Italian-styled, with a distinctive wrap-around glass hatch.
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Jensen FF
A landmark Interceptor sibling (1966–1971) — among the first production cars with four-wheel drive and anti-lock brakes.
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Jensen 541
Jensen's fibreglass-bodied 1950s GT — among the first British production cars with four-wheel disc brakes.
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Jensen C-V8
A fibreglass-bodied Chrysler-V8 GT (1962–1966) and one of the fastest four-seaters of its day.
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Lagonda Rapide
A hand-built four-door grand tourer bodied by Carrozzeria Touring — just 55 made, and among the rarest post-war Lagondas.
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Lamborghini 350 GT
Lamborghini's first production car — a 3.5-litre V12 grand tourer that proved Ferruccio could build a rival to Ferrari.
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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.
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Lamborghini Islero
A refined, understated successor to the 400 GT, named after the famous fighting bull — understated styling that divided collectors.
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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.
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Lamborghini Jarama
The last of the classic front-engine Lamborghini GTs — a Bertone 2+2 that succeeded the Islero in a compact, aggressive body.
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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.
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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.
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Lexus LC
Lexus's spectacular flagship grand touring coupe — a near-production-concept show car made real, with V8 or hybrid power.
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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.
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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.
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Lotus Eclat
A fastback four-seat GT (1975–1982) — the Elite Type 75 rebodied with a sleeker sloping roofline.
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Lotus Elite (Type 75)
The 1974 Type 75 Elite — a wedge-shaped four-seat luxury hatchback, the marque's first move upmarket.
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Lotus Excel
A 2+2 GT (1982–1992) — the Eclat reworked with Toyota Supra running gear for better reliability and handling.
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Mansory La Revoluzione
A twin-turbocharged 1,200 hp Ferrari F12 Berlinetta conversion with an 'inverse Formula One nose', also debuted at Frankfurt 2013.
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Mansory Stallone
Mansory's Ferrari 812 Superfast and 812 GTS programme — 830 hp, full carbon body, limited to 10 units for the coupe version.
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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.
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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.
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Maserati Biturbo
The world's first mass-market twin-turbocharged production car — controversial in quality but pivotal in keeping Maserati alive through the 1980s.
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Maserati 3200 GT
Maserati's comeback coupe under Ferrari stewardship — a Giugiaro-designed GT with LED boomerang taillights and twin-turbo V8.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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McLaren GT
McLaren's first dedicated grand tourer — a 612-hp twin-turbo V8 with real luggage space under a glazed tailgate.
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Mercedes-Benz SL
Mercedes' long-running luxury roadster line — 'Sport Leicht' — from the 1950s 300SL to today's AMG SL.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Porsche Panamera
Porsche's four-door luxury sports sedan — a bold step into the executive GT segment that went from polarizing to benchmark.
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Puma Puma GTB
Brazil's most expensive car through the 1970s and early 1980s — a fiberglass Chevrolet Opala-powered 2+2 coupe.
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Rolls-Royce Wraith
The fastback two-door coupe (2013–2023) — the most powerful and dynamic Rolls-Royce of its day, built on the Ghost.
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Rolls-Royce Dawn
The open-top convertible companion to the Wraith (2015–2023) — Rolls-Royce's drophead grand tourer.
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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.
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Steyr Austria (37/100 hp)
Ferdinand Porsche's ambitious Steyr masterpiece — a 5.3-litre straight-eight that was cancelled after only three prototypes.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Vignale Samantha
A fastback four-seat coupé on the Fiat 125S — fewer than 100 built, one of the rarest Vignales.
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Vignale Eveline
A Fiat 124–based coupé (1967–1969) with Jensen Interceptor proportions, ~400 built mostly for the UK market.
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Zagato Aston Martin Vanquish Zagato
A 325-car Zagato-bodied Vanquish S family — coupe, Volante, Shooting Brake, and Speedster — unveiled from 2016 to 2017.