Photo: Source-identified 1995 Audi RS2 Avant at London Concours 2025. No individual production number or original specification certified by this photograph. Photo: MrWalkr / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikimedia thumbnail resized from original; no cropping or color changes.
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The ideas, engineering and histories that make extraordinary machines worth knowing.
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Photo: Source-identified 4C Spider 33 Stradale Tributo photographed in Australia, December 2021. Illustrates the named edition; this photograph does not establish membership of the 33-car North American allocation profiled here. Photo: Luke Santamaria / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0. Resized and JPEG-compressed for web display; no content retouching. Website layouts may crop the image.
Photo: Porsche 911 50th Anniversary Edition photographed as a model or programme illustration. The image does not independently authenticate an individual chassis, original components or current mechanical condition. Photo: Calreyn88 / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0. Resized and re-encoded as JPEG; no generative imagery or vehicle retouching. Reuse under CC BY-SA 4.0; retain author, source, license and modification notice. Adapted copies retain the applicable share-alike license.
Photo: Porsche 911 GT3 RS 4.0 — 997 photographed as a model or programme illustration. The image does not independently authenticate an individual chassis, original components or current mechanical condition. Photo: MrWalkr / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0. Resized and re-encoded as JPEG; no generative imagery or vehicle retouching. Reuse under CC BY-SA 4.0; retain author, source, license and modification notice. Adapted copies retain the applicable share-alike license.
Photo: Front-quarter view of the BMW M3 DTM Champion Edition road car; BMW archive caption dated December 2012, ahead of scheduled 2013 production. Photo: BMW AG / BMW Group PressClub · Press/editorial use only. Original supplied photograph retained without local cropping or content alteration. BMW-supplied press photograph under BMW PressClub terms.
Photo: Source-identified 2010 Ferrari 599 GTO with red body and dark roof. Photo: Calreyn88 / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0. Source-provided photograph supplied without local cropping, retouching or text removal. A source thumbnail is used where available. Image supplied under CC BY-SA 4.0. Retain the named photographer, original source and licence link; follow the licence for later edits and reuse. No endorsement implied.
Photo: Source-identified Vanquish Zagato coupe photographed in August 2025. Filename model-year label retained; programme debuted in 2016. A dated image does not establish chassis serial or current specification. Photo: Calreyn88 / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikimedia thumbnail resized from original; no cropping or colour changes.
From Zagato collaborations to Mulliner and BMW’s small-series craftsmanship, five programmes show different ways to give familiar engineering a new identity.
Photo: Porsche 911 R — 991 photographed as a model or programme illustration. The image does not independently authenticate an individual chassis, original components or current mechanical condition. Photo: Calreyn88 / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0. Resized and re-encoded as JPEG; no generative imagery or vehicle retouching. Reuse under CC BY-SA 4.0; retain author, source, license and modification notice. Adapted copies retain the applicable share-alike license.
From the Porsche 911 R to the Aston Martin One-77, explore five limited-production cars through their design briefs, engineering choices and documented numbers.
Photo: Factory presentation image of Wraith Kryptos against a stylised cipher-themed setting. The backdrop is part of the presentation and is not described as an ordinary road location. Photo: Rolls-Royce Motor Cars / Rolls-Royce Motor Cars PressClub · Factory press photograph — editorial use only. Supplied factory JPEG retained without edits or re-encoding. Supplied for press/editorial use only under the linked PressClub terms. Use with this factual vehicle article and retain the factory credit. No advertising, promotional merchandise, standalone commercial asset resale or blanket Creative Commons permission is granted.
Photo: The production-form 991 Speedster at the New York International Auto Show in 2019. It illustrates the customer-model design, separate from the 2018 concept studies; no chassis-number position is authenticated. Photo: Kevauto / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0. Resized and re-encoded as JPEG; no generative imagery or vehicle retouching. Reuse under CC BY-SA 4.0; retain author, source, license and modification notice. Adapted copies retain the applicable share-alike license.
A folding roof, an open cockpit or no windscreen at all: five limited-production cars reveal how differently manufacturers interpret open-air motoring.
Photo: Mercedes-Benz 190 E 2.5-16 Evolution II at the Mercedes-Benz Museum in Stuttgart, shown from the front three-quarter angle with its tall rear wing visible. Photo: GerdeeX / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0. Original image or source-provided thumbnail supplied without local cropping, retouching or synthetic enlargement. Supplied under CC BY-SA 4.0. Retain the named creator, original source and licence link. Follow the licence for edits and reuse; no endorsement is implied.
Photo: Porsche 918 Spyder — Production Hybrid Supercar photographed as a model or programme illustration. The image does not independently authenticate an individual chassis, original components or current mechanical condition. Photo: Chelsea Jay / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0. Resized and re-encoded as JPEG; no generative imagery or vehicle retouching. Reuse under CC BY-SA 4.0; retain author, source, license and modification notice. Adapted copies retain the applicable share-alike license.
Photo: Mazda Cosmo Sport 110S Series II — real source photograph; photo by MrWalkr. Photo: MrWalkr / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0. Original image or source-provided thumbnail supplied without local cropping, retouching or synthetic enlargement. Supplied under CC BY-SA 4.0. Retain the named creator, original source and licence link. Follow the licence for edits and reuse; no endorsement is implied.
