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Legends of Le Mans: Porsche 956 vs 962 – What’s their difference? – Sparky FEATURETTE
The model car manufacturer Spark has been supplying excellent models in all possible scales for many years, and has been doing so for more than 25 years since. Now, on the occasion of the company’s 25th anniversary, Spark continues to deliver consistently and releases racing legends by the meter. Under the name Sparky we understand the models in scale 1:64, which Spark has also covered for several years. For us as collectors of model cars in this scale, this is a special welcome gift. Thanks to Spark, we collectors have the opportunity to place officially licensed vehicles with a very high standard of detail in our display cases. This includes…
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WEC Hypercar Series 2023 / 2024 FEATURETTE
Battle of the brands! Alpine, BMW, Cadillac, Ferrari, Lamborghini, Porsche, Peugeot, Toyota, Vanwall and more: The World Endurance Championship (WEC) has become insanely competitive than in the Hypercar top class in 2024. With ten manufacturers in there, a boom was highely expected, with which the WEC and the 24 Hours of Le Mans have finally celebrated the new golden age of prototype racing. (Aston Martin has also announced its intention to compete for victories in the Hypercar class as soon as possible). The Hypercar class is so successful that the LMP2 category will have to make way for it in 2024. It will only compete at Le Mans. MoreArt offers…
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TWOC MEMBERSHIP 2023 AMG PETRONAS F1 W13 E – Tarmacworks FEATURETTE
A touch of red on the silver arrow… The Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team celebrated its 55th anniversary together with AMG more than a year ago at the 2022 Belgian Grand Prix with a series of special activities. Founded in 1967 by engineers Hans Werner Aufrecht and Erhard Melcher, AMG has continued to build on its position as one of the leading performance and sports car brands through numerous motorsport successes and the development of unique road cars. By the way, we reflected on the history surrounding AMG in another post, which you can read here: READ NOW Started at the 24h of SPA in 1971: The red pig, the 300…
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The Story of AMG – FEATURETTE
Two men, three letters… 50 years ago, a unique company was born out of an overwhelming passion for motorsport. A for Aufrecht, M for Melcher and G for Großaspach – the names behind these three letters are the starting point of a rapid development from a two-man business to a global brand. The story begins in the 1960s: The two engineers Hans Werner Aufrecht and Erhard Melcher worked on the 300 SE racing engine in the Daimler-Benz development department. until the company discontinued all motorsport activities. But Aufrecht and Melcher’s hearts continue to beat for racing. In Aufrecht’s house, they continued to fine-tune the engine’s performance in their spare time.…
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The most iconic cars: Legends of 100 years of Le Mans 24h – FEATURETTE
One hundred years of Le Mans 24 Hours This weekend, one of the most famous and legendary races in the world will take place: the 24-hour race of Le Mans. Le Mans is a city of 150,000 inhabitants in north-western France, but above all it is also a cipher for full throttle, high-tech and adrenaline. In 1923, one hundred years ago, the endurance race “24 Hours of Le Mans” was started there for the first time – to this day one of the most spectacular motor sport events in the world. On the occasion of the centenary, we present some delicacies between 1950 and 2000 that have a very close…
