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TECHING Benz Patent-Motorwagen 1886 – The car that started it all as 430pcs model kit
A Journey to the Birth of the Automobile Every car on the road today – from compact city cars and luxury saloons to Formula 1 racers and electric hypercars – owes its existence to one remarkable invention. Long before automotive giants such as Ferrari, Porsche, Mercedes-Benz or Toyota became household names, a visionary German engineer introduced a machine that would change transportation forever. That machine was the Benz Patent-Motorwagen. Officially patented on 29 January 1886, it is widely recognised as the world’s first true automobile powered by an internal combustion engine. Unlike earlier experiments that simply added engines to horse-drawn carriages, Carl Benz designed the Patent-Motorwagen as a complete vehicle…
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Sauber-Mercedes C9: The long journey to the top – Yung Shing FEATURETTE
Jolly 80’s or something resembling an introduction The 80’s are considered by many as the golden age of motorsport. And when you consider, it’s hard not to see why. In the same decade we got turbocharged monsters of F1, rocketships and absolute death traps of Group B rally and fire breathing monsters from IMSA’s GTP and GTO classes. Le Mans wasn’t an exception, blessing viewers with the absolute art that was Group C machinery. Group C produced some of the most iconic and insane machines that have ever raced. They sure are some of my favourite cars ever made and I still have posters of Toyota 87C and Pegueot 905…
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“F40 was never meant to be raced.” – Ferrari F40 Tarmacworks FEATURETTE
Ask a child to draw a car and certanly he will draw it red. You can hardly name a more iconic quote in the world of cars. And what is more iconic than a Rosso Corsa Ferrari f40? Born from the remains of Ferrari’s attempt on Group B rally programme with 288 GTO, the last creation of Commendatore, Enzo Ferrari, himself was created as a anniversary gift for the company’s 40-year-old history. Unveiled 21 July 1987 in Maranello, it was by far the most extreme road car Marranello ever produced. It was their first road car to have its chassis and bodywork built with extensive use of carbon fiber, Kevlar…
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All about the FORD RS200 – Tarmacworks Hobby64+ FEATURETTE
Hobby64+ and Ford RS200: Tarmacworks sets new standards! Although we are staying in 1:64 scale here, Tarmacworks literally takes the crown with these models. They are by far the most detailed models on the Tarmacworks market. A packaging design specially tailored to the model meets a sample that looks as accurate in the pictures as if you had a real rally car in your own garage as 1:1. Years earlier, we had the pleasure already of adding several rally versions to our collection with the Lancia 037. Whether test vehicle in red, safari version with spare wheel on the roof or with unique paintwork from the respective years. They all…
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The most legendary rally cars of all time – Group B FEATURETTE
Group B Monsters: The ultimate era: more than 30 years ago, Group B rally cars created an unrivalled state of emergency and excitement in the WRC. In 1986, the Group B cars started their final season at the Rally Monte-Carlo. The era of these racing cars, which had virtually no engine restrictions, is still regarded by most rally fans as the only true era of the World Rally Championship. Between 1982 and 1986, almost anything was allowed in this class. Performance increased so dramatically that the WRC soon rivalled Formula 1 in terms of popularity and power. But there were serious accidents and in 1986 the whole thing was put…
