Ferrari is best known for producing glorious V12 engined cars but also built some fabulous six-cylinder powered cars. One of the very best is this 206 P Dino built in 1965. It was one of a pair of prototypes for a small batch of mid-engined sports racers produced from 1966. The featured example was raced in sports car races like the 24 Hours of Le Mans and the Nurburgring 1000 km before it was converted for use in hill climbs. In this guise, it was particularly successful with Ludovico Scarfiotti winning the European Championship. Having won 'Best of Show' at this year's Cavallino Classic, it is one of the nominees for the 'Peninsula Classics Best of the Best' award, which will be announced next week at Monterey. It was most recently in action at the recent Goodwood Festival of Speed. Another striking Ferrari in action there was this 312 P Spyder. We have seen it many times in Berlinetta configuration but it was converted to its lighter Spyder form especially for driver David Franklin to set a quick time. It was back in its more familiar guise a fortnight later for the Le Mans Classic. Here it was joined by the one-off Aston Martin V8 RHAM/1. Built by Robin Hamilton Aston Martin (hence the name), it was raced at Le Mans and Silverstone several times. Its tendency to chew through brakes earned it the nickname 'Muncher'. Its final contemporary outing, fitted with a twin-turbo engine, came in a successful land speed record run while pulling a caravan. Its most recent owner decided to convert the one-off RHAM/1 back to its original, 1977 guise to race it at the Le Mans Classic.
During one of the opening ceremonies for this year's Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Nissan revealed a pair of fully functional Bladeglider Concepts. They are powered by a sophisticated electric drivetrain, which has been created together with Williams Advanced Engineering.

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1977 Aston Martin V8 RHAM/1 - Images, Specifications and Information

1969 Ferrari 312 P Spyder - Images, Specifications and Information

1965 Ferrari 206 P Dino - Images, Specifications and Information

1957 Ferrari 4.9 Superfast - Images, Specifications and Information

2016 Nissan Bladeglider Concept - Images, Specifications and Information