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The Bora Gets a New Lease on Life

July 13, 2026 By pete 5 Comments

One of just two racing Maserati Bora racing models built. ( Photo Grand Prix Library/Gauld)

Story and photos by Graham Gauld

For Jean Guikas, the French race car collector and dealer, two victories in the European Shell Ferrari-Maserati Historic Challenge finals at Vallelunga in November 1999 brought a happy conclusion to his quest to prove that the 1973 Group 4 Maserati Bora was a winner.

Fifty three years ago the excitement and enthusiasm of producing two special competition Maserati Bora’s was dampened by new rules and regulations which meant they could not be homologated for international racing. That appeared to be the end of the story but it was only the beginning. [Read more…] about The Bora Gets a New Lease on Life

Reflections on the SM Part 2

March 17, 2020 By pete

What is this? Brandes has the answer below.

Story by Brandes Elitch

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A series of unfortunate events transpired to seal the fate of Citroën’s SM.

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Remembering the Citroën SM on its 50th

March 10, 2020 By pete

This year at Retromobile, Hugues Vanhoolandt photographed a rare example of the SM on display. Heuliez, a coachbuilder, produced two examples of the SM “Espace,” which is a pillarless targa top convertible. The rear quarter windows do retract into the bodywork, unlike the SM.

By Brandes Elitch
All photos by Hugues Vanhoolandt unless otherwise marked.

“That the car was a moonshot didn’t concern our judges. Rather it invigorated them. Viewed in the perspective of the last 21 years, the SM fits more precisely in the spirit of the COTY, maybe better, than anything else being made in the world today.”

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