A Ford GT40 Mk II that competed in the historic 1966 24 Hours of Le Mans has been auctioned for $13,205,000 at the RM Sotheby’s event in Miami, the highest auction price ever paid for the model or a ...

Peter Brock's desire to foil Shelby inadvertently sowed the seeds that would see Datsun emerge as Japan’s premier performance ...

Ford has produced plenty of iconic models over the years, and some command staggering prices at auction. Here are the most ...

A Ford GT40 MkII which managed 12 laps at the famous 1966 Le Mans 24 Hours has become been auctioned for a record amount ...

A 1967 Ford GT40 is currently up for bid over at Bring a Trailer. The example is from the car’s fourth series, which tried to better the performance of the GT40 that broke through at the Le Mans one ...

and all-around speed chaser who got said auto giant on the podium at Le Mans in 1966 (all three steps) and back-to-back Trans Am wins in ’65 and ’66. The Shelby Mustang was officially ...

As documented in countless books and the movie Ford v ... And in 1966, after a couple of false starts, the GT40 Mk II did just that, finishing 1-2-3 at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, just as it had ...

A high-stakes thriller about a car thief who must steal 50 luxury cars in one night, featuring iconic vehicles like the ...

From the trailers, it would be fair to assume “Ford v Ferrari’s” central focus is around the 1966 Le Mans race ... Matt Damon plays ex-Le Mans champion and legendary car manufacturer Carroll Shelby.

It’s likely that you know by rote the whys and wherefores of Ford’s entry at Le Mans in 1966. Henry Ford II had been slighted by Enzo Ferrari when the Italian pulled out of a deal to sell his company ...