Competition cars
Factory competition cars and their individual chassis histories.
In numbers
- Cars
- 745
- Makes (177)
- Porsche (47), Ford (46), Alfa Romeo (41), Ferrari (24)
+ 173 more makes · show all 177
- Abarth (5)
- AC (2)
- Acura (1)
- Adler (2)
- Aero (1)
- Alfa Romeo (41)
- Alfa Romeo South Africa (1)
- Allard (2)
- Alpine (3)
- Alvis (4)
- AMC (3)
- Amilcar (2)
- Aston Martin (20)
- Audi (6)
- Austin (2)
- Austin-Healey (3)
- Austro-Daimler (2)
- Auto Union (5)
- Autobianchi (1)
- Automobili Pininfarina (1)
- Ballot (1)
- Bentley (6)
- Benz (5)
- Berliet (1)
- Bertone (1)
- Bill Thomas (1)
- Bizzarrini (2)
- BMC (3)
- BMW (17)
- BMW South Africa (3)
- Brabham (1)
- Bristol (1)
- Brough Superior (1)
- Bugatti (15)
- Cadillac (2)
- Chenard-Walcker (1)
- Chevrolet (16)
- Chevrolet South Africa (1)
- Chevron (1)
- Chiribiri (1)
- Christie (1)
- Chrysler (4)
- Chrysler Australia (1)
- Citroën (9)
- Clenet (1)
- Connaught (1)
- Cooper (2)
- Daihatsu (3)
- Daimler (2)
- Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft (10)
- Darracq (1)
- Dauer (1)
- De Tomaso (1)
- Delage (4)
- Delahaye (2)
- DKW (2)
- Dodge (11)
- DS (1)
- Dufaux (1)
- Elfin (1)
- Elva (1)
- ERA (1)
- Ferrari (24)
- Fiat (14)
- Ford (46)
- Ford Australia (5)
- Ford South Africa (1)
- Frazer Nash (1)
- FSO (1)
- GAZ (1)
- Godsal (1)
- Gordini (1)
- Gordon Murray Automotive (1)
- Hanomag (1)
- HDT (1)
- Heinkel (1)
- Hennessey (1)
- Hillman (1)
- Holden (5)
- Honda (1)
- HSV (2)
- HWA (1)
- HWM (1)
- Isdera (3)
- Isuzu (1)
- Jaguar (10)
- Lada (3)
- Lagonda (3)
- Lamborghini (7)
- Lancia (10)
- Lea-Francis (1)
- Lexus (1)
- Leyland-Thomas (1)
- Ligier (1)
- Lister (2)
- Locomobile (1)
- Lola (1)
- Lorraine-Dietrich (1)
- Lotus (9)
- Marmon (1)
- Maserati (20)
- Mazda (3)
- McLaren (10)
- Melkus (1)
- Mercedes-Benz (21)
- Mercury (3)
- Merzario (2)
- Messerschmitt (1)
- MG (10)
- Miller (4)
- MINI (5)
- Mitsubishi (4)
- Moskvitch (2)
- Multimatic (1)
- Napier (2)
- Nismo (1)
- Nissan (16)
- NSU (1)
- Oldsmobile (1)
- OM (1)
- Opel (7)
- Opel South Africa (1)
- OSCA (2)
- Pagani (11)
- Panhard (3)
- Panhard et Levassor (7)
- Panoz (1)
- Peugeot (9)
- PGO (1)
- Picchio (1)
- Plymouth (5)
- Pontiac (4)
- Porsche (47)
- Prince (3)
- Radical (1)
- Renault (12)
- René Bonnet (1)
- Riley (1)
- Rolland-Pilain (1)
- Rolls-Royce (2)
- Rover (4)
- Saab (1)
- Salmson (1)
- SEAT (1)
- Shelby American (5)
- Simca (2)
- Sipani (1)
- Škoda (12)
- Spyker (2)
- SS (1)
- SSC (1)
- Steyr (1)
- Steyr-Puch (1)
- Studebaker (2)
- Stutz (3)
- Subaru (2)
- Sunbeam (4)
- Talbot (6)
- Talbot-Lago (3)
- Tatra (1)
- Tatuus (1)
- Tojeiro (1)
- Toyota (11)
- Trabant (2)
- Tracta-Grégoire (1)
- Triumph (3)
- TVR (2)
- Vauxhall (7)
- Venturi (1)
- Veritas (1)
- Veskanda (1)
- Voisin (4)
- Volkswagen (8)
- Volvo (1)
- Wrightspeed (1)
- Yenko (1)
- ZIL (1)
No makes match.
- Years covered
- 1901–2026
- Rarest
- Alfa Romeo 8C 2900B Le Mans Berlinetta (Touring) · 1 built
- Most built
- Renault 8 Gordini 1300 · 8,981 built
- Coachbuilders (10)
- Zagato (6), Carrozzeria Touring Superleggera (4), Pinin Farina (4), Carrozzeria Scaglietti (3)
+ 6 more coachbuilders · show all 10
- Boano (2)
- Carrozzeria Gransport (1)
- Carrozzeria Scaglietti (3)
- Carrozzeria Touring Superleggera (4)
- Coggiola (1)
- Frua (1)
- Henri Chapron (1)
- Michelotti (1)
- Pinin Farina (4)
- Zagato (6)
No coachbuilders match.
- Individual cars documented
- 86 – listed on each car’s page
Production counts link to their sources on each car’s page.
By kind of racing
- Sports cars & Le MansEndurance and sports-car racing: Le Mans, Sebring, Targa Florio, Mille Miglia, Group C, Can-Am.229 cars
Rarest here: Alfa Romeo 8C 2900B Le Mans Berlinetta (Touring) · 1 built - Grand Prix & single-seatersGrand Prix, Formula 1 and other single-seaters, from the voiturettes to Indianapolis.139 cars
Pictured: Fiat 130 HP Grand Prix · 1 built - GT racingGrand-touring race cars: FIA GT, BPR, IMSA GT, GT1 to GT3.77 cars
Rarest here: Nissan NISMO GT-R LM road car (R33) · 1 built - RallyRally cars from the Monte Carlo classics to Group B, WRC and rally raids such as the Dakar.93 cars
Rarest here: Porsche 961 · 1 built - Touring carsSaloon racing: DTM, BTCC, ETCC, Group A, Trans-Am and Bathurst.79 cars
Rarest here: Alfa Romeo 8C 2900B Le Mans Berlinetta (Touring) · 1 built - Drag racingFactory drag cars and Super Stock specials.50 cars
Pictured: Mercedes-Benz SSKL (Super Sport Kurz Leicht) · 4 built - HillclimbCars built for hillclimbs such as Pikes Peak and the European championship.21 cars
Pictured: Maserati 8CTF · 3 built - Land speed recordsRecord cars built to be the fastest on land.18 cars
Rarest here: Alfa Romeo Tipo B Aerodinamica (streamliner) · 1 built - Stock cars & NASCARStock-car racing, NASCAR and its homologation specials.17 cars
Pictured: Ford GT40 Mk II · 8 built - Homologation specialsRoad cars built so that a racing version could be homologated – the rarest way to drive a race car on the road.69 cars
Pictured: Bill Thomas Cheetah · 11 built
All competition cars
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No licensed photo yet
Abarth
1000 Bialbero GT / Record Monza
Production not yet verified
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No licensed photo yet
Abarth · 1955
207A Boano Spider
10 Built
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Abarth
209A
Production not yet verified
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No licensed photo yet
Abarth · 1965–1967
OT 1300 'Periscopio'
50 Built
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No licensed photo yet
Abarth · 1963–1965
Simca 2000 GT
100 Built
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No licensed photo yet
AC
Ace LM prototype (LM5000)
Production not yet verified
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No licensed photo yet
AC
Aceca-Bristol wide-body special
Production not yet verified
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No licensed photo yet
Acura
RDX Pikes Peak (2018, one-off)
Production not yet verified
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No licensed photo yet
Adler
2.5 Liter Autobahn Rennlimousine
Production not yet verified
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No licensed photo yet
Adler · 1936–1938
Trumpf Rennlimousine
6 Built
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Aero · 1949
Minor Sport (1949 Le Mans)
2 Built
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Alfa Romeo · 1936
12C 36
6 Built
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Alfa Romeo · 1937
12C-37
4 Built
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No licensed photo yet
Alfa Romeo
155 GTA Stradale
Production not yet verified
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Alfa Romeo · 1938–1940
158 "Alfetta" (pre-war cars)
4 Built
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Alfa Romeo · 1970–1971
1750 / 2000 GTAm
40 Built
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No licensed photo yet
Alfa Romeo
1750 pick-up (fire service) (1970s)
Production not yet verified
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Alfa Romeo · 1938
308C
4 Built
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No licensed photo yet
Alfa Romeo
312 / 316 (3-litre formula GP cars)
Production not yet verified
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Alfa Romeo · 1967
33 Stradale
18 Built
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“Built” shows the figure with the strongest evidence for what each entry counts – the whole model, or only the rare specification. Rarity labels are editorial; the exact numbers and their sources are on each page.