You can buy a lot for $11 million. One could splash that kind of cash on a private jet, a mansion, or two Bugatti Tourbillons and still have some money left over. However, for purveyors of classic ...

RM Sotheby’s will sell a Ford GT40 Mk II on behalf of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum at its upcoming Miami auction The car raced in the 1966 24 Hours of Le Mans, where Ford famously triumphed ...

When Ford went to Le Mans in 2016 and won a class victory with a modern version of the GT40 that had taken overall victory 50 years earlier, it seemed like a perfect tribute to its own history. But it ...

In 1957, the Automotive Manufacturers Association (AMA) proclaimed that high performance and racing in car advertisements would not be the main argument for boosting sales. Naturally, members of the ...

"I remember as a child seeing these cars driving around Slough and hearing their growl... you knew they were coming and you couldn't ignore them." It is 60 years since the Ford GT40 finished in all ...

Auto collectors and enthusiasts are revved up over an extremely rare street model of one of America’s most legendary race cars. The sleek, metallic dark blue 1966 Ford GT40 MkI Road Car, with black ...

The Ford GT40 Roadster is already a rare breed, and probably the rarest surviving example—the only one to compete in Le Mans—has hit the auction block. The GT40 coupe is a familiar Ford in racing ...

Born out of a feud between Henry Ford II and Enzo Ferrari, the GT40 is America's most successful outright Le Mans winner, having won the 24-hour race four times from 1966 to 1969. And not only did it ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When it comes to car collecting, major enthusiasts with deep pockets are always searching for a car that screams of exclusivity, ...

Four owners over the years included one ex-Ferrari works driver who drove the MkI GT40 race car at the 1965 24 Hours of Le Mans. Over the nearly 58 years of its life, these owners combined to put ...

James has been writing about cars professionally since 2012. After a bruising period freelancing in his native UK, James spent six years in Dubai, starting his new life abroad as Web Editor for ...