Wolf GB08

 

Wolf GB08 at the Course de Côte de Tonnerre 2020

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Wolf Racing Cars, Gardone Val Trompia, Brescia, Italy.  Wolf Racing Cars are an Italian racing car constructor who as Avelon Racing bought the rights to us the Walter Wolf name in 2009.  The original Walter Wolf Racing was a F1 constructor that famously won its first race when Jody Scheckter won the 1977 Argentine GP.  The F1 adventure ended in 1979 when Walter Wolf sold his team to Fittipaldi.  

The first car from the new Walter Wolf Racing was the GB08 a CN group prototype car.  The original GB08 had a Honda engine in common with many CN cars.  The cars are used in trackdays,  hillclimbs, prototype racing series and Endurance races all over the world.  The livery of many of the cars recall the F1 days.  

Ligier JS53 Evo 2

Ligier JS53 Evo 2, Magny Cours, TTE Racing 2016

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Ligier, Magny Cours, France.  The JS53 Evo 2 follows on from the JS53, JS51 and the JS49. The project was one in conjunction with Onroak Automotive.  It is designed for CN sports prototype class racing such as the VdeV series or hillclimbs and has a 2 litre 255 bhp Honda 4 cylinder engine.  More powerful versions exist for hillclimbs.  This good looking car has a carbon fibre monocoque and glass fibre body.  Compared to the JS53 it has better aerodynamics and improved electronic management system.  First produced in 2013. 

Ligier JS49-Honda CN

Bruno Berton, Ligier JS49, Course de Cote de Sancerre 2016

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Automobiles Martini, Magny Cours, France.  In 2004 Guy Ligier acquired a majority shareholding in Martini and started building cars at their factory using his Ligier brand name.  One of the cars they produced since 2007 for amateur sports car racers is the Ligier JS49.  It is built to CN regulations and sold in Europe and USA.  It competes in hillclimbs, VdeV racing, Britsports and SCCA C sports.  It has an aluminium chassis, composite body, 6 speed sequential gearbox, and a 2 litre Honda V-tech engine producing 240bhp.  The car won the 2008 VdeV championship.

Honda Civic

Bernard Sautereau, Group N Honda Civic, Course de Cote de Sancerre 2016.

Honda S800

Honda  , Retromobile 2016

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Honda, Susuka, Japan.  The Honda S600 was first produced in 1966 and had a 800cc 4 cylinder high revving engine that could power the car to around 100mph.  It was celebrating its 50th birthday at RetroMobile.

Acura NSX (Honda)

Acura NSX, Petersen Automotive Museum, Breakfast Club Cruise-In, January 2016

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Acura, the luxury and high performance brand of Honda, Japan.  The NSX a mid-engined rear wheel drive sports car.  The car is also known as the Honda NSX in some countries outside of America and the Far East.