Tazio Issue 12, Aston Martin, Skoda, A J Foyt, Gronholm, DTM

Tazio Magazine Issue 12 – Autumn 2024.

Inside:

• Aston Martin DB4GT Zagato. Aston Martin may have dominated sports car racing in 1959, but in the new GT category, Ferrari’s 250 proved tough to beat. Which annoyed Aston Martin’s David Brown and John Wyer no end. When their first attempt at a shortened, lightened DB4 – the DB4GT – proved insufficient, they turned to the Italian wizzards of Zagato. Just 20 Aston Martin DB4GT Zagatos exist, making it the ultimate Aston GT. The Nationales Automuseum/The Loh Collection let us take their car for a drive.
• Grönholm on Grönholm. Talking to double WRC world champion Marcus Grönholm is a breath of fresh air. “In the end, I’m just an ordinary guy who drove rally cars fast.” Really? Not really. With typical understatement, Grönholm ignores he is the third most successful WRC driver ever.
• In 1993, the DTM – the German touring car series – raced for the last time on the fabulous Nordschleife. Mercedes 190 four wheels of the ground, Alfa Romeo 155 sending sparks flying,… It was the stuff posters are made off. But it was also clear a limit was reached. Never again would the mighty touring cars race on the world’s toughest race track. We look back in pictures.
• A.J. Foyt – Survivor, Champion, Legend. In this exclusive extract from Foyt’s new biography, author Art Garner describes the day A.J. Foyt became Indianapolis’ first quadruple winner.
• 50 Years of Skoda RS. In 1974, Skoda organised the first international rally in its hometown of Mlada Boleslav in Czechoslowakia, named Rallye Skoda. Eager not to be outshone by the Alpine A110, Skoda created its own rear-engined, rear-wheel drive competitor. We drive the extraordinary Skoda 200 RS.
• 60 Years of Formula Vee in Europe. The car that kickstarted the career of guys like Niki Lauda and Keke Rosberg, has a remarkable tale to tell. On a journey in the United States, Wolfgang Porsche and other Porsche majors saw a Formula Vee, liked what they saw and decided to buy two of them. They flew the cars over to Germany and asked factory test driver Herbert Linge to evaluate their potential during a Hockenheim test day. We recreate that day.
• Market watch: Jaguar C-type (Continuation). We find out why Jaguar Classic’s Continuation program makes sense when we drive their ‘new’ C-type next to one of the most original ones.
• Don Garlits is the man who made drag racing what it is today. Aged 92, he is still going strong. A portrait.
• Peter Stevens lays bare his love for the American roadster and the many ‘Specials’.
• And of course, the regular columns from Hurley Haywood, Steve Soper and Christian Geistdörfer.

ISSN Number 2795-6970.

EAN 9772795697017.