The engine in front of you is a Formula One racing engine. Ford Cosworth DFR, Serial No. DFR 0021. 3,494 cc, naturally aspirated V8, producing over 600 horsepower. Developed in 1988 as the final evolution of the legendary DFV lineage, it powered several Formula One teams during the late 1980s. This engine is preserved today as part of the Nordauto Collection.
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Acceleration is a Monaco-based company founded by Mauro Sipsz and Monica Bregoli, dedicated to preserving significant works racing cars from leading manufacturers, including Lancia, Alfa Romeo, Fiat Abarth, Ferrari, Porsche and N.Technology.
Mauro Sipsz and Monica Bregoli were founders and shareholders of Nordauto, and later of N.Technology, the official racing structure behind multiple factory programmes and championship-winning campaigns.
The collection originates directly from these programmes, retaining a close connection to their original teams and competition history. These are authentic racing machines, preserved in close-to-original condition as they were at the end of their racing careers.
The Nordauto Collection is the result of this continuity between factory racing activity and long-term preservation. Machines built to compete, now preserved as part of racing history.
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Six cars from three decades of Italian factory motorsport.
The final iteration of the Alfa Romeo 155 racing saga, this model is a multiple race winner of the 1996 FIA International Touring Championship (ITC). Built by Fiat Auto Corse in December 1995, this specific chassis (#1) was utilized for development, served as a T-Car, and competed in the 1996 ITC under the official Martini Racing team. Making it truly unique, it is the only car delivered with a V6 engine featuring a 90-degree cylinder angle.
The model that launched the legendary Alfa Romeo 155 racing saga, the GTA S1 won the 1992 Italian Supertouring Car Championship with Nicola Larini. Built at Alfa Corse in March 1992, this unit was originally used for development tests and as a T-Car. It later proved its mettle on the track with Antonio Tamburini, winning Race 2 and securing a podium finish in Race 1 at Monza.
The ultimate evolution of a rally icon. The Lancia Delta dominated the FIA World Rally Championship, securing Manufacturers' titles from 1987 to 1992. This specific unit is deeply historic: it is the very last Lancia Delta rally car, and the final Lancia rally car ever manufactured by Abarth. Kept in immaculate, highly original condition, it never raced; instead, it was used by the experience department for final developments, homologations, and as a Lancia show car until 2001.
Designed and built at Alfa Corse, this car is a piece of British Touring Car Championship history. This unit is one of just two cars driven by racing ace Gabriele Tarquini during his triumphant, championship-winning 1994 BTCC campaign. Following its final race, it was gifted to Tarquini and was solely owned and maintained by him before joining the Nordauto Collection.
The Lancia Stratos is rally royalty, claiming the FIA World Rally Championship Manufacturers' title in 1974, 1975, and 1976. This unit actively competed in the 2019 Rally Legend and secured a second-place finish in the 2020 Italian Historic Gravel Rally Championship, achieving success across multiple historic rallies in Italy and San Marino with Mauro Sipsz as driver and Monica Bregoli as co-driver.
A masterpiece of Group B engineering, the Lancia Rally 037 holds the distinction of winning the 1983 FIA World Rally Championship for Manufacturers, making it the last two-wheel-drive car to ever win the title. Previously owned by multiple rally champion Tony Fassina, this unit went on to win the 2019 Trofeo Terra Rally Storici, with Mauro Sipsz as driver and Monica Bregoli as co-driver cementing its ongoing legacy on the dirt.
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