Featuring open cockpit racers and automotive innovations as early as 1894, the Forerunners take you back to the early days of automobile creation and let you explore the ideas of trailblazers such as Peugeot, Miller, Duesenberg, Offenhauser and Bugatti.
1914 Peugeot L45
Many consider the L45 the great-grandfather of the modern-day performance car. Engineered by a group of Peugeot drivers, whose unorthodox and innovative ideas earned them the nickname “Les Charlatans”, it is considered one of the most significant race cars of the 20th century. The L45 was part of a series of Peugeots that featured the world’s first dual overhead camshaft engines, the ancestors of all high-performance engines to follow.
1926 MILLER 91
A testament to the automotive genius of Harry Miller, the Miller 91 was the culmination of Miller dominance on American racetracks, winning every major race in the late 1920s and breaking all possible speed records. Considered the pinnacle of American race engineering before WWII, the Miller 91's influence reached far beyond America, and heavily influenced European automakers like Ettore Bugatti.
1939 ALFA ROMEO 8C 2900B
Considered one of the most beautiful pre-war sports cars, Alfa Romeo built just thirty-two 8C 2900Bs before World War II engulfed Europe. It was one of the most powerful, advanced, fast, and prestigious sports cars on the market at its time. Of the thirty-two that were made, only a handful received a stunning open body by Touring on the long chassis like ours. It's now one of the twelve known remaining Touring Spiders.