At the London Racing Car Show in January 1967, Lola presented the T70 Mk.IIIB, a coupé version of the spyder model used in the CanAm category. If the version destined for private stables was sold with the Chevrolet engine, the two official cars, brought to the race by the team of John Surtees (chassis SL73 / 101 and SL73 / 102) were equipped with an Aston Martin engine, which was the 5 V8. liters type DP218 which foreshadowed the mechanics of the future DBS V8. However, the race results of the Lola-Aston were never convincing, also due to poor reliability.
Equipped with the 5-litre Aston Martin 8-cylinder engine, this Lola T70 was entered in the 1967 24 Hours of Le Mans by the official team for Chris Irwin and Piet De Klerk. The car retired in the fourth hour due to engine failure.
The Italian Best was founded in 1990 as one of the successors of Box Model. The Box Model molds were split between Best and another Italian company, Bang. Best, directed by Marco Grassini with the company called M4 (named after the founder and his family: Marco, Mariella, Michele and Manuela), thus began producing high quality die-cast models in 1:43 scale. The quality has increased over time, especially thanks to the use of photo-etched parts. The company produces sports and racing car models from the 60s and 70s, mainly Ferrari, but also Alfa Romeo, Lancia, Porsche, Jaguar and Lola. The owners of Best also produced the Art Model (Ferrari, since 1993) and M4 (Alfa Romeo models, since 2007) brand ranges, and in 2004 they took over Rio material. After the death of Marco Grassini in 2016, the business is carried on by his family.