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�La Macchina del tempo � Museo Storico Alfa Romeo� is the heart of a genuine �brand center�, with a bookshop, café, Documentation Center, test drive track, events venues and a show-room with a customer delivery area: it is the perfect bond between past, present and future. In Arese, next to Milan city center and the Expo area.

Hans Herrmann, one of the most successful and popular racing drivers to join the Porsche AG works team, will be celebrating his 90th birthday this year on February 23. The endurance and Monoposto specialist, born in Stuttgart in 1928, is regarded as one of the most reliable and consistent race drivers of all time. In the course of his motor sport career, Hans Herrmann won more than 80 overall and best of class victories, most of them for Porsche.

The Museo Lamborghini is situated to the right of the main entrance of the factory in Sant�Agata Bolognese, which is a historic small town in the countryside, approximately mid way between Bologna and Modena. A bonus of its location right on the factory premises is that one will see cars being taken out on test, and maybe even spot the odd prototype. The factory is on the main SP 255, Via Modena, on the outskirts of the town, but within walking distance of the historic centre, and is still the site on which Ferruccio Lamborghini established the original factory in 1963.

Dave Nicholas has taken many shots of Ferrari's from Sebring 59-50-61-62 and some 64-65 and other major races in the North America. Latest updates ... "Results updates include complete nat'l races from Lime Rock and Marlboro 1957 to 1962. Bud Hofer donated some great shots from the Glen GP in 1961. Don Cooke gave us hundreds of shots and the first posted are a great glance at the very last Sunday race at Lime Rock in April 1959. These shots include the notorious Paul Richards trying to dry out the main straight in his Cessna ! A whole new look at Bridgehampton with shots from 1951, 1957, 1966, 1968."

Information about each model and .... every single Ferrari build - up to chassis number 15499

Already more then 1.000.000+ images from the barchetta / anamera image archive were published, the images contain chassis numbers,

Ferrari opens its first Tailor Made Center in the United States today in New York City. The only space of its kind in the Americas, this new Center continues the long-standing tradition of car customization and personalization that began at the factory in Maranello in the 1950s and later grew into the inception of the Tailor Made Center in 2011, followed by the Shanghai Tailor Made Center in 2014.

The main current themed exhibition running at the Museo Ferrari in Maranello is titled Hypercars (L�Evoluzione Dell�Unicita/The Evolution of Uniqueness), the name being self explanatory. It shows the journey of Ferraris limited production, ultimate performance through from the GTO (288) of 1984, through the F40, F50 and Enzo, to the current LaFerrari and its track-only evolution, the FXX-K Evo. Also included in the line-up is a styling mannequin of the unique P80/C, constructed as part of the company�s special projects operation.

An annual appointment, that of Enzo Ferrari�s birthday on 18 February, becomes yet again the occasion for a new exhibition at the Enzo Ferrari Museum in Modena. �Ferrari Grand Tour, a journey through beauty and passion� celebrates the international vocation and boundless fame of a marque that has dominated the world scene with unparalleled styling of its cars from the very early days.

Starting from Maserati�s roots to plan its future: the values of exclusivity, unique design and 100% Italian DNA of cars of the past are renewed today in the models that mark the Brand�s New Era. It is in this spirit that Maserati celebrates the 70th anniversary of the A6G 2000. The first A6G 2000, a car representative of the A6 series, built by Maserati from 1947 to 1956 and named in homage to Alfieri Maserati (hence the letter A) with a 6 indicating the engine type (straight 6) was delivered exactly 70 years ago, in February 1951..

The 296 GTB, the latest evolution of Maranello�s mid-rear-engined two-seater berlinetta, was premiered today during an online event broadcast on Ferrari�s social media and web channels. The 296 GTB redefines the whole concept of fun behind the wheel, guaranteeing pure emotions not just when pushing the car to its limits, but also in day-to-day driving situations.

The brand new Concorso di Modena, organized by Cavallino in the year that sees it staging the 30th Palm Beach Cavallino Classic, was created as a tribute to the birthplace of Enzo Ferrari. The event succeeded in bringing together, in a single place, some extraordinary Ferraris and collectors from as many as four continents. Created by Cavallino magazine in 1992, the Cavallino Classic is a Concorso d'Eleganza held each year in Palm Beach, Florida. It is the world's most important event dedicated to vintage Ferraris, and one of the leading concourses of elegance worldwide.

The Ferrari SF90 Stradale Assetto Fiorano has set the fastest lap recorded by a production car at the 2.439-mile Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course, lapping the circuit at an impressive 1:29.625 seconds at a maximum speed of 174.6 mph to set this time. �It was a great moment to witness, seeing how the impressive performance of the Ferrari SF90 Stradale put down this lap record on July 15,� says Mark Raffauf, Senior Director of Race Operations at International Motor Sports Association (IMSA), which oversaw the test.

The Ristorante Cavallino has officially begun a new era, hosting a lunch for Scuderia Ferrari people both past and present. They included Chairman John Elkann, Vice Chairman Piero Ferrari, the drivers currently flying the Prancing Horse colours in Formula 1, Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz and a whole host of past champions and other people who played their part in the history of the Maranello marque, from the management side, team partners and journalists who have chronicled the team�s journey in print and on television.

The Ferrari Testa Rossa J is a special project that gives Ferrari enthusiasts of all ages the opportunity to experience the thrill of driving an automotive legend. A new limited edition for our most passionate collectors, the Ferrari Testa Rossa J is a 75% scale replica of a renowned classic, powered by an electric engine. The car is a faithful reproduction of the 1957 250 Testa Rossa, one of the most iconic and successful cars in Ferrari and motorsport history. A limited run of just 299 vehicles will be built.

Long recognized as a superlative showcase of automotive history, the Pebble Beach Concours d�Elegance made history of its own at the culmination of its 70th celebration: a total of 38 former Best of Show cars were on hand to welcome a new winner to their ranks.

The British Motor Show is back! Despite all the adversity presented to event organisers due to the pandemic over the past eighteen months, the team behind the resurrected British Motor Show managed to put together a truly diverse and attractive gathering. It is some thirteen years since there has been a major internationally represented motor show in the UK, so it was a good feeling to get that motor show vibe on home soil once again.
The venue was the Farnborough International Exhibition & Conference Centre, situated on the south-east perimeter of Farnborough Airport in Hampshire, some 35 miles south-west of London, between 19-22 August.

The Ferrari Monza SP1 and SP2 have already achieved �dream car� status for collectors and fans alike, and a dream came true this week at WeatherTech® Raceway Laguna Seca and on the concours lawn with the gathering of nearly forty of these modern-age V12 Icona barchettas. ... as this largest -ever assemblage of Ferrari Monzas � in a range of spectacular and historically significant liveries � took to the field at Ferrari Concorso, which included an array of Classiche-certified masterpieces: the 1964 Ferrari 250 LM, the design inspiration for the new 296 GTB, was placed center-stage with its modernday, spiritual antecedent.

The annual Festival Italia meeting was held at Brands Hatch on Sunday 15th August, attracting a wide variety of both two and four wheel Italian machinery to the Kent circuit. Fortunately most of the day had reasonable ambient temperatures with intermittent sun and cloud, with only a very short light sprinkling of rain during the first F1 demonstration run around midday.

The 2021 edition of the Salon Privé Concours d�Elegance presented by Aviva, saw an expanded format over previous runnings, with a full six days of activity from the Tuesday through to the Sunday. It also saw the gathering return to its regular early September date, after last year�s event was rescheduled to the middle of the month over Covid lockdown fears. This year the vagaries of the British weather were relatively kind, in that there was no rain, although for the early part of the week it was fairly cool and generally overcast, gradually brightening up towards the weekend, with the final Sunday bathed in bright warm sunshine.

It is difficult to believe but it is already 2.5 years since the last Concorso d´Eleganza at the Grand Hotel Villa d'Este at the Lake Como. After the 2020 edition fell victim to the pandemic and the 2021 edition postponed from its traditional May weekend it took until last weekend that the famous gardens at the lake were filled with some of the best and most beautiful classis cars.

The "Rosso Corsa" Calendar has been sought after and collected by Ferrari aficionados around the world for 37 years. Brought to you again by Octane Press, award-winning publisher of books and calendars for enthusiast readers, this astonishing 2-foot tall calendar will adorn your wall with lavish images of priceless historic Gran Turismo and racing Ferraris, captured by celebrated photographer Günther Raupp.

As with many other events in these uncertain Covid times, the Goodwood Members� Meeting was postponed from earlier in the year to mid October. Fortunately the date change didn�t affect entries or attendance, with some of the cars having competed at the Revival Meeting a month earlier. Equally the gathering�s early year date hasn�t been renowned for the most clement weather, even having snow on one occasion.

Heading the early consignments is a 2003 Ferrari 550 GTC, chassis 2102, a car owned by the Ferrari factory from 2003 to 2005 and supplied by them for evaluation and development into GT1 racing specification by famed Italian independent race team, N-Technology. Boasting a mighty 6.0 litre V12 engine producing just under 600bhp, JMB Racing was entrusted to run the car in selected rounds of the FIA GT championship in 2003.

Auto Italia Magazine�s Italian Car Day at the Brooklands Museum complex was held much later than normal this year, for the reason that everybody is now familiar with � Covid! Since the relaxation of lockdown regulations, car events in the UK have drawn large crowds, after having been deprived of any gatherings for many months. This was exactly the case with the event at Brooklands on Sunday 10 October, with a good turnout of both participants and spectators, making for lengthy queues at the food and beverage outlets for much of the day

Alessandro Pier Guidi, Nicklas Nielsen and Côme Ledogar secured the title with seventh place in the 3 Hours of Barcelona, the final round of the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup. For the Italian driver, a solo winner in 2020, it is the second consecutive triumph in the Endurance Cup, an unprecedented feat in the history of the series. Chris Froggatt could also celebrate after claiming the winner�s laurels in the Pro-Am class with a fourth-place finish in Spain, while Sky Tempesta Racing took the team title.

A 1994 Bugatti EB110 Super Sport - the only Bugatti to be designed and built in Italy -was the top lot, selling for €2,242,500, at the Bonhams Zoute Sale yesterday (10 October), in the auction house�s successful return to its traditional location on the beach in Knokke-le-Zoute, attaining a total of €12.3 million, the highest amount achieved since the auction was first staged in 2012.

It was a bitter end for the two Ferraris entered in the Pro class, who saw an important result well within their grasp thwarted by unfortunate incidents in the final stages of the Indianapolis 8 Hours. The no. 61 Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 of Jean-Claude Saada, Conor Grunewald and Mark Kvamme however secured another class win for Ferrari at the Indianapolis 8 Hour contest, enjoying a largely trouble-free run as the sole entrant in the Am category.

As RM Sotheby�s heads towards its 15th annual London sale, it is delighted to announce a number of highly significant cars that complete the 40-car auction, alongside nine memorabilia lots. The sale is being held in association with the London to Brighton Veteran Car Run, taking place on Sunday 7th November, and will be located at London�s spectacular Waterloo Place, just off Pall Mall and close to the Royal Automobile Club, which will play host to the live bidding on the 6th November.

Over the years clubs for the marque with the horseshoe radiator (as a reference to the pur sang Ettore loved so much) were founded all over the world and as they share the same passion for the marque and the adventure one of the national clubs holds an international meeting every year. So, in recent years we visited Italy in Sardinia, the US and Ireland in 2019. Due to the pandemic unfortunately the meeting in the trijunction of the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany had to be cancelled and the countless hours the Dutch enthusiasts put into the meeting were in vain.

The Guikas Collection sale, unquestionably one of the most significant offerings of sports and competition cars to ever be offered at auction, has expanded with the addition of two important Ferrari race cars which brings the Collection to a total of 77 cars, all offered without reserve. The two latest additions have taken to the track at Circuit Paul Ricard in order for us to enjoy their respective V12 and V8 soundtracks, so click through to watch and listen as the two cars are put through their paces.