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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."

Already more then 750.000+ images from the barchetta / anamera image archive were published, the images contain chassis numbers,

This time of the year, at the end of the season with the next one just around the corner it is time to look back over the year and the events one did attend. It is also the time to see what did not make it online in time due to a packed schedule but could well serve to get over the cold days until the classic cars are back on the road for new adventures.

H.R. Owen�s new flagship London Ferrari Atelier Showroom in Berkeley Square, in the heart of Mayfair, had its official opening ceremony during the evening of Thursday 11 July. As a prelude, over the three days leading up to the opening ceremony they had a four car display in the gardens of Berkeley Square opposite the showroom. This comprised of a 750 Monza, a 250 GT SWB California Spider, a 250 GTO and the current limited edition Monza SP1, which was housed in a glass sided box, which was illuminated at intervals to reveal the car. On the opening evening there were five further Ferraris displayed on red carpets outside and across the street on the square side opposite the showroom, including a LaFerrari and a 488 GTE EVO from the 2019 Le Mans 24 Hour Race.

Since the racetrack of Laguna Seca changed hands recently the new owners from Weathertech are trying to bring back more action to the track and so beside the annual main event of the Superbikes finally the Indycars will be back in September and the required safety measures brought some new fencing around the track restricting the work of the photographers a little bit giving the challenge to find some new angles. For the spectators it did not change to much but the numbers of visitors remained limited this year as the pre-reunion now has an entrance fee of 40 Dollars, not long ago the pre-reunion was even free.

The Monterey Car Week now is in full swing and the great final at the Golf Course in Pebble Beach seems to come nearer. Today finally was the first day many of the entered cars of Sundays Concours could be seen outside the trailer park as the annual Tour D´Elegance from the Pebble Beach grounds down Highway 1 to Big Sur and back through Carmel was on the program. Since a few day the weather is unusual friendly in the morning hours and today again the typical fog of the coast line did not show up when the fist cars were lined up well before 7am in front of the Gooding & Company tent.

It is done! The Monterey Car Week finally came to an end on Sunday afternoon when the BoS winning Bentley 8 Litre crossed the ramp in the fireworks in front of the Pebble Beach Lodge.
After ten days of classic car overdose starting with the pre-historics at the nearby Laguna Seca Race Way we made it on the field at the famous golf course at about 5:30 am for the annual dawn patrol, chasing the desired dawn patrol hats, the first light of the day and the first cars coming into the field. Looking around that early one can only be surprised how many people are around that time of the day, hours before the public is even coming in one could see more petrol heads than at other events throughout the day.

After a long season the September normally provides the last weekends with more or less predictable late summer weather conditions and so this is one of the busiest months in the classic car calendar. Traditionally at the beginning of the month the concours in greater London are on the program with the Salon Privé in Blenheim Palace and the Concours of Elegance held in the royal castles. After a very successful first edition at Windsor castle celebrating the queens crown jubilee the event became an annual event with further editions held in St. James Palace in Central London, in Hampton Court and even in Edinburgh.

IReaffirming its place as the UK�s most exclusive Concours d�Elégance, the 2019 Salon Privé Concours d�Elégance by Chubb Insurance saw some of the world�s rarest and most spectacular classic cars and motorcycles battle it out against the breath-taking backdrop of Blenheim Palace.

When people think of Ferrari today they immediately think of Pinin Farina as well as for decades now the design studio in Torino is responsible for most of the creations leaving the factory in Maranello. But going back into the early years of Ferrari another famous Carrozzeria becomes to mind as one of the starting points of the myth of the Prancing Horse, both in the design of exciting sports car as well as the successful race car manufacturer under the banner of the Scuderia Ferrari: Touring of Milano.

The historic race meeting of the year celebrated its 21st birthday by once again providing an outstanding action packed weekend of high octane entertainment, both on and off the track. Not only was the event its always spectacular self, but it was bathed in pleasant late summer sunshine, with ambient temperatures in the mid 20s, for the duration, making everything that much more enjoyable. Apart from the meeting�s 21st birthday, there were a number of celebrations over the course of the weekend, including the 60th anniversary of the Mini, with a massive array of the brainchild of Sir Alec Issigonis spread around the venue.

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 Museu do Caramulo, unsurprisingly given its name, is in the small mountain town of Caramulo in central Portugal, which came into being around 1920 when a Dr Jeronimo Lacerda established a tuberculosis sanatorium in the location. The town evolved as a support structure for those who worked there and for visitors to patients. Dr Lacerda had two sons, Abel and Joao, who were both born in the town. After their father died in 1945, and with the advent of new antibiotics that all but eradicated the disease during the fifties, the sanatorium was virtually redundant.

The latest edition of the Classic Car Auction Yearbook, sponsored by Credit Suisse for the eleventh successive year, covering the period 01 September 2018 to 31 August 2019, as in recent years was unveiled at the Auto e Moto d�Epoca Show in Padova by the authors Adolfo Orsi and Raffaele Gazzi. As with the previous four editions, the end of August cut-off date means that the results from all the major auctions in Monterey, California, during that month, can be incorporated as they are the most up to date indication of the way the market is moving and prices being achieved.

One of the most important automotive pioneers, a 1901 Panhard-Levassor Type A2 7hp Rear Entrance Tonneau known as �Le Papillon Bleu�, is to be offered at the forthcoming Bonhams London to Brighton Sale on 1 November, with a guaranteed entry to this year�s Veteran Car Run two days later. Built by one of the earliest motor manufacturers, the French Panhard is considered as having introduced the concept of the �modern motor car�.

When observing the classic car scene over the last few years there is a continuous shift towards static shows rather than driving events, be it because the value of the cars preventing their intended usage or a new sort of collector that also tries to protect their investment. Whereas years ago the entry into events like the Mille Miglia added to the provenance of blue chip cars more and more money is invested into showing cars on various lawn all over the world to get cars into public attention.

2020 promises to be an emotion-filled year, packed with spectacular events for clients attending the XX Programme and F1 Clienti functions. The official calendar is set to take in eight stages spread over seven counties, to which can be added a further date at the Finali Mondiali which, like the other Corse Clienti activities, will be exclusively unveiled at the Mugello weekend.The proceedings get underway on 6-8 March in the United States at Road Atlanta, as part of the Ferrari Racing Days.

RM Sotheby�s was proud to host the remarkable sale of a supremely original Lamborghini Miura at its annual London sale last night, with the never-restored supercar exceeding its pre-auction estimate to achieve a remarkable £1.24 million. Many of the cars offered at Olympia, in West Kensington, achieved strong prices with a Lancia Delta S4 Rally and Ferrari 250 GTE 2+2 Series in particular securing worthy results.

The new 488 Challenge Evo has made its debut during the Ferrari Finali Mondiali underway at the Mugello Circuit. Three years after the presentation of the 488 Challenge during the Finali at Daytona, the Prancing Horse has developed a kit that increases the car�s overall performance and its consistency in race conditions, and also improves the handling for even better feedback and driving pleasure.

RM Sotheby�s annual London autumn auction moved from its regular Battersea Evolution venue in Battersea Park on the south bank of the River Thames, to the West Hall at the Olympia exhibition centre in the west part of town for the 2019 edition. The auction had a truly varied selection of offerings which also included automobilia and spare parts, whilst the vehicles ranged from a pair of Group C sports racing cars in the forms of a 1990 Porsche 962C and a 1989 Jaguar XJR-11, then on to a pair of 2000 Arrows A21 F1 cars, and a 1994 Ferrari 412 T1 F1 car.

The 36th edition of the Auto e Moto d�Epoca show in Padova once again provide an eclectic array of both old and new machinery, together with a vast array of automobile related items for the delectation of the visitors, of which there were a total of over 130,000 during the course of the show. The record number of visitors proved the slogan for the 2019 edition �Cars Ignite Passion� to be well justified.

Ferrari�s annual end of season extravaganza was held at their Mugello circuit nestled in the Tuscan hills over the weekend of 24-27 October. The gathering was blessed with beautiful warm weather over the weekend, with an ambient temperature of 24degC on both the Saturday and Sunday, although some early morning mist on the Sunday morning delayed the day�s activities for a short while until the sun burned it off. .

Despite heavy early morning rain and strong winds, which fortunately subsided by mid morning, with only the occasional light shower thereafter, the Regent Street Motor Show presented by title partner Illinois Route 66, attracted its normal mass of visitors during the course of the day. The show is part of the Royal Automobile Club�s London Motor Week, and is also the annual prelude to the London to Brighton Veteran Car Run, featuring a concours for entrants wishing to participate, which forms the central display section.

The first Aston Martin DB4 GT Zagato Continuation sports cars � part of the £6 million Aston Martin DBZ Centenary Collection � are now being delivered to excited owners around the world.
The first of the 19 new cars � which together with the forthcoming DBS GT Zagato comprise the celebratory DBZ Centenary Collection � are making their way to Aston Martin aficionados around the globe.

The world�s most renowned Italian luxury sports car brand Ferrari launched a spectacular event in Shenzhen to host the China Premiere of the Ferrari SF90 Stradale, the first series production PHEV (Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle) from Ferrari. Extreme on every level, the new model has captured the hearts of millions of Prancing Horse enthusiasts around China with its unprecedented performance for a production car.

The Ferrari Roma was revealed during a dedicated client event held in Italy�s iconic capital. The new mid-front-engined 2+ coupé features refined proportions and timeless design combined with unparalleled performance and handling. Not only is the Ferrari Roma an icon of Italian design, but it also represents the pinnacle of performance in this category, thanks to its turbo-charged V8 from the family of engines that has won the overall International Engine of the Year award four years running.

RM Sotheby�s has announced early featured entries for the company�s sale at the FORMULA 1 ETIHAD AIRWAYS ABU DHABI GRAND PRIX 2019, held in partnership with Formula 1® on 30 November. Aligning perfectly with the auction�s setting, RM Sotheby�s has secured Michael Schumacher�s Championship-winning 2002 Ferrari F2002 to headline the sale, alongside a beautifully restored, low-mileage 1990 Ferrari F40 signed by 4-time Formula 1® World Champion Sebastien Vettel.

The 2019 edition of the show was its 35th anniversary, and equally so the same anniversary for the title sponsor Lancaster Insurance�s classic car insurance scheme, who had a pair of adjacent stands displaying a range of classic cars. One of which featured the twenty finalists in their Pride of Ownership competition, won by a 1961 Morris Minor 1,000,000 (the limited edition lilac colour only variant made to celebrate a million examples produced) ...