The town of Maranello is Mecca for Ferrari enthusiasts world-wide,
you may not easily gain access to the Ferrari factory, but there is a
wide variety of choice for the aficionado to appreciate during a visit.
You can see and hear F1 cars testing at the Fiorano track, visit the
factory run Galleria Ferrari, enjoy a meal at the Cavallino restaurant,
shop for memorabilia and ... more >>> |
The National Motor Museum was founded over half a century ago, in 1956, by Lord
Montagu as a tribute to his father, who one of the pioneers of motorised transport in
Great Britain. The museum has grown in size and stature from those early days, and
in 1970 Lord Montagu founded a charitable trust to ensure the longevity of the
collection as a national heritage. In 1972 a new purpose made building was
constructed to house the collection of vehicles, and this was officially opened that
year by HRH The Duke of Kent ... more >>> |
Today we take a look back to our visit of one of the most famous race car collections
in the world, the Simeone Foundation Museum in Philadelphia. When arriving from
the airport the journey leads to the nearby business park that is home of the rental
car parking lots and numerous car dealerships, unimpressive signposts guiding to a
brown industrial building. Just a blue sign and the name over the entrance indicate
that this building might be more than an ordinary factory building, a banner “Museum
of the Year” is making curious. This award was given to the Museum in 2011 by a
well known international jury of automotive experts in London in this category as part
of “The International Historic Motoring Awards”. ... more >>> |
This years Cavallino Classic started with its official program today at the Palm Beach
International Raceway with the first of two track days. Traditionally the first two days of
the 4-day meeting are held on the race track where the brave owners of race cars are
able to play with their toys. ... more >>> |
The second day of the 22nd edition of the Cavallino Classic saw another track day at
the nearby Palm Beach International Raceway. Formerly known as Moroso the track
has changed a lot since these days, new safety features included a new fence
almost all around the track set up since the last CC in 2012 closing off the track very
much from the ... more >>> |
Today was the great day of this year's Cavallino Classic, the 22nd edition of the
Ferrari meeting of the leading Ferrari magazine. After two rather quiet days on the
Palm Beach International Raceway the Concours at the Breakers featured some
highlight from the rich Ferrari history. Both competition and GT road cars were
presented in superb ... more >>> |
The 2013 Cavallino Classic is history, the 22nd edition of this annual Ferrari meeting
came to an end today with the multi-marque concours at the exclusive Mar-a-Lago
club of real estate tycoon Donald Trump. Although officially a concours with judges
and awards this is more a relaxed meeting in the gardens of the club where the cars
could be admired ... more >>> |
Gipsy Moth bi-plane from seven-time Oscar-winning motion picture sold for a world
auction record €201,250 to an anonymous telephone bidder in Kenya. |
This year's Retromobile was held on the second weekend of February at the
exhibition centre in the south-west periphery of Paris. Already in its 38. edition the
oldest classic car trade fair in Europe gained a reputation that attracts visitors and
collectors from all over the world to the French capitol, but still after all those years it
retained a familiar ambience compared to some of its competitors. ... more >>> |
This year’s Cavallino Classic was held over the last weekend in January, the “main
event” with the concours at the 5 star grand hotel on Saturday. More than 20 years
ago the first meeting was organized by the American Ferrari magazine “Cavallino”
during the sunny winter months in Florida, over the coming years it became
established as one of the ... more >>> |
This year’s Cavallino Classic was held over the last weekend in January, the “main
event” with the concours at the 5 star grand hotel on Saturday. More than 20 years
ago the first meeting was organized by the American Ferrari magazine “Cavallino”
during the sunny winter months in Florida, over the coming years it became
established as one of the ... more >>> |
With a lot of different activities on the 4 days in January the Cavallino Classic attracts
a diverse audience to the various locations. Starting with the track days most of the
visitors are very interested in the old race cars and take the rare opportunity to hear
them running at speed. The Concours at Mar-a-Lago on the other side is mainly for
the owners of classic cars and their guests who like spending their Sunday in an
exclusive private club, the concours at the Breakers is a meeting point for all
Ferraristi, historian, restorers and collectors. ... more >>> |
The 83rd Salon International De l’Auto & Accessoires, to give the exhibition it’s full
title, took place between the 07 - 17 March, occupying seven halls of the Palexpo
exhibition centre adjacent to Geneva Airport. Each year the show is the focal point for
new models for most of the major manufacturers, along with a wide variety of niche
market specialists, who ... more >>> |
The 18th Concours d´Elegance of Amelia Island was held on its traditional date, the
second full weekend in March at the golf course of the Ritz-Carlton. Being one of the
top events of its kind it attracted again more than 250 collector cars from all over the
world to the 18th fairway in no less than 35 classes to be judged by the international
jury. Although it is a typical American big show the Amelia Island has its very own
character, whereas Pebble Beach has a clear focus in Elegance and special
coachwork the Concours ... more >>> |
RM Auctions, the official auction house of the Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance,
continued its run of fantastic 2013 results this past weekend with a highly successful
Amelia Island, Florida sale which saw records tumble and more than $26.8 million*
grossed with over 92 percent of all lots sold. ... more >>> |
Gooding & Company posted more than $28 million worth of sales, with a 97% sell
through rate, with 69 out of 71 lots sold at its annual Amelia Island Auction on Friday,
March 8. The vehicles on offer included celebrity-owned classics, like the 1935
Duesenberg Model JN Long Wheelbase Berline owned new by dancer Bill
“Bojangles” Robinson, ... more >>> |
When people talking about American cars they usually think of Detroit being the
centre of the American car industry and home of the big names. But this is just a
development of the time when mass production and cost efficiency reduced the
variety of car manufacturers spread out all over the country to a few remaining
names. In the beginning of ... more >>> |
Die 13. Stuttgarter Automobilmesse Retro Classics, die zum sechsten Mal im
Messegelände beim Flughafen stattgefunden hat, ist mit einem Rekordergebnis zu
Ende gegangen. Mit rund 77.000 Besuchern wurde das ausgezeichnete Ergebnis
des Vorjahres um fast 20 Prozent übertroffen. Bereits auf Ausstellerseite hatte die
Messe mit 1308 Teilnehmern und rund 3000 ausgestellten Fahrzeugen eine höhere
Beteiligung als 2012 verzeichnet. ... more >>> |
The TECHNO-CLASSICA celebrates anniversary: The greatest fair of the world for
collector automobiles takes place for the 25th time. In 1989 the TECHNO-CLASSICA
in Essen started as the first great ambitious classic fair. Since then it sets the trends
of the vintage scene yearly and has become to the leading meeting point and trading
centre of the international classic scene. At the moment the anniversary edition
comes into the hot preparatory phase until the opening on 10th April 2013 with the
preview- press ... more >>> |
Kamui Kobayashi celebrated his debut race in the N°71 AF Corse Ferrari 458 Italia
GT2 with a podium finish in association with Toni Vilander (FIN). The pair came
second in the GTE Pro category of the 6 Hours of Silverstone, round one of the 2013
FIA World Endurance Championship, and they immediately felt at ease with the car
and their technical staff. ... more >>> |
Barkaways held their second annual Open Day on Saturday 13 April, and despite
predominantly overcast skies and the imminent threat of rain, a large number of
clients brought their Ferraris out for an airing in the Kent countryside. The family
business has certainly made its mark amongst UK Ferrari owners, as since its
inception in September in 2011, it has ... more >>> |
This year's Tour Auto Optic 2000 is just around the corner, today no less than 250
cars entered the Grand Palais in central Paris for the scrutineering of the five days
event. In its 22nd edition the Tour Auto (based on the history of the Tour de France
Automobile) again attracted a good field both in the regularity classes and the
competition classes. ... more >>> |
After the first leg yesterday from Paris to Orléans the second and longest of the 5
days led today from Orléans south to Vichy. The day was dominated by 3 castle visits
in the morning and the race at the French Grand Prix Circuit in Magny Cours,
representative folly on one side and modern functionality on the other. ... more >>> |
Between 08 March and 30 September 2013, the Museo Ferrari in Maranello is
hosting an exhibition titled “Ferrari Supercar Tecnica, Design, Mito” The exhibition
focuses on the Ferrari limited production supercars spanning nearly 30 years, which
started with the GTO (288) in 1984, continued with the F40 in 1987, then came the
F50 in 1995, the Enzo in 2002 and the LaFerrari presented at the Geneva Salon this
year. The exhibition also features a number of the limited production models that
were the forerunners to the evolution of the supercar series, including the legendary
250 GTO and the 250 LM. ... more >>> |
Today's leg led west into the direction of Le Mans to have the first race meeting on
the small Bugatti Circuit after a first special stage at Beaufay. The races at Le Mans
saw the usual suspects running in front of their grids, the first competition class was
again dominated by a couple of Alfa Romeo GTA with von ... more >>> |
With the third of five days driving though the French countryside the Tour Auto is
already more than halfway through. Early at 7:00 am the competition classes sorted
by age left the parc fermé in Vichy for a 459 km tour south to Albi, the capitol of the
département Tarn in the Midi-Pyrenees. Unlike the previous two days the landscape
became more and more interesting during the day with small hillside roads running
through the forest, smaller mountain passes and passing through narrow villages. ...
more >>> |
Today the second to last day of this year´s Tour Auto Optic 2000 led from Albi to
Limoges, the capitol of the departement Haute-Vienne. As intended in yesterday´s
reports the race sequence changed with the regularity group 1 starting early and the
competition group 5 being last on the road, so after a short night the first regularities
took the road at 7:00 am, the usual starting time of the TA. ... more >>> |
C´est fini, this year's Tour Auto Optic 2000 is history. Five days after leaving Paris the
remaining of the 250 started teams reached the finish line on the quay of La
Rochelle at the Atlantic coast. On their blast through France they covered 2187
kilometre, mastered 12 special stages on small country roads and through the
mountains plus 4 appearances at the Circuit du Mans, Magny Cours, Albi and Val de
Vienne. There is no other event in the classic car diary that combines the fun of a
road rally on the countryside ... more >>> |
An overcast chilly start, with blustery winds, didn’t deter a great selection of Italian
cars and motorcycles, along with thousands of visitors, from attending the annual
Auto Italia magazine Italian Car Day, in the grounds of the Brooklands Museum near
Weybridge in Surrey. Maybe the lack of any real spring weather this year, gave people
an attitude of let’s make the most of it come hell or high water! Certainly, in all the
years that I have attended, I have never seen the public car parks so full ... more >>> |
The organisers of the Silverstone Classic (Powered by the AA) held a Media and
Competitors Test Day at the Silverstone Circuit on Wednesday 08 May, to provide an
appetiser of what to expect at the track over the weekend of 26 - 28 July. The
gathering will feature 24 races over the weekend, spanning eight decades of motor
sport, together with a host of off track attractions. ... more >>> |
Two weeks ago we reported on a daily basis from this year's Tour Auto with all the
stages from the French capitol to the Atlantic seaside town La Rochelle. Now with a
distance of time we want to look back on all the participating cars on the 2000km
through the French countryside, the 4 race tracks and the various special stages. |
Last week the eagerly awaited 2013 edition of the Mille Miglia started in Brescia.
Eagerly-awaited because after five previous editions had been organized by the MAC-
group everyone was curious to learn what the changes the new organisers would
make. The rights to the name of what may be the brand in the classic car world are
held by the Vintage Watch Car Club of Brescia, which had awarded a 5-years contract
to MAC, when it took over from the long-time organiser Costantino Franchi in 2008. |
The second round of the 2013 European Le Mans Series took place at the
Autodromo Enzo & Dino Ferrari in Imola, on Saturday 18 May. The event also featured
a round of the FFSA Championnat de France GT series, plus races for the Peugeot
RCZ Cup, XL Formula and F3 Classic. There were 28 entries for the ELMS race, in
four classes, ten in the premier LMP2 class, three in the LMPC class, eight in the
LMGTE class, and seven in the GTC class. As has been the case in most of Europe
so far this year, the weather was changeable, with rain early on Friday dampening
the first practice sessions, but thereafter it was largely dry for the main race activity of
the weekend. ... more >>> |
As part of the support programme for the European Le Mans Series race at Imola,
the FFSA Championnat de France and combined Coupe de France GT series held
their second and third races of the 2013 season on 17 & 18 May. The first race was
held on the Saturday afternoon and the second on the Sunday afternoon. Despite
being “away” rounds of the French series, there was a 21 car entry at the Italian
circuit, with McLaren MP4-12Cs being the largest in number with six entries from
three teams, whilst there were five Ferrari 458 GT3 entries, however only four
participated, as although the # 27 Sport Garage example was in the paddock, and
entered for Gilles Duqueine and Jacques Villeneuve to drive, it didn’t take to the track.
... more >>> |
A glittering parade of all the competition entrants and the announcement of this
year’s prize-winners brought the Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este 2013 to a fitting
conclusion this Sunday. Thousands of visitors had once again travelled to the shores
of Lake Como for this tradition-steeped event in the grounds of Villa Erba to delight in
an ultra-exclusive line-up ... more >>> |
The inaugural Motor Gallery exhibition was held at the Modena Fiera over the
weekend of 25-26 May 2013, attracting a wide variety of Italian cars and motorcycles,
with a number of rarities, to the three halls, spanning 28,000 square metres, of the
exhibition complex occupied by the show. In the “Terra di Motori” (Land of Motors), as
the area is known, it was fitting that the exhibition concentrated solely on Italian made
vehicles, and featured examples from well known local collections like Pannini,
Righini and Stanguellini. ... more >>> |
RM Auctions returned in style to Villa Erba this past weekend, generating more than
€27 million** ($35,519,120 USD) at its exclusive sale during the Concorso
d’Eleganza Villa d’Este weekend on Lake Como, Italy. Demonstrating that auction
remains the most powerful way to sell investment-quality automobiles, the incredible
1953 Ferrari 340/375 MM Pinin Farina Berlinetta ‘Competizione’ realised €9,856,000
($12,812,800), smashing the previous auction record for the model and establishing
a new world record for a closed ‘Berlinetta’ Ferrari sold at auction, while also being
the most expensive automobile sold at auction in the 2012-2013 season. |
Last weekend in May saw this year's Concorso d´Eleganza in the famous gardens of
the Villa d´Este and the nearby Villa Erba at the Lake Como. First held in 1929 the
original Concours was one of the most important shows for the designers in an era
when most of the premium manufacturers delivered rolling chassis to be bodied to
the taste of the owner at various independent coachbuilder. Especially the Italian and
French names of Touring, Pinin Farina, Zagato, Castagna, Figoni & Falaschi, Franay
or Saoutchik but also the in-house design of Mercedes-Benz or Erdmann & Rossi
from Berlin could be found in the entry lists of the time showing their latest creations
at the glamorous five-star hotel at Como. ... more >>> |
The Gaisberg in Salzburg saw its first hill climb in 1929, organized by the Salzburger
Automobilclub (S.A.C.). Back in the 1930s the international hill climb scene was very
important and already the first edition of the Austrian event drew the big names as
the touring car class was won by no less than Manfred von Brauchitsch on Mercedes,
the race car ... more >>> |