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 >>> |
Audi R8, Aston Martin, Bugatti Veyron, Bentley GTC, Ferrari P4/5 ... the Supcar
Weekend entry list reads like the Who-is-who of Autombolies ... more >>> |
This Cavallino Classic event attracted entrants and visitors from the States and
Europe, bringing their Alfas, Maseratis |
2007 same weather chaos for Histo Monte participants as in 2006 ... last year
heading south into the snow ... this time north for icy roads ... more >>> |
On February 10th the Florida region of the Ferrari Owners Club held their annual
gathering of Ferrari at St. Armand's Circle, displaying their road cars on the beautifully
landscaped park in the center for St. Armand's Circle in Sarasota, Florida |
Artcurial in offering many intersting cars in the Sale of February 19th ... amongst the
1st CD Panard which was raced in 1964 in Le Mans with race number 45 ... more
>>> |
Christie’s International Motor Cars is delighted to announce that once again it will be
in Paris for Rétromobile 2007, Europe’s most prestigious classic car show. With
over 100,000 visitors expected to attend this annual event at Rétromobile, the
Christie’s sales on Friday 16th (automobilia) ... more >>> |
Since the Ferrari BB 512 LM are allowed in the Ferrari Maserati Challenge ... the
prices went thru the roof. In 1978 4 BB 512 Competizione ... more >>> |
In August 2003, the reknown auction house Bonhams auctioned at their
Nuerburgring sale a Porsche 906 with an unusual chassis number: 906-016. Before
that, almost all serious Porsche 906 enthusiasts believed Porsche 906-chassis
numbers start with 906-100. The given history ... more >>> |
These companies are present at the Retromobile .. Thierry Lesparre and Wolfgang
and Peter Singhof covered the Retromobile for you ... more >>> |
Ferrari is celebrating its 60th anniversary in 2007 with a major event from June 21st
to June 24th in Maranello, Italy. Maranello will be the finish line in a "relay race"
across five continents where participants will carry a baton embossed ... more >>> |
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. Images showing the cars
shortly after they had left the factory and being raced. If you like to see more, please
look at www.barcboys.com ... more >>> |
The 2007 season of the International FIA GT Championship was officially launched
today at the Monza circuit where the vehicles and racing teams that will give battle
during the ten events planned, in concurrence with the traditional two days of
collective pre-seasonal tests, were presented. ... more >>> |
These companies are present at the Retromobile .. we already spotted the Ferrari
250 GT SWB Breadvan, a Ferrari 275 GTB/C ex-Girdano, a Ferrari 400 Superamerica
ex-Cartier Collection restored to Concours condition and the ex-Bill Serri 250 Monza
at Hall & Hall ... more >>> |
It was only possible to take pictures on Friday, Saturday was to crowded. At the 2nd
day of the show already many of our favorite cars carried a sold ... more >>> |
If you like to escape winter and plan a Florida vacation and like classic cars, you have
to mark March in you calendar and visit the Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance, is a
must see. We have 500 images ready to give you an first impression ... more >>> |
Stimulated by growing interest from international investors, a strong marketplace and
a superior assortment of investment quality vehicles, RM Auctions’ recent sale at
Amelia Island topped $20.4 million during its 9th annual, single-day event. Three
examples of rare post-war classics surpassed the magic million dollar mark, and a
total of 10 cars sold for more than $500,000 each. ... more >>> |
After a still on going legal dispute it is clear the 80th Mille Miglia will take place,
organized by the expirenced Marva team. ... more >>> |
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AutoRAI 2007 will fully live up to its catchphrase ‘It’s Showtime’: between Thursday
29 March and Monday 9 April 2007, the expected 500,000 visitors will be able to enjoy
the numerous innovations from the Salon de Genève in Amsterdam, too. More than
130 exhibitors, including 80 car marques ... more >>> |
The Le Mans Series continues to grow, new teams, new circuits, new name. The
idea of reviving the classic endurance races of the past has proved ... more >>> |
The Techno Classica, the world's largest trade fair for classic automobiles held at
Essen/Germany between March 19 and April 1st, proved that there is an incredible
demand for high quality Ferrari classics. ... more >>> |
The fourth annual running of the show once again saw a very broad array of historic
motor sport gathered within the halls of the National Agricultural Centre at Stoneleigh
Park to the south west of Coventry. The show encompasses virtually every aspect of
what one might be able to do with one’s historic vehicle, whether it be from the
restoration aspect, or the type events open for your participation ... more >>> |
The annual Goodwood Press Preview day for the Festival of Speed was held at
Goodwood House on Wednesday 21 March, when Lord March and his team
announced their plans for the festival weekend between 22 – 24 June. ... more >>> |
The Ferrari 60th anniversary relay around the world arrived in Europe with the
inaugural stage starting from Sintra, near Lisbon, in Portugal on 02 April. Twenty five
Ferraris ranging from the factory reconstruction of their first model, a 125 S, through a
250 GT “passo corto” berlinetta, ... more >>> |
In cooperation with Ferrari Spa, a meeting is scheduled at June 16-17 2007 to honor
the 60th anniversary of the Circuito di Piacenza, Ferrari's first race with his own cars.
In fact May 11 1947 is the birthday of the first Ferrari race, the car was the 125 S with
Cortese at the wheel… ... more >>> |
Mille Miglia and Tour Auto, Amelia Island and Villa d'Este are just the highlights of the
season ... but there are also the local events, the warm ups ... to make sure the cars
are fit and your friends too. Easter Monday a special tour was organized by members
of the DAVC Rhein Main Region. Start was ... more >>> |
The 2007 ALMS races in Sebring, St. Petersburg, Long Beach, Houston, Salt Lake
City, Lime Rock, Mid-Ohio, Road America, Mosport, Detroit , Road Atlanta and
Laguna Seca. In Sebring 34 Teams were at the start, here is the ALMS 2007 entry
list, with2 Audis, 4 Porsche Spyders, 2 Acuras, 3 Lolas ... more >>> |
The cars passed scrutineering and are displayed in the Grand Palais, on Tuesday
the 24th at 8.00h the 1st car will depart from the Grand Palais in Paris, if the car is in
time it should arrive at 11.00h at Le Mans and it will arrive at the Futuroscope at
17:53h. The 2nd leg will start at 7.00h and will head for the Circuit du Val de Vienne -
Le Vigeant and at 15:30h the 1st team will get a rest at Château de Hautefort and will
call it at 17:10 the day when arriving at the Jardins D'Eyrignac ... "Gregror Schulz it will
not be a picnic" ... more >>> |
Lake Como once again looks back on two glorious days under the banner of
extraordinary automotive design. At the Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este held from
20 to 22 April, 53 classic cars spanning the period from 1919 to 1971 lined up in
eight competition classes before the critical gaze ... more >>> |
The Swedish event started at the Swedish Ferrari dealer with the handover of the
baton, while the Italian Embassador was presented with a gift. ... more >>> |
The evening of 03 May witnessed the opening ceremony for Joe Macari’s new Ferrari
and Maserati Service Centre in a purpose built facility in Wandsworth, south west
London. For many years Ferrari and Maserati owners in the capital, south of the river
Thames, haven’t had an official local facility to tend to their service, maintenance and
repair needs, now this situation has been rectified, and in style! The head of the new
operation is Joe Macari who has run a performance car sales showroom in the area
for many years ... more >>> |
RM will held it's auction in Maranello, it is a Ferrari only Auction with super lots. The
Coys and Bonhams Auction is at the very same weekend in Monaco, both offer a
variety of Makes and very nice models and something more effordable, our favorite in
the Bonhams Auction is a Lamborghini Iserlo S, in the Coys Auction we would bid for
a 1956 Lancia Aurelia B24 Spider and in the RM Auction we would like to take the
Daytona Spyder back home ... more COYS >>> ... more Bonhams >>> |
The race for the Kaiserpreis took place at the same place, as the Gordon-Bennett-
Race 3 years earlier. In the Taunus Mountain beloved by the Kaiser. Even a part of
the route should be used. This time the route was driven in clockwise direction. Only
40 cars could participate in the race, but 92 were ... more >>> |
On June 16 some 50 race cars will add Le Mans race history to their CV, if you decide
in 20 years you would like to own a car raced in Le Mans in 2007 all you need are the
serial numbers, here are the numbers of the cars used on test day ... keep them .. |
Audi Sport Team Joest will tackle the 75th running of the legendary Le Mans 24
Hours from the front row of the grid. Heavy rain showers on Thursday evening
prevented improvements over the times from Wednesday’s first qualifiyng session.
The starting grid thus remained unchanged. Fastest on the rain-soaked track on
Thursday was Allan McNish who set the best time of the day in 4m 01.257s shortly
before midnight. 24 hours before, the Scotsman at the wheel of the number two Audi
R10 TDI, ... more >>> ... Galleries >>> |
The 80th Mille Miglia was a try and sunny one from start to finish ... drawing more
spectators to street sides then ever, Wolfgang and Peter Singhof took 3000 photos, it
was hard to make the selecting, here are 400+ ... Galleries >>> ... Entry List >>> |
AUDI AG has continued its impressive series of victories in the Le Mans 24 Hour
race in extremely difficult conditions. Frank Biela (Germany), Emanuele Pirro (Italy)
and Marco Werner (Germany) repeated their success from last year thus giving Audi
their seventh victory in the French endurance classic. For the second consecutive
time, the Audi R10 TDI claimed victory. The revolutionary diesel sportscar from
Ingolstadt remains unbeaten at Le Mans. In the 75th edition of the Le Mans 24 Hour
race ... more >>> ... Galleries >>> |
All started in 1969, when a Spyder version with light bands was displayed at the
Frankfurt Motor Show (better known as IAA = Internationale Automobil Ausstellung).
This was the open version of the 365 GTB/4 Berlinetta. It looked stunning in yellow
and a black stripe. The prototype was created by Pininfarina, the production version
was produced by Scaglietti. The Daytona Spyder was produced in limited numbers
the production lasted until 1973 at that time 123 Scaglietti/Pininfarina Spyders were
produced. ... more >>> |
In cooperation with Ferrari Spa, a meeting was held at June 16-17 2007 to honor the
60th anniversary of the Circuito di Piacenza, Ferrari's first race with his own cars. In
fact May 11 1947 is the birthday of the first Ferrari race ( the car is the 125 S with
Cortese at the wheel…) ... more >>> |
For the 4th time the Ludwigsburger Schloss was hosting the Retro Classic meets
Barock Concours d'Elegance and 150+ Automobiles were displayed for juding ...
more >>> |
In 1964 at Geneva the successor of the Ferrari 400 Superamerica was launched, the
Ferrari 500 Superfast combined luxury with power, 36 cars were ... more >>> |
The Ferrari Leggenda e Passione Auction reflected the success story of Ferrari, no
other manufacturer has produced such a variety of models ... more >>> |
The idyllic country setting of Goodwood House was once again taken over by the
motor sports fraternity over the weekend of 22 – 24 June, for ... more >>> |
The final celebrations of the 60th anniversary of the Prancing Horse in Maranello
crossed the line. Over the last four days Ferrari clients from all over the world
celebrated the brand on the race track of Fiorano with their 1,040 red cars. The
celebrations ended on Sunday with the prize-giving ceremony ... more >>> |
As with most of northern Europe in late July, the weather was not at its best for any
outdoor event, and the Modena Motorsport track days were one of the sufferers.
However, although it detracted some entrants from attending, the turnout was still
good, despite constant showers and strong winds on the first day giving attendees a
wet and wild ride on the track. Fortunately the weather was rather more clement on
the second day, with only a brief shower during the concours prize giving providing a
minor hiccup to ... more >>> |
Born in 1995 from an idea of the Calmonte Brothers, Danilo and Renato, The so-
called "Le Mitiche Sport a Bassano", is a car competition, where the timer is only an
excuse! There is a parade in Bassano, a reliability course in places of beautiful
scenery and landscapes, but beyond the enthusiasm for the competition, there is
much more: there is friendship making people come back to Bassano, to see each
other and spend an idyllic weekend, there is a show and the protagonists are the
pilots and their wives, girlfriends and families. In this event many other values are
important: family, friendship and the love for sports cars. ... more >>> |
Preview in Style, the annual press preview day, where Lord March outlines the
programme for the Revival Meeting in September, was held at the Goodwood Circuit
on 18 July. As with the Festival of Speed and the Revival Meeting themselves, there is
a great attention to detail to make it an enjoyable and informative day for the fortunate
recipients of invitations. Registration was held in the new, but period styled, race
control building, from where one could go and take coffee and biscuits in the pit
garage, to the accompaniment ... more >>> |
After 532 laps around the 7.004 km circuit of Spa Francorchamps, the nr 5 Carsport
Holland Corvette C6-R of Deletraz, Hezemans, Fässler and Gollin, with technical
assistance from Phoenix, took the chequered flag to win the Total 24 Hours of Spa,
round 6 of the 2007 FIA GT Championship. They finished ahead of long-time leader
nr 1 Vitaphone Maserati MC 12 of Bartels, Biagi, van de Poele and Lamy, which had
lost a lap after going off an hour before the end. Local heros PK Carsport came
home third with their ... more >>> |
Gordon McCall's Airport Party |
Thursday morning kicks off with the Tour de Pebble Beach, where the automobiles
entered in the Pebble Beach Concours participate in a scenic Touring Rally, taking
lunch on Ocean Avenue in Carmel. Here the cars fill the street for a couple of hours,
giving the public the opportunity to admire them without having to pay the entry fee to
the concours on Sunday. ... more >>> |
Friday is concours day once again! This time there is the choice between Concorso
Italiano at The Black Horse Golf Club to the north of Monterey overlooking the Pacific
Ocean, or The Quail at Quail Lodge in Carmel Valley – Decisions, Decisions! |
Saturday is Laguna Seca day in a packed Monterey schedule! The raceway is a
spectacular circuit, noted for the famous “corkscrew” bend, with great viewing
facilities, high in the sandy hills between Monterey and Salinas, and always attracts a
broad spectrum of great cars to do battle on the track. ... more >>> |
The jewel in the crown of the whole Monterey events schedule is the Pebble Beach
Concours d’Elegance, which wraps up the activities on the final Sunday. Here 175
stunning pieces of machinery gathered on the 18th tee right beside the Pacific Ocean
to be put under the scrutiny of panels of international judges with experience in the
various classes. ... more >>> |
From July 13 until 15, 350 Classics were displayed in the Center of Baden-Baden
along the Kaiserallee and in the Kurpark, Alfa Romeo was the featured marque. ...
more >>> |
During the next days we will send you Postcards from Monterey, so you see what you
are missing, before anamera brings you the full coverage of the Monterey week, it
starts with "Carmel by the Sea - Concours on the Avenue" ... more >>> |
600 cars raced at the Oldtimer Gran Prix and Coys held it's Nuerburgring Auction,
form several intersting races we picked 4 the Historic GP Cars until 1960, Trophy for
Touring Cars until 1965, Rennsportmeisterschaft 1972 - 1981 and 2 seater Sports
Cars until 1961 ... more >>> |
The tenth running of the Goodwood Revival Meeting attracted a record crowd of
114,000 people to the picturesque Sussex circuit over the three days. The period
costume theme that has always been an integral part of the gathering seems to get
more popular with each running, with more ... more >>> |
An Invite - When you receive an invitation to participate in one of the classic road
rallies in an early Ferrari, it is one of those occasions that it takes only a nanosecond
to respond in the affirmative. All I had to do was get from London to Colorado to keep
the appointment, which courtesy of a British Airways direct flight to Denver was pain
free, notwithstanding the almost obligatory delay! The invitation came from Phil and
Martha Bachman in Tennessee, who have participated in every running of the rally in
their 1956 Chevrolet Corvette, and whom I have known for a number of years. This
year they had managed to get a second entry for their recently acquired Ferrari 166
MM/53, for their son Philip to drive, and I was fortunate enough to be elected co-
driver/navigator. ... more >>> |
On the evening of Tuesday 04 September, Cars International Kensington hosted a
select dinner party in their mews showroom in South Kensington, London. The food
was prepared on rudimentary facilities by celebrity TV chef James Martin, whose CV
includes having cooked for The Queen and Queen Mother at the age of 11 years old,
quite an accolade for someone so young! The Guest of Honour was ex-F1 driver and
now British F1 TV commentator, Martin Brundle, whilst the Master of Ceremonies
was TV presenter Tony Jardine, who had shared Cars International CEO, Paul
Osborn’s Ferrari 250 GT Lusso in the TT Race at the Goodwood Revival Meeting the
previous Sunday. ... more >>> |
A new European Pre-War Sports Car race series was launched in 2004 by Motor
Racing Legends. Since then, the Motor Racing Legends Pre-War Sports Car Series
has gone from strength to strength and has now grown into a major international
series for genuine sports cars of the 1920s and ’30s. ... more >>> |
“The Beaulieu International Autojumble is the largest of its kind in Europe, with
probably only Hershey in the USA being on a larger scale. Now in its 41st year, the
venue has constantly attracted vendors and buyers from all corners of the globe, with
a smaller scale Spring gathering added in recent years to cope with the demand for
space. Visitors have the choice of around 2000 stalls selling virtually every
conceivable item related to motoring, from spare parts through books, brochures,
scale models and ephemera, to a wide selection of some 200 complete classic cars
in the Automart car corral, together with a Bonham’s auction. ... more >>> |
Danilie Salatin covered the 100 Miglia Prosecco Wine in Northern Italy 's wine region
for the anamera and barchetta readers, an lovely event which you should bookmark.
Events in Italy are very special, the home of "Rolling Art" no where else you can
discover so many sculptures on wheels then here, this is the place to meet friends
and enjoy cars and Italian lifestyle. ... more >>> |
A collaboration between the Royal Automobile Club and Motor Racings Legends has
brought about a new series for post-War cars up to 1955. The series, to be called the
Royal Automobile Club Woodcote Trophy, will be run in the spirit of many of the great
races of the past which bore the Club’s name, inviting entries from genuine historic
sports cars of the post-War years. The races will be organised and managed by
Motor Racing Legends, the company behind the historic support races at the Le
Mans 24 Hours and the European Pre-War Sports Car Series. ... more >>> |
The leading race, the star event, the one that everyone is waiting for, is indisputably
the “Spa Six Hours Endurance Race”. Indeed, not only does this race count epoch-
making cars in its line-up that make the most indifferent among us tremble with
excitement, but it also demands incredible performances of those respectable racing
cars, which have all the teams holding their breath until the famous chequered flag
has fallen. ... more >>> |
World Sportscar Masters is an exhilarating series for Le Mans type Group 4
Prototypes, built between the mid-1960’s up to 1974. It covers a wide range of
evocative and powerful big sports cars, from Ferrari to Porsche 917’s, Lola T70
Coupes to Alfa 33/3, Matra 650, from Chevrons to Abarths. World Sportscar Master
grids provide action right through the field, with 5 different classes for different engine
sizes and car ages, providing drivers and spectators with many exciting class battles.
Careful tyre and technical regulations ensure that the very fast ‘little ones’ are giving
the biggest cars plenty of competition. ... more >>> |
The Frankfurt Motor Show IAA had many highlights all segments, concept cars with
new environmental friendly technology, exciting new production cars most of them
were released in the summer period to the press like the Fiat 500 and the BMW M3,
Ferrari 430 Scuderia, Aston Martin DBS V12, Maserati Quattroporte Sport GT S and
the Maserati Gran Turismo, the new Renault Laguna, Peugeot 308 and Mini
Clubman and customized luxury coupes and limousines. ... more >>> |
If you’re at a loss for something to do over an autumn weekend, take a trip to Italy and
visit the Auto Moto d’Epoca classic car show in Padova. Not only do you have a
beautiful historic city to visit, with some superb restaurants to entice expansion of the
waistline (where in Italy don’t you have that ... more >>> |
The Frankfurt Motor Show IAA had many highlights all segments, concept cars with
new environmental friendly technology, exciting new production cars most of them
were released in the summer period to the press like the Fiat 500 and the BMW M3,
Ferrari 430 Scuderia, Aston Martin DBS V12, Maserati Quattroporte Sport GT S and
the Maserati Gran Turismo, the new Renault Laguna, Peugeot 308 and Mini
Clubman and customized luxury coupes and limousines. ... more >>> |
The annual NEC car show has come again, occupying five halls and the exhibition
complex adjacent to Birmingham international Airport. Once again the show provided
a wide selection of classic vehicles from motorcycles through commercial and
military vehicles, luxury car like Rolls ... more >>> |
MPH is go! - After a successful four day run at London’s Earls Court between the 1st
and 4th of November the MPH Show moved north to the NEC exhibition centre in
Birmingham for a further four days. The show is a relatively new one, the first one
having been held in 2003, and is the brainchild of host Jeremy Clarkson, best known
for his frequently zany motoring show “Top Gear” on British television. For the 2007
edition he was joined by his show co-presenters Richard Hammond and James
May, the former having ... more >>> |
Variety is the spice of life - The 32nd running of the Bologna Motor Show,
sponsored by Barclaycard for the second year in succession, runs between 7 -16
December in the city’s Fiera complex, offering visitors a wide range of attractions as
well as the traditional manufacturer’s displays. The main outdoor Shell Arena offered
a wide variety of action on different days ranging from rally cars, through Ferrari F430
Challenge races to F1 demonstrations, just imagine the sound of those high revving
V8 engines ... more >>> |
After their amazingly successful Ferrari Auction at the Fiorano track in Maranello, Italy,
in May 2007, RM Auctions in association with Sotheby’s held their second European
auction at the Battersea Evolution on the banks of the River Thames in London on 31
August 2007. The main thrust of the auction was an eclectic selection of cars from ...
Results >>> |
The communication with collectors has lead us to belief for quite a while that the
supply for the top collectors make Ferrari will dry out and it has now, the Bonhams
Gstaad Auction was now extended to "les Prestigieuses Italiennes" ... the spice of
the month Alfa Romeo GTA's and Maserati 3500 GT Vignale Spyder's ... they are hard
to find ... we think a Lancia B24S America Spyder and a Ghibli Spyder would be a
nice addition to any collection. ... Results >>> ... Gallery >>> |
