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 >>> |
Over the last 20 years the Cavallino Classic extended from the Concours to a six day
event. Starting with two private Track Days on Tuesday, Wednesday is the first day of
the registration at the Breakers with a small welcome reception in the evening. |
More than 20 years ago the publisher of the American Ferrari Magazine established
the annual Cavallino Classic at the Breakers Hotel in Palm Beach, Florida. What
started with the Concours became a complete week with track days, evening
receptions and the multi-marque concours at the nearby Mar-a-Lago Club but the
Concours stayed the heart of the event. Before the first edition on the climax of the
Ferrari market the hotel staff was surprised to hear the estimated overall value of the
exhibits so they quickly ... more >>> |
RM Auctions kicked off its 2012 calendar on a positive note in Arizona last week,
posting over $25.5 million* in sales with a strong 89 percent sell-through at its
annual Arizona Biltmore sale in Phoenix. ... more >>> |
The 37th edition of the Classic Car Show took place on the first February week at the
exhibition center at the Porte de Versailles. Traditionally one of the season openers
the format of the trade fair was changed last year from the former 10 to a reduced 5
days show and just in its second year it proofed that this was the right decision. ...
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The 82nd running of the annual Geneva Salon took place at its regular venue in the
Palexpo exhibition complex, adjacent to Geneva airport. This location must provide
the easiest access for visitors of all shows, as apart from being within easy walking
distance of the airport, there is a railway station, plus bus services into town. The
show ... more >>> |
RM Auctions, the official auction house of the Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance,
continued its strong track record in Northern Florida this weekend, generating more
than $23 million in sales before a packed house at its well-established sale at the
Ritz-Carlton. The 88 percent sell through rate saw 92 of the 106 pre- and post-war
motor cars changing hands, with six automobiles achieving million-dollar-plus
results and spirited bidding leading to the establishment of numerous new auction
records. ... more >>> |
Artcurial Motorcars made history last night, 3 February, with a sale at Retromobile
realising 14.5-million euros. This is the highest figure ever for a collectors' car sale in
France. ... more >>> |
The 21st edition of the annual Cavallino Classic came to an end with the final
concours at the Mar-a-Lago Club. Contrary to the concours the day before this
meeting is not just open to Ferrari but to all classic and sports cars of particular
interest.. ... more >>> |
Gooding & Company, the acclaimed auction house celebrated for selling the world’s
most significant and valuable collector cars, is pleased to announce $39.8 million in
sales for 116 out of 118 lots sold, its most successful Scottsdale Auction results to
date. The Gooding & Company team soared through its Friday and Saturday
auctions, selling lot after lot as guests cheered 13 world record-breaking cars, the
immense bidding excitement in the room and Auctioneer Charlie Ross’ joyful
entertainment. ... more >>> |
A 1961 Aston Martin DB4GT Coupé sold for €1,012,000 last night (2 February 2012)
at Bonhams’ flagship sale in Paris, which was held at the fashionable venue, La
Halle Freyssinet. Over 100 cars and 35 motorcycles, including several high quality
French built cars and three private collections, went under the hammer during the
‘drive through’ auction, which realised €7,198,038 in total. ... more >>> |
Following the Collectors’ Motor Cars and Automobilia sale that took place in Oxford
on March 3rd, Bonhams is delighted to announce that 100% of the Motor Cars sold,
realising a total £1.29 million. Selling for £101,180 against a presale estimate of
£40,000 – 60,000, the top lot of the sale was a 1961 Ferrari 250GTE 2+2 ‘Series 1’
Coupé barn find that belonged to the Oscar winning producer Agostino De Laurentiis,
who produced over 150 films including Barbarella, King Kong and Manhunter. ...
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Belgium’s largest classic car event was being held in the Antwerp Expo for the 35th
time. The Antwerp Classic Salon is organized by SIHA, organizer of Techno Classica
Essen. ... more >>> |
Traditionally held on the second weekend of March, the 17th edition of the Concours
in the north of Florida was held on the 11th of March. Sixteen years ago Bill Warner
and his enthusiastic team founded this event on the east-coast as a counterpart to
the famous Pebble Beach Concours on the other side of the country. Over the
following years the Concours became a premium event of similar prestige as Pebble
and its winner is amongst the selection for the Louis Vuitton Classic Award that
chooses the best of the show winners at the end of the year. ... more >>> |
Gooding & Company, the acclaimed auction house celebrated for selling the world’s
most significant and valuable collector cars, is thrilled to announce more than $36
million in sales from 70 out of 77 lots sold at its Amelia Island Auction yesterday,
more than doubling its results from 2010 and establishing a new auction record for
Amelia Island. Led by many extraordinary Porsche racing cars that were part of the
Drendel Family Collection, 11 world records were achieved. The top-selling lot of the
weekend in Amelia Island, the 1973 Porsche 917/30 Can-Am Spyder sold for $4.4
million and is now the most valuable Porsche ever sold at auction in the world. |
As part of the celebrations of the 60th anniversary of the 12 Hours of Sebring, the
organisers arranged an exhibition of significant cars in the race’s history in the
Gallery of Legends building at the rear of the pits complex. Entry was free to race
ticket holders, and according to the organisers there was a record crowd in
attendance, which explains why trying to find a parking spot, was like looking for a
needle in a haystack. ... more >>> |
The 60th anniversary of the legendary 12 Hours of Sebring was celebrated in fine
style at the central Florida circuit, with a packed grid of 63 cars (from the 64 who
practiced) for the running of the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring Fuelled by Fresh
from Florida, on Saturday 17 March. The activity started on the Wednesday preceding
the race, with ... more >>> |
Just before the start of the European outdoor season Essen featured the world
biggest classic car fair in its 24thedition. This years Techno Classica was expected
with some attention as it was held on the same weekend as the second biggest
German show in Stuttgart, the Retro Classics. Although there were different opinions
what let to this ... more >>> |
This years Retro Classics was already the 12th edition of the classic car trade fair in
the hometown of Mercedes-Benz and Porsche and the fifth time at the all new
exhibition center near the airport. Within these years the Retro Classics established
itself as the most important show in the south of Germany and as the second
biggest behind the ... more >>> |
The Tour Auto 2012 is just around the corner. About 230 cars with their crews came
together at the Grand Palais at the Champs-Elysee for the scrutineering of the tour
that starts tomorrow. After several years in the Parc de Tuileries the prelude of the
Tour Auto is back in the Grand Palais. Although its is more constricted than in the
parc it is less dusty and ... more >>> |
After yesterday´s scrutineering the Tour Auto started officially this morning at the
Chateau in Vaux le Vicomte. Early in the morning (6:30 am) the cars left the Grand
Palais on a neutralized stage to Vaux le Vicomte to have their start in the chateau as
Parisian traffic is to unpredictable to include this in a timed stage. ... more >>> |
The second leg of this year's Tour Auto led from Beaune to Aix-les-Bains. The
weather was quit cloudy in the morning with some drizzle on the first kilometers
before the sun finally came out. The first stop in the morning was the race track in
Bresse that was already part of the Tour Auto in recent years. This is a small winding
track with no infield so the cars are driving on a huge grass field criss-cross. |
The third leg of this years Tour Auto leading from yesterdays finish in Aix-les-Bains to
Clermont-Ferrand. At 6:30 am the first competition class was waved off to lead the
field on its way through France. This was a long day with one special stage before
the lunch and the visit to Charade in the afternoon. ... more >>> |
Barkaways may not be a name familiar to many in the Ferrari world, but if passion,
quality of work, and customer service are the ingredients for a successful business,
then it is a name that we will hear much more of in the future. The business is very
family orientated, led by Ian Barkaway, who has many years experience in the Ferrari
field, working for a variety of specialists in the UK, followed by a spell on his own,
working within the premises of another organisation. ... more >>> |
Today´s leg led from Clermont-Ferrand in the Auvergne to Nimes in the departement
Gard. Early in the morning the weather forecast of the last days looked finally to
become true as heavy clouds made one to expect a rainy day but this years Tour Auto
seems to be very blessed as these clouds ... more >>> ... Stage 1 >>> ... Stage 2
>>> ... Stage 3 >>> ... Stage 4 >>> |
C´est fini !!! The 21st edition of the annual Tour Auto is history. After 5 days, several
special stages, visit to 5 different race tracks and more than 2000 km on the road the
remaining of the 230 starting crews reached their final destination Nice late Saturday
afternoon. ... more >>> ... Stage 1 >>> ... Stage 2 >>> ... Stage 3 >>> ... Stage 4
>>> ... Stage 5 >>> |
The annual gathering of Italian vehicles took place on Saturday 28 April in its regular
location of the Corn Street district of Bristol, close to the city centre. Despite rain
during the early part of the morning, and a distinctly chill wind that made it feel more
like Winter than Spring, there was a very good turnout of a wide variety of cars,
motorcycles and motor scooters lining the narrow streets of the area. In fact the sky
was so grey and miserable, that it was a wonder that anybody made the effort to get
out of bed, so all credit to the hardy souls who brought their machinery for the
public’s enjoyment. ... more >>> |
The organisers of Salon Prive held a media preview day on Friday 27 April, to present
the themes and highlights of the 2012 edition, the seventh running, of the now well
established Luxury Supercar Event and Concours d’Elegance. This will be the
second year that it has been held at Syon House and Park in West London, and
features a change of date from its previous June date to early September. The main
reason for the change is that Syon House is currently undergoing a major external
refurbishment, due for completion in August, and would not look its best shrouded in
scaffolding. ... more >>> |
Après cette première journée passée au sec, les concurrents affrontaient des
conditions climatiques plus délicates les jours suivants. Tout d'abord la neige se
montrait en haut du mont Revard, puis la pluie en Auvergne provoquait un grand
nombre de sorties de routes les troisième et quatrième jours. Pour le dernier jour le
soleil faisait son retour. ... more >>> |
Ten days ago this year's Tour Auto arrived at the final stop in Nice at the Cote d´Azur
in south France. After five days with over 2000 km on the road, numerous special
stages and no less than five different race tracks visited the 220 crews arrived at
home with a lot of impressions, the winners with their trophies and the further placed
with the best purposes for the next year. During our hounding through France we
tried to keep you up to date with small daily reports showing the impressions along
the road ... more >>> |
Le tour auto 2012 se termine cette année par une 13ème et dernière épreuve
spéciale sur le circuit du Castelet dans le Sud Est de la France où le soleil mais
aussi le mistral étaient au rendez-vous. ... more >>> |
Bjoern Schmidt submitted a list with Ferraris entered in the 2012 Mille Miglia ... |
The second weekend in May saw the 8th edition of the biannual Monaco Historic
Grand Prix to start a very busy month in the classic car scene. Within three weeks
classic car enthusiasts from all over the world can visit the best of racing, rally and
concours with the Monaco HGP, the Mille Miglia and the Concorso d´Eleganza in
south Europe. The beginning was the very prestigious city Grand Prix that uses the
closed off Monaco race track for the regular Grand Prix in 2 weeks time. 7 classes
with single seaters ... more >>> |
The first Grand Prix in the principality was held in 1929 organized by the Automobile
Club of Monaco (ACM) but not all top drivers and teams of these days saw the
upcoming importance of the race as not all of them followed the invitation. Rudolf
Caracciola on his huge Mercedes-Benz SSK had the challenge to fight an armada of
Bugatti in the narrow ... more >>> |