Events Summary

For the first time Maseratis will be auctioned side by side to Ferraris in Gstaad, 180 images and results by Bjoern Schmidt
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Led by nine cars which brought in more than $1 million apiece, including two in excess of $2 million, today�s auction by Gooding & Company

No show is not over yet after Paris, Beijing, Los Angeles and Essen Motorshow still running the Bologna Motorshow opened it's doors with 9 world premiers

For the second time in 2006 Coys in conjunction with Scuderia Auto Neuser held an auction in Nuremberg ... barchetta.cc viewed many interesting cars for you

0677GT one of nine 14 louvre Ferrari 250 GT LWB Berlinetta TdF was lately sold to the USA for a staggering price. During last 2 years prices for street cars increased sharply, for some models the price even doubled, since the market rarely sees a race car coming up for sale, it was not clear if this

Lamborghini launched the new version of the Lamborghini Murciélago Roadster at the 2006 Los Angeles Auto Show. The Lamborghini Murciélago LP640 Roadster benefits from the same extensive modifications to the bodywork and mechanics as the LP640 Coupé, as well as delivering

The Ferrari Racing Days were visited by Andreas Birner ... Michael Schumacher drove his black Enzo, a 599 Fiorano a couple of demo donuts in a Formula 1 car and all the nice cars from the visitors .. a nice event and many images

The french Manufactures present many stunning new models on home ground, but Thierry Lesparre found some additional onces

October 6 was premiere for the salon de la locomotion ancienne
in Geneva and the rebirth of The Sportscar Auction, Andreas Birner keeps you up-to-date

A 1904 Mercedes Simplex a former winner of the Pebble Beach-Concours has been elected as "Best of Show 2006" at the 5th European Concours d'Elegance AvD-Oldtimer-Gala Schwetzingen in Germany on Sunday, the 3rd of Sept. 2006.

Peter Singhof enjoyed Goodwood and captured the action, now the memory cards are filled with superb images ... now converted into 50+ galleries with more then 500 images .... you loved to be there ?

Danilie Salatin covered the 100 Miglia in Northern Italy for the barchetta.cc readers, an lovely event which you should bookmark for the next year

The 3rd Retro Classics meets Barock took place from June 9th to 11th in the Gardens of the Castle Ludwigsburg

Daniele Salatin visited a stunning event in northern Italy ... accepting only open cars ... this should vbe an event on your list ... simply one of the best

You simply must see it to believe it, there are more then 1.500 LM Classic images in the barchetta.cc StudioLine image archive and we show you most of them

The 2006 edition of the Le Mans 24 Hours has come and gone ...... The Audi diesel steamroller wobbled but triumphed anyway ...... pushed to the limits by the élan of the Pescarolo equipe ..... salut Henri, Maddie and the guys 'n gals ....... Corvette prevailed in GT1 over Aston Martin

"Ferrari notes with great displeasure the decision of the race stewards, which is to delete the times set by Michael Schumacher in qualifying for the Monaco Grand Prix. We totally disagree with it. Michael was on his final timed lap and he was trying to put his first place beyond doubt, as could be seen

"museo Lamborghini" is something to add to your sight seeing list ... it offers the complete product line

The showroom from Auto Classic in Torino was remodeled, we enjoyed it .... nice atmoshere and nice cars

Andreas Birner and Bjoern Schmidt attended the auction .... they recorded the biddings and took plenty of images

Andreas Birner and Bjoern Schmidt attended the Historic Grand Prix .... and took plenty of images

Since May Stuttgart has an additional attraction to offer ... the Mercedes-Benz Museum ... it is already worthwhile to see the building of Ben van Berkel ... the Museum offers on 8 Exhibition Level, the Legend Tour and the Collection Tour is simply stunning, best find out yourself

The worlds largest moving historic car museum was visited by Andreas Birner, Peter & Wolfgang Singhof and Yvo Alexander ... it was a sunny Mille Miglia ... which every one enjoyed and which one more time was won bei Cane / Galliani in a BMW 328 MM

The BMW Concept Coupé Mille Miglia 2006 will never win a race but the two-seater is still a symbol for motor sports, racing success and the brand and

Second win of the season for Scuderia Ferrari, again with Michael Schumacher. This is the Scuderia's fifth victory in the European Grand Prix, the 185th from 728 Grand Prix starts. Michael Schumacher took his eighty sixth career win, the fifth at the Nurburgring. A first ever podium for Felipe Massa.

In the beautiful setting at the Villa d'Este and the Villa Erba 12 Concepts Cars and 49 Historic Cars were displayed, barchetta.cc will bring you the most extensive coverage in the net .... you can enjoy the Concepts Cars with the stunning Zagato bodied Ferrari 575 GTZ

The Jim Clark Revival meeting came to a close at Hockenheim on this the main day of the international event featuring historic cars, including those from Ferrari. Testing themselves against the German circuit were drivers in the European Shell Ferrari Historic Challenge, a championship which, since 1999, has also been open to Maseratis. The event also featured a display of 10 Ferrari single-seaters from the past, which was coordinated by Maranello's F1 Clienti department.

One of the most famous Italian automotive design companies and special bodywork manufacturers enters a next phase. In the year of its 80th. Anniversary, Carrozzeria Touring Supperleggera of Milan is all set for a significant new launch of its specialist services and concepts

First win of the season for Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro. This is the Scuderia's eighth San Marino Grand Prix victory, the 184th from 727 Grand Prix starts. Michael Schumacher took his eighty fifth career win, the seventh at Imola.

Once in your life time you have to participate in the Mille Miglia, the charme, the emotion and the enthusiasms of the Tifosis is not matched anywhere

The Tour Auto is one of the "must have driven" events ... it is difficult to imagine, in each edition is different and full of surprises .... the Tour Auto Lissac has crisscrossed France, for a long time and everyone knows that the each year is unique and even better ... let Thierry Lesparre take you to the start

RM Auctions achieved at their annual Vintage Motor Cars at Amelia Island auction a very good result, almost all car were sold. $.2.75mio was the

A part of the famous Rosso Bianco Collection will be auctioned at Les Grandes Marques à Monaco at 20th May 2006, unfortunately many of this cars were neglected and will require a major restoration, but may be this is to your taste, we have selected a couple of images documenting the condition

Yoshiyuki Hayashi is a famous Japanese car collector, who owns numerous cars of great historical value, including several Ferraris such as the 166MM, the 250 Spider California, two Daytonas � a coupé and a spider � and the Enzo. In the classic tradition of the keen purchaser of exclusive cars who stimulated the creativeness of Italian coachbuilders in the 1950s and 1960s, Yushiyuki Hayashi asked Zagato if it would be possible to create a body for his 575M, in the style of the famous 250GTZ berlinetta.

It took just two races for Ferrari�s 430 GT Berlinetta to score its maiden international GT2 victory, when Fabrizio de Simone, Gabrio Rosa and Luca Drudi

The official media day to launch the 2006 season of the FIA GT Championship got off to a good start in Dijon today. With a well-attended press

The Techno Classica, the world's largest trade fair for classic automobiles held at Essen/Germany between April 5 and 9, proved that there is an incredible demand for high quality Ferrari classics. Top sales include 250 MM Berlinetta Pinin Farina s/n 0256MM and 250 GT LWB Berlinetta Scaglietti "Tour de France" '57 s/n 0629GT. A 250 GT Lusso, s/n 5317GT, sold for about 300.000,-EUR to Denmark.

Alfa Romeo has always focused attention on the brand�s history and stylistic legacy. In 2004, for the 50th anniversary of the Giulietta, Milan

The Gran Premio Torino was held in absence of Alfa Romeo, it was by Luigi Villoresi, the Ferrari 375 Indianapolis of Ascari retried in the lead with 3 laps to go, Farina survived an accident when thrown out of the monster. Taruffi finished 2nd in a Ferrari 625, Fischer finished 3rd in a Ferrari 212 and Whitehead 4th driving a 125 which is today displayed in the Donington museum.

"It was a weekend to forget. Going home without points is a very bitter feeling, given that we had all we needed to succeed. Felipe paid a high price for yesterday's qualifying, getting caught up in the sort of situation that typically happens towards the back of the pack at the start. After a first part to the race which was difficult as it was hard to get the tyres up to temperature, Michael went on the attack

The first race of the 2006 Trofeo Audemars Piguet Maserati Europa season was run today (Sunday 2 April) at Monza. The race was won by Alberto Cerrai, winner of the 2005 Trofeo Maserati. He edged out Maurizio Fabris and Manuel Villa. At the end of the 23 laps, Cerrai's total time was 51'38"907, an advantage of 23"294 and 31"154 over his pursuers.

Michiel van den Brink (Holland): "Ferrari has allways been a passion for me and a great source of inspiration for my artwork", we hope you enjoy it as much as we did ... may be this is your next Ferrari

Walter Baeumer and Andreas Birner helped barchetta.cc to add 100 more historic images from Italian races to it's archive ... a big thanks to both of them

The Rosso Bianco collection has been sold to a dutch investor group, after several years of negotiations with the Frankfurt city administration Peter Kaus relinquish and sold his museum .... the cars will be on display in The Netherlands .. we are saddened as much as Peter, at least on barchetta.cc you can still take the tour thru the Rosso Bianco museum

The Maserati MC12 of Giannoccaro and Vilander conquered the win in Race 1 in front of Kessel- Chiesa Ferrari 575 and Ferrari

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

Reigning World Champion Fernando Alonso led home Ferrari's Michael Schumacher by a tiny 1.246s at the end of the exciting 57 lap

The european season opener the "Coppa Milano- Sanremo" saw 230 cars at the start, the weather was at it's best ... the organization perfect ... the participants loved it ... a barchetta.cc friend mailed 30 images ... the anamera.com team participated with an Alfa and 400+ images are online

1.200 classics on exhibit ... special displays like 70 year Topolino, Ferrari & Maserati caught the interest of 40.000 visitors

The World in Red 2005 Annual in numbers : it is 320 pages, over 2500 photos and a weight over 5 pounds ! The annual offer a full panorama of the

Andreas Birner the well known European Ferrari Historian will introduce you to all Geneva Motor Show highlights and Bjoern Schmidt prepares to take you with the anamera.com Alfa Romeo Giulia Squdra Polizia to 100th Coppa Milano Sanremo, you will be surprised from the new star from Fiorano the 599 GTB

Pagani Automobili is proud to unveil the Roadster F, a new jewel in the Zonda family: fast open top motoring at its best. Hand built at the Pagani Atelier in a limited run of 25, the Roadster F offers the outstanding driveability and performance of the F Coupè,enhanced by the pleasure of driving with a gentle

To celebrate winning the 2005 FIA GT Manufacturers' Cup, Maserati has launched a new limited edition model of the Maserati GranSport. The Maserati GranSport MC Victory will be officially launched at the upcoming Geneva Motor Show, and will be on the market from May, with only 180 uniquely numbered units produced.

Automobili Lamborghini will present the passionately developed evolution of the Lamborghini Murciélago Coupé at the 76th International Car Show in Geneva.
The new version of this highly successful super-sports car features considerable innovations in terms of body design and mechanics

60 Classics build between 1949 and 1986 started in Bad Homburg for a 4 day - 2000 kilometer journey to Monte-Carlo. Ex-Rallye-Europe Champion Jochen Berger and Cross Country World Champion Klaus-Peter Thaler teamed up in the Opel Ascona A Rallye in which he and Walter Röhrl won the 1974 Rallye European Championship.

Thierry Lesparre and his camera strolled the Retromobile for you, here are the most interesting cars

At least since they are eligible for Le Mans Classic, BMW M1 Procar prices were steadily increasing. Before this announcement, only some months ago, you could easily buy such a car for EUR. 140k, but it seems that the sellersreserve was far too high. Although an important M1 Procar, doubling the price in only six months is a strong task, usually only achieved if the car has a cavallino rampante sign on the bonnet.

During the press conference that preceded the traditional prize-giving ceremony to the winners of Corse Clienti events, the programme for the 2006 season was announced. Also present was Ferrari's Direttore Generale, Jean Todt, Commercial Director Andrea Bozzoli, head of Corse Clienti activities, Antonello Coletta, and the new head of Ferrari Classic Projects, Roberto Vaglietti.

Automobiles de Collection will be auctioned February 12th at the Palais des Congrés - Grand Amphithéâtre in Paris

The Alfa 159 Sportwagon represents a consummate blend of Italian style with the performance and handling of a genuine sportscar, combined with the flexibility of use and versatility of space you would expect from a high class estate. The Alfa Spider is a sophisticated creature which both recalls the glorious Alfa Romeo tradition in this sector (from the Giulietta Spider in the �50s to the Duetto

Have a look at the latest auction results from RM's Vintage Motor Cars in Arizona auction and the Gooding & Co Palm Beach sale. A sensational $3,905,000 was achieved for the even more sensational Talbot-Lago Teardrop Coupe at Gooding & Co. while RM impressed with an astonishing result for an Aston Martin DB 5 Coupe, one of four original James Bond film cars - $2,090,000 !

Peter Auto releases provisional calendar for the 2006 Classic Endurance Racing series. The Paris-based motor sport event organizer

Klosters to Bormio (I), Solda (I), St. Moritz, Wergenstein and back to Klosters was on the agenda for the WinterRaid participants

The traditional press conference held at the presentation of the new single-seater that will compete in the Formula 1 world championship began with the engineers who have developed the car over the past months: Aldo Costa, Ross Brawn and Rory Byrne. Byrne opened and underlined how his role in the company was changing.

Andreas Birner a well known European Ferrari Historian visited The Jet Aviation Reception, the Moroso track Day, The Cavallino Councours and the new events the Palm Beach international and the Gooding & Company Auction for you

The House of the Raging Bull brings back a legendary name from the company�s past with the breathtaking �Lamborghini Miura Concept�. The �Lamborghini Miura Concept� will be the first Lamborghini vehicle to be conjured from the talented pen of Walter de� Silva, Head of Lamborghini Design.

Aston Martin launched the Rapide at the Detroit Motor Show, Marco Valenza gives you a tour of the NAIAS highlights

The 575 Maranello successor named 599 GTB will be shown the first time to the public at the Geneva Motor Show, it will feature a 5.99 litre front mid engine it will deliver 620 HP and finally covered by a slick gentle body with nice roundings, like in the old days, remainding us at a P3 / P4

See what impressed Kerry Morse at the LA Motor Show, which also saw the premier of the Audi R10

Andreas Birner and Bjoern Schmidt attended the auction .... they recorded the biddings and took plenty of images