“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. |
Ferrari 1970 Ferrari 512 M s/n 1002 sold for €12,0mio in August |
Already more then 1.000.000+ images from the barchetta /
anamera image archive were published, the images contain
chassis numbers, |
The Ferrari SF90 Stradale Assetto Fiorano has set the fastest
lap recorded by a production car at the 2.439-mile Indianapolis
Motor Speedway road course, lapping the circuit at an
impressive 1:29.625 seconds at a maximum speed of 174.6
mph to set this time. “It was a great moment to witness, seeing
how the impressive performance of the Ferrari SF90 Stradale
put down this lap record on July 15,” says Mark Raffauf, Senior
Director of Race Operations at International Motor Sports
Association (IMSA), which oversaw the test. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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The inaugural Motoring Literary & Art Festival was held in the
‘The Wing” building at the Silverstone circuit over the weekend of
02-03 December. The event was organised by Porter Press
International, the renowned book publishing company, based near
Tenbury Wells in Worcestershire. Despite freezing and foggy
weather conditions on the Saturday, making for difficult driving
conditions, especially for those travelling from the north of the
country, where conditions deteriorated into snowfall, the gathering
was well attended. |
On 18 February 2024, the new “Ferrari One of a Kind” exhibition
at the Museo Enzo Ferrari in Modena was officially inaugurated.
The display celebrates the craftsmanship behind each unique
masterpiece that emerges from the Ferrari factory gates thanks
to the exclusive personalisation programme offered by the
company’s three Tailor Made centres in Maranello, New York and
Shanghai. Now open to the public, the exhibition reveals the
exclusivity of these one-of-a-kind cars, each expressing the
personality, taste and desires of individual Ferrari owners. |
On 18 February 2024, the new “Ferrari One of a Kind” exhibition
at the Museo Enzo Ferrari in Modena was officially inaugurated.
The display celebrates the craftsmanship behind each unique
masterpiece that emerges from the Ferrari factory gates thanks
to the exclusive personalisation programme offered by the
company’s three Tailor Made centres in Maranello, New York and
Shanghai. Now open to the public, the exhibition reveals the
exclusivity of these one-of-a-kind cars, each expressing the
personality, taste and desires of individual Ferrari owners. |
Honoring a shared history of vitality and competitive spirit, Ferrari
celebrated its 70-year presence in the United States with a
brilliant Monterey Car Week display on August 17–18, 2024. This
year’s Concorso Ferrari showcased 70 classic Ferrari
automobiles, representing the finest examples of the marque’s
history in American road and racing cars. The event started a day
earlier with the Ferrari Procession on Saturday afternoon, which
spotlighted a sweeping array of Ferraris as they arrived on the
First Fairway of Pebble Beach Golf Links. |
The fourth edition of the British Motor Show, this year with title
sponsor Motors, was once again held at the Farnborough
International Exhibition & Conference Centre, situated on the
perimeter of Farnborough Airport in Hampshire, between 15-18
August. Apart from the contents of the show, one had the rare
opportunity to see private jets taking off and landing at close
quarters on the adjacent runway. |
Brands Hatch once again hosted the Festival Italia meeting on
Sunday 11 August 2024, with bountiful sunshine and high
ambient temperatures, attracting large crowds to the Kent circuit.
Not only were there large crowds, but also expansive displays of
Italian machinery, together with a packed practice, qualifying and
race programme, plus Classic F1 & Single-Seater demonstration
laps for visitors to enjoy. There were also Italian car
demonstration laps at lunchtime, then again in the early evening
to bring the curtain down. |
The Best in Show winner – uniquely chosen by the Concours car
owners themselves – was a sublime 1937 Rolls-Royce Phantom
III Convertible by Inskip. The Phantom III was the last large
Rolls-Royce launched before World War II and marked the final
car with significant input from Henry Royce. Out of 727 Phantom
IIIs produced, only a few were made in the USA, including the
victorious car, 3CP18, a unique convertible coupé designed by JS
Inskip. |
A fabulous 1957 Ferrari 335 S has won the coveted Best of Show
award at this year’s Salon Privé Concours. Entered by American
enthusiast Brian Ross, the Maranello sports-racer thrilled
onlookers when it took part in the Tour Privé on Tuesday 27
August, and it proved to be just as popular with the expert judging
panel when it appeared on the concours field the following day. |
September is one of the most busy months in the classic car
calendar. After the summer holidays a lot of events need to share
the few weekends in the late summer to catch the last sun-rays
before the autumn season with unpredictable weather makes
outdoor events more and more of a risk. Rainy racing days might
have their own charm and extended rallys always need to cope
with some wet days but a rained out concours takes away
everything a concours is about. |
The aim of this Roma Spider in particular is to highlight innovative
component production techniques, enabled through the use of
special, refined supplies. Standing out among these is work on
the fabric in the central panel of the seats with manual stitching
that adopts leather from the interior and applies thread obtained
from recycled tyres. |
Ferrari unveiled the F80 and wrote a new chapter in the history of
legendary supercars bearing the Prancing Horse badge. The F80
will be produced in a limited run of just 799 examples and joins
the pantheon of icons such as the GTO, F40 and LaFerrari by
showcasing the best that the Maranello-based marque has
achieved in terms of technology and performance. |
Ferrari unveiled the F80 and wrote a new chapter in the history of
legendary supercars bearing the Prancing Horse badge. The F80
will be produced in a limited run of just 799 examples and joins
the pantheon of icons such as the GTO, F40 and LaFerrari by
showcasing the best that the Maranello-based marque has
achieved in terms of technology and performance. |
The Mugello International Circuit will host the next edition of the
Ferrari Finali Mondiali from 21 to 26 October 2025. The Tuscan
track’s selection was officially announced at the Autodromo
Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari in Imola during the awards
ceremony for all the 2024 Prancing Horse series champions. This
ceremony took place in the display area set up in the paddock of
the Romagna circuit, which is hosting the 2024 Finali Mondiali
and showcasing some valuable pieces from Maranello’s
motorsport history. |
Enzo Mattioli Ferrari, a direct descendant of the legendary Enzo
Ferrari and grandson of Piero, is the CEO of Ferrari Family
Investments and Trustee of the Piero Ferrari Trust. An
entrepreneur with a strong commitment to enhancing Italian
heritage and promoting "Made in Italy" products, Enzo Mattioli
Ferrari is a passionate enthusiast and, above all, an expert in the
vintage automotive industry. |
RM Sotheby’s is delighted to announce the consignment of a
significant historic Formula 1 car to its Paris auction on 4-5
February 2025. The ex-Jacques Villeneuve 1998 Williams FW40
chassis FW20-03 is poised to be among the standout
competition cars in the sale, which makes a return to the Salles
du Carrousel in the Louvre Palace, in the heart of Paris’s ‘Golden
Triangle’, for a third consecutive year. It follows the sale of
another significant competition car at last year’s event, a 1960
Ferrari 250 GT SWB Berlinetta Competizione that topped the
sales charts achieving €10,158,125 |
It was an inspiration at the Targa Florio Classica in Sicily in
October 2024, and before that at international events the whole
year through: the 100-year-old Mercedes 2-litre Targa Florio
racing car. Now the star is back at the Mercedes-Benz Museum.
This marks the end of the big anniversary year, the reason the
red racing car was authentically restored true to the original. |
The top lot of the sale was the 1904 Darracq 12hp Twin-Cylinder
Four-Seat Side-Entrance Tonneau, which sold for £189,750. This
marvel from the early days of motoring has a prestigious
ownership history, formerly part of the famous Sword Collection in
the 1960s, and now finds a new owner for the first time in nearly
20 years. |
RM Sotheby’s is delighted to announce that its much-anticipated
London sale grossed £18,293,215, making it the most successful
UK collector car auction of 2024. Held on the eve of the RM
Sotheby’s London to Brighton Veteran Car Run, at the all-new
venue of The Peninsula London, the sale took place in the
packed grand ballroom, elevating the long-established auction to
new heights. |
Artcurial deemed the sale on Sunday October 27, 2024 a great
success, after it reached nearly 4.6 Million Euros. This event had
captivated enthusiasts thanks to a superb selection of collectible
vehicles, covering classic cars and motorcycles. |
The 41st annual Auto e Moto d’Epoca show was held for the
second time at Bologna’s Fiere exhibition centre between 24-27
October. The massive gathering filled eleven halls, the mall and
the central concourse, together with a further five outdoor
display/vendor areas in the access roads between the halls,
where there was also a shuttle train service, to ease the burden
on tired legs. As has been the case throughout the show’s
history, the range of vehicles on display is truly eclectic, ranging
from microcars to leviathan trucks, with almost everything
conceivable in between. As always, the show attracts not only
the ‘home crowd’, but also a large international audience. |
The 41st annual Auto e Moto d’Epoca show was held for the
second time at Bologna’s Fiere exhibition centre between 24-27
October. The massive gathering filled eleven halls, the mall and
the central concourse, together with a further five outdoor
display/vendor areas in the access roads between the halls,
where there was also a shuttle train service, to ease the burden
on tired legs. As has been the case throughout the show’s
history, the range of vehicles on display is truly eclectic, ranging
from microcars to leviathan trucks, with almost everything
conceivable in between. As always, the show attracts not only
the ‘home crowd’, but also a large international audience. |
TThe latest edition of the Classic Car Auction Yearbook for 2023
– 2024, sponsored by UBS, was presented on the opening
evening of the Auto e Moto d’Epoca Show in Bologna, by the
author Adolfo Orsi, on 24 October 2024. The book covers the
auction period from 01 September 2023 to 31 August 2024,
featuring the results of sales by all the major auction houses
worldwide, together with those of the major on-line auctions. This
new edition marks the 29th edition of the book, which continues
to provide its usual in-depth interesting, fascinating and
informative overview of the international classic car auction scene |
Ferrari bid farewell to the Sakhir circuit with a 11th place finish in
the last race of the 2024 FIA WEC, secured by the 499P number
50, driven by Antonio Fuoco, Miguel Molina and Nicklas Nielsen.
The 8 Hours of Bahrain concluded with the 14th position of car
number 51, piloted by Alessandro Pier Guidi, James Calado and
Antonio Giovinazzi, after a penalty imposed at the end of the
race. |
The FIA World Endurance Championship closed with another
Ferrari win. Following Vista AF Corse number 54’s victory in Fuji,
the sister car, number 55, driven by official Prancing Horse driver
Alessio Rovera, Simon Mann and François Heriau, triumphed in
Bahrain after an intense and eventful race. The other 296 LMGT3,
crewed by Davide Rigon, Francesco Castellacci, and Thomas
Flohr, finished seventh. |
The 2024 season will go down as one of the most successful in
Porsche's long-distance history: in just the second year with the
Porsche 963, the sports car manufacturer from Stuttgart won
seven of eight possible titles together with the works team
Porsche Penske Motorsport. The basis for this result was the
consistent improvement of the team structure as well as the work
on the reliability and performance of the around 515 kW (700 PS)
hybrid prototype. |
The annual Lancaster Insurance Classic Motor Show occupied
six halls of Birmingham’s National Exhibition Centre, between
08-10 November 2024, attracting a record 71,520 visitors over the
three days. This year celebrated the 40th anniversary of the
show, whilst coincidentally it was also the 40th anniversary of the
formation of the title sponsor company Lancaster Insurance. As
part of the show’s 40th anniversary celebrations a Hall of Fame
has been introduced, recognising and honouring those, |
The annual Lancaster Insurance Classic Motor Show occupied
six halls of Birmingham’s National Exhibition Centre, between
08-10 November 2024, attracting a record 71,520 visitors over the
three days. This year celebrated the 40th anniversary of the
show, whilst coincidentally it was also the 40th anniversary of the
formation of the title sponsor company Lancaster Insurance. As
part of the show’s 40th anniversary celebrations a Hall of Fame
has been introduced, recognising and honouring those, |
Every two years, the Saint-Paul Car Club, a multi-brand car
club based in the renowned village on the French Riviera,
organizes a touristic rally along the stunning roads of the
hinterlands of Nice and Grasse. On the morning of Saturday,
October 12, 2024, the 4th edition of the Boucle de Saint-Paul
gathered around fifty teams at the Car Museum, a luxury
concierge service for classic cars in Vence. |
The fourteenth edition of the Milano Autoclassica show was held
between 15-17 November, occupying halls 12, 16 and 20 of the
Rho Fiera exhibition complex, located to the north-west of the
city. Hall 12 was primarily the province of manufacturers, or their
official representatives, plus feature displays, together with the
Automobile Club Italia (ACI) Sport and Storico meeting room and
interview stage, with display cars around its perimeter. There
were also a number of classic dealer displays, with a broad
selection of offerings. |
The fourteenth edition of the Milano Autoclassica show was held
between 15-17 November, occupying halls 12, 16 and 20 of the
Rho Fiera exhibition complex, located to the north-west of the
city. Hall 12 was primarily the province of manufacturers, or their
official representatives, plus feature displays, together with the
Automobile Club Italia (ACI) Sport and Storico meeting room and
interview stage, with display cars around its perimeter. There
were also a number of classic dealer displays, with a broad
selection of offerings. |
RM Sotheby’s, in partnership with the Indianapolis Motor
Speedway Museum, is excited to announce the sale of some of
the world’s most desirable and historically significant cars. These
cars will headline premier auctions through February at the
Mercedes-Benz Museum in Stuttgart, in Paris during Rétromobile
Week, and in Miami, during ModaMiami. Proceeds will benefit
the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum and allow the
Museum to further enhance and care for its collection of
Indianapolis 500 and Indianapolis Motor Speedway artifacts. |
The star of the sale was undoubtedly the 1923 Mercedes Type
122 Indianapolis Racer from The Aumann Collection. One of four
examples prepared by Daimler Motoren Gesellschaft for the 1923
Indianapolis 500, this was the last of Paul Daimler’s
masterpieces before he left the company. Boasting outstanding
provenance which also includes the 1936 Vanderbilt Cup, this
outstanding car achieved €3,605,000. |
A meticulously restored 1967 Lamborghini Miura P400 – an icon
of automotive innovation – will be offered at Bonhams’ annual
Scottsdale Auction on January 24, 2025. Returned to its original
glory in 2016 by a team of renowned specialists, this stunning
early Miura, chassis 3057, boasts a fully rebuilt original engine
with updated internals, and has received multiple awards at
prestigious concours events. It is estimated to achieve
$2,200,000 – 2,800,000. |
The eponymous Pagani Automobili S.p.A was founded by
Argentine-Italian Horacio Pagani in 1992, with the first production
car, the Zonda C12, being presented at the 1999 Geneva Motor
Show. This formed the backbone of production, with a number of
bespoke variants, through to the introduction of the Huayra model
in 2011, again at the Geneva Motor Show, with the production run
also containing a number of bespoke examples. |
The Museo Lamborghini (Lamborghini Museum) fronts part of the
Lamborghini factory on the SP255 Via Modena in Sant’Agata
Bolognese, between Nonantola and San Giovanni in Persiceto,
approximately a 30-minute drive from the centre of Modena. The
modern glass fronted structure first opened in 2001 to present a
timeline of the company’s production for enthusiasts of the
marque, being updated and expanded in 2016, to provide more
exhibition space as the range of cars increased through the
years. |
Tom Hartley Jnr been entrusted with the sale of the ‘Ecclestone
Grand Prix Collection’. This collection is not just the most
valuable Grand Prix and Formula 1 car collection in the world, it
is regarded as the most important race car collection. |
On 23 – 25 May 2025, BMW Group Classic will host the
legendary Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este in cooperation with
the Villa d’Este luxury hotel. Around 50 spectacular cars of their
respective eras will once again do battle for the coveted prizes.
Most prestigious of all is the Trofeo BMW Group, awarded by the
high-calibre Jury to the overall winner of the Concorso
d’Eleganza. |
Whereas the majority of museums feature a constant display
theme, the pair of Ferrari museums in Maranello and Modena ring
the changes with themed exhibitions through the course of the
year. Thus, there is always a good reason for a return visit. The
Ferrari Museum in Maranello also features its regular
amphitheatre-style display of Formula One cars, with the
entrance walls containing trophies and images of the drivers who
have won them through the years. |
RM Sotheby’s is delighted to announce an exceptional list of
consignments coming to its two-day Paris sale on 4-5 February
2025. RM Sotheby’s is making a return to the Salles du
Carrousel in the Louvre Palace, in the heart of Paris’s ‘Golden
Triangle’, for a third consecutive year. These highlights are just
some of the exceptional automobiles coming to the Paris sale
this year, including the previously announced 1964 Ferrari 250
LM by Scaglietti. |
RM Sotheby’s is delighted to announce an exceptional list of
consignments coming to its two-day Paris sale on 4-5 February
2025. RM Sotheby’s is making a return to the Salles du
Carrousel in the Louvre Palace, in the heart of Paris’s ‘Golden
Triangle’, for a third consecutive year. These highlights are just
some of the exceptional automobiles coming to the Paris sale
this year, including the previously announced 1964 Ferrari 250
LM by Scaglietti. |
RM Sotheby’s achieved global transaction sales of over
US-$887 million in 2024, marking one of the most successful
years in its history. With live and online auctions, Sealed
auctions, and private sale transactions, the company continued
to connect collectors with some of the most significant and
desirable cars in the world. The numbers reflect the strength
and resilience of the market, with RM Sotheby’s achieving a
96% sell-through rate across its three primary sales platforms. |
The Academy of Art University, a private for-profit institution in
San Francisco, has long maintained a unique connection to the
classic car segment. Besides studies in Transportation Design,
their School of Industrial Design also is the only in the country to
offer an Associates degree in Automotive Restoration. |
RM Sotheby’s opens its 2025 auction season on 24 January at
the iconic Arizona Biltmore Resort & Spa. Featuring a stellar
selection of pre-war classics, iconic sports cars, and
cutting-edge hypercars, the Arizona event promises something
extraordinary for every collector. |
Broad Arrow Auctions, a Hagerty (NYSE: HGTY) company, is
thrilled to announce a 1959 Ferrari 250 GT LWB California Spider
Competizione withcoachwork by Scaglietti, chassis no. 1451GT,
to headline its third Amelia Auction on March 7-8, 2025. Arguably
the most significant example in existence today, the car is
estimated to bring $10,000,000 to $14,000,000 when it crosses
the block at the Ritz-Carlton Amelia Island in Florida. |
The Ferrari 296 GT3 concluded the GT World Challenge Europe –
Endurance Cup season in the best possible way, amassing titles
on the Jeddah circuit. A third-place finish at the end of the
six-hour race secured the overall championship victory in the
Endurance standings for Alessandro Pier Guidi and Alessio
Rovera, with the support of Davide Rigon, who had missed the
Monza round. |
