Palm Beach, 23rd January, 2022 |
After all the cars were sniffed for explosives by the four-legged employees of the secret service and found their
spot on the lawn the more social part of the weekend could start with a champagne and cocktail bar inviting
the entrants and paying guests to loosen up on Sunday mornings brunch time. One had the opportunity to
walk the field and have a look at a colorful selection of cars of all age ranging from a pre-WW1 Rolls Royce
Silver Ghost to a few Pagani brought up from Miami. |
At around noon finally the main attraction of the day was held with the lunch in the Mar-a-Lago ball room and
during the midday hours the field was rather quiet as only a few regular club members walked the field to
discover the cars set up. It was easy to see that those were the less car affiliated spectators asking mostly
about the price and the horsepower of the cars rather than their history. |
Mercedes-Benz was represented by the 300 series of the late 1950s with a Gullwing, a Roadster and the
more comfortable SC Coupe. |
Leaves us to the chroniclers’ duties to name the Best of Show of the day. Of all the cars on the field the
judges seemed to be pleased the most by the wonderful dark blue Ferrari 212 Export Touring Berlinetta
that served as a cover car a few editions ago of the Cavallino Magazine. The winning car also brought back
some great memories to the author as he had the chance to be passenger of this car at the shores of Lago
Maggiore during the Touring Ferrari Rallye in 2019. |
So, what is the conclusion of the new Cavallino format? There were a lot of rumors and complaints by people
attending the Classics in the last decades fearing that any changes might destroy the loved event, but those
people can be reassured that apart from the outer appearance the character of the show did not
change much. It is known that a few former judges fell victim to the closeness of Canossa with the Ferrari
factory who did not like the idea of having independent Ferrari dealers within the jury but that seem to affect
the jury less than the still ongoing pandemic that prevented a few members from Europe to attend. |