Bologna, 06 – 14 December 2014
The annual Bologna Motor Show was held between 06 – 14
December at the Bologna Fiere exhibition complex, featuring
almost everything associated with two and four wheel motor
transport, both for the road and competition. The show also
features an outside live action arena, where every day there are a
variety of activities on different courses that are laid out, ranging
from motocross, through drift displays, GT car challenges, to the
always popular Ferrari F1 Pit Stop Challenge on the final day,
which this year featured Giancarlo Fisichella doing the driving
duties.
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The show featured not only current cars and motorcycles, but a
wide selection of classic and historic vehicles, notably the
expansive area occupied by the Museo Ferrari and Museo Enzo
Ferrari, with eighteen cars on display in four separate displays,
together with a F1 Simulator Challenge, which always proves to
be a great attraction wherever it appears. The Ferrari models on
display ranged from one of the earliest production cars, a 166
Inter Coupe with Touring coachwork, through a 166 MM/53
Berlinetta, a 250 GT PF Coupe and a 275 GTB4, a rare Dino 206
GT, F1 and racing GT cars, to an example of the current F12
Berlinetta.
Close by was a smaller but attractive Maserati display, which
apart from featuring the current Ghibli and Quattroporte models,
also had a 6C/34 Monoposto, the 420 M “Eldorado” Monoposto
and a Tipo 63 “Birdcage”. Lamborghini also showed part of their
history with a Miura SV sharing the stand with the new Aventador
and Huracan models. If you wanted wild and menacing, then you
needed to look no further than the Pagani stand with their bare
carbon fibre finish Zonda R, with its multitude of aerodynamic
appendages. In the same hall, from an earlier era there were
displays of the lesser known Bandini and Stanguellini models.
The other halls also featured some interesting displays, notably a
colourful array of Lancia Stratos’ in a variety of liveries, which
shared stand space with an Alpine A110, whilst the Porsche Club
Italia had a varied display of 911 variants together with a 959. Alfa
Romeo also featured prominently with a nice line-up of classic
models running through a Giulietta Sprint Veloce, SZ, a 155 GTA
SuperTurismo, a GTV Cup, plus a number of other models
through the 8C to the current Guilietta Sprint and 4C. Elsewhere
there were some new concept cars and prototypes, like the
Filandi Ever S and the Willys AW380 Berlinetta, together with a
wide variety of both modern and classic race and rally cars,
numerous automobile and accessory trade stands, car clubs,
competition driving schools, in fact almost anything automobile
related that one could think of.
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Keith Bluemel
12/2014
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