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August 18, 2014
1954 Ferrari 375 MM Scaglietti Coupé ex Rossellini won Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance
Excited cheers echoed across the 18th fairway of Pebble Beach Golf Links Sunday when a 1954 Ferrari 375 MM Scaglietti Coupé was named Best of Show at the 64thannual Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance. The car, owned by Jon Shirley of Medina, Washington, was the first postwar car to take the top award at the prestigious event in nearly five decades. It was also the first Ferrari to win. Many [...]
July 29, 2014
An incredible Alfa Romeo at 2014 Historical Revival of the Coppa d'Oro delle Dolomiti
The Coppa d'Oro delle Dolomiti was established by the Automobile Club of Belluno, which is still the runner of the historic revival as regularity rally, since 1972. From 2013 the organization was committed to Meet Comunicazione, former Mille Miglia co-organiser from 2008 to 2012. The 2014 event was held July 17 to 20 and saw the extraordinary participation of the 1948 Alfa Romeo 6C 2500 [...]
July 28, 2014
THE CENSUS OF THE CARS OF BERTONE CONTINUES
We have launched last April he world wide census of Bertone cars in order to celebrate the Giovanni Bertone's 130th anniversary of the birth and the Nuccio Bertone's 100th anniversary of the birth. Recently, we have published the following websites: 1942 Alfa Romeo 6C 2500 SS Coupé sn 915516 [...]
July 23, 2014
Tom Tjaarda’s 80th birthday (23 July 2014)
We are working on a virtual exhibition dedicated to the great designer Tom Tjaarda who turns 80 today, and to which we make our best wishes! The virtual exhibition on Tom Tjaarda will cover the American architect’s entire career, starting from his first job at Ghia in 1959, where he completed his training in an environment full of new opportunities and stimulating suggestions for a youngster [...]
July 18, 2014
AUTOMOTIVE MASTERPIECES at Poltu Quatu Classic
The ingredients of the Concours of Elegance Poltu Quatu Classic has been the key of the success of this first edition of the event: the Emerald sea of this corner of Sardinia, the timeless class of authentic jewels on four wheels, the enchantment of a Haute Couture fashion show that was the prelude to the parade of cars set up, or perhaps it's better to say, painted, in the magical setting of [...]
May 25, 2014
Concorso di Eleganza di Villa d'Este 2014
Over three days, the parkland of Villa d’Este and the adjacent Villa Erba on the banks of Lake Como provided a magnificent backdrop for the historically rich and highly exclusive line-up of historic cars. The spectacular parades of competition models and array of special exhibitions shone a bright spotlight on the elegance and aesthetic appeal of classic vehicles, once again drawing attention [...]
May 18, 2014
Mille Miglia 2014, 87 years after the first edition
Passion, tension, enthusiasm. Brescia was an international stage in turmoil. A few hours more and "the legend" will be back on the streets of this historic route, crossing half of Italy, from Brescia to Rome and back to Brescia. 87 years after the first edition of what would later become "the most beautiful race in the world". Counting the 24 speed races from 1927 to 1957 (13 before the 2nd [...]
May 9, 2014
The 100th Anniversary of Nuccio Bertone
After the Franciacorta Historic also to Milano Auto Classica we find a prototype of Nuccio Bertone exhibited in the official Alfa Romeo area: the 1956 Alfa Romeo Giulietta Prototype. The 1954 Alfa Romeo Giulietta was an important vehicle for Alfa Romeo, because it was the first really important offering since World War II that truly resembled the racing inspired vehicles Alfa was capable of [...]
May 9, 2014
The 100th Anniversary of Maserati 1914-2014
We are following the Maserati presence in the world of events and also in Milan AutoClassica was present with an official area. We report in particular the presence of the iconic Maserati Type 420/M/58 Eldorado. This one-off was built specifically for the Monza 500 Mile of '58, in which the great Stirling Moss fought for the top positions. The Eldorado introduced in Europe the [...]
May 8, 2014
The 80th Alfa Romeo 6C 2300 1934-1939
At Milano Auto Classica we saw an elegant 1934 Alfa Romeo 6C 2300 GT#700266. The car was displayed at Registro Internazionale Alfa Romeo 6C 2500, that also accepts the 2300 models. The car is with a special body by Pinin Farina and it is probably a one-off. This car is eligible for several virtual exhibition, including among other, the 80th Alfa Romeo 6C 2300 1934-1939 and [...]