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2020 Panamera achieves lap record on the Nürburgring Nordschleife

Adenau, Nuerburgring, 12th August, 2020 Porsche has proven the performance potential of the new Panamera even before the car’s world premiere: in a slightly camouflaged series production car, test driver Lars Kern (32) completed...

Spanish Grand Prix – Ferrari Looking for More Answers at Montmelo

Maranello, 12 August, 2020The second triple-header of this frenetic Formula 1 season comes to an end with this Sunday’s 50th Spanish Grand Prix. The race takes place at the Barcelona-Catalunya Circuit, one of the tracks best...

Ferrari Challenge UK, Brands Hatch ... Lucky Khera wins Race 1 and 2

Brands Hatch, 25-26 July, 2020

After months of inactivity due to the Covid-19 epidemic, motor racing has slowly (the events not the track action!) started to get moving again, one of the first in the UK being the Ferrari...

Ferrari 488 GT3 in History Books … 300 Wins

Maranello, 10 August, 2020   The victories recorded over the weekend allowed the Ferrari 488 GT3 to hit the incredible threshold of 300 wins in national and international races, taking into account both overall and class...

Aste Bolaffi Presents Alfa Romeo 6C 1750 Sport and "Team Essex" Sunbeam Lotus

Besides the car driven by F1 Legends, next week's Classic Car Auction in Lainate also lists curious cars from the 1950s and 1960s.

Gooding & Company Sets Record for Most Valuable Car Sold in an Online Auction

Gooding & Company Sets Record for Most Valuable Car Sold in an Online Auction, Realizes $14.4 Million in Sales at Its First Geared Online Auction

75% Lots Without Reserve at Worldwide Auctioneers' Live Auburn Auction

The live Labor Day auction includes three exceptional collections

Dramatic Race at Road America Sees Skeen Score Third TA2 Win

Mike Skeen was declared the winner of Saturday's TA2 race at Road America after an incident with 16 minutes brought out a red flag. There was not enough time remaining to clean up the track. He led all 13 scored laps in the No....

Canossa Events Launches North American Touring Series

This fall, Europe’s preeminent luxury automotive tour provider will offer its small-group road-trip excursions in the California’s Central Coast, New England and the American Southwest.

New Date and Location for Gooding & Company’s “Passion of a Lifetime” United Kingdom Sale

Updated 2020 September 05 ... Results added

The automobiles offered represent some of the finest examples in existence, with highlights from Aston Martin, Bentley, Bugatti, Lancia, Lamborghini, Rolls-Royce, and Vauxhall.

2020 70th Anniversary Grand Prix - Verstappen wins ... Mercedes-AMG achives a double-podium finish

Silverstone, 9th August, 2020 

Weather: sunny, 24.2-26°C air, 42.7-43.5°C track

·         ·         Lewis made two late passes to finish...

Rétrospective Rétromobile - ironically “Anticipated” — Part 4/4

Some cars in the three Paris auctions were subjectively artistic, others were fine examples of performance or construction engineering; but then were some seldomly-seen cars that simply warranted further investigation.

RM Sotheby’s adds Exceptional Ferraris and Porsches to Monterey Auction

Latest consignments spearheaded by stunning Classiche certified 1967 Ferrari 275 GTB/4 by Scaglietti. Additional highlights include a 1966 Ferrari 275 GTS, 2005 Ferrari 575 GTZ Zagato, 1972 Porsche 916 and 1986 Porsche 962 IMSA...

2020 70th Anniversary Grand Prix, Silverstone ... Happy Anniversary Formula 1

Maranello, 4th August, 2020For the second time in this unusual 2020 Formula 1 World Championship, we have two races on consecutive weekends at the same track. After Spielberg hosted the first two rounds, it’s Silverstone’s turn....

IMSA WeatherTech SCC, round 4, Elkhart Lake ... Rain mayhem robs Porsche of hopes to claim first IMSA win of the season

Stuttgart, 2nd August, 2020A lap record in qualifying, pole position, and a commanding lead in the race: despite this, the dream of claiming the maiden victory for the latest generation of the Porsche 911 RSR in the IMSA...

2020 British Grand Prix - Lewis Hamilton wins despite last-lap puncture

Silverstone, 2nd August, 2020 

Weather: sunny, 21-21.6°C air, 42.3-38.6°C track

·         Lewis scored the 87th victory of his Formula One career – his third of the 2020...

IMSA WeatherTech SCC, round 4, Elkhart Lake ... Porsche claims pole position at Road America and sets lap record

Stuttgart, 2nd August, 2020Defending champions Laurens Vanthoor (Belgium) and Earl Bamber (New Zealand) take up round four of the IMSA Sportscar Championship from pole position with the latest Porsche 911 RSR. With a time of...

DTM Dream start for Audi ... One to five in the first race at Spa-Francorchamps

Spa, 1st August, 2020With positions one to five in the first race at Spa-Francorchamps (Belgium), title defender Audi had a dream start into the new DTM season. Outstanding driver in Saturday’s 1-2-3-4-5 success was the Swiss...

Artcurial to Offer André Trigano's Entire Collection of 170 Cars

The no-reserve auction will take place on 13 September 2020 near Toulouse. 30 cars are in "barnfind" condition!

Shelby 427 S/C Cobra ‘Sanction II’ Headlining RM's "Open Roads, North America" Online Auction

Updated 2020 July 31 ... Results added

Nearly 100 diverse motor cars and a selection of memorabilia are auctioned week-long in a staggered format between 23 and 30 July.

IMSA WeatherTech SCC, round 4, Elkhart Lake ... Porsche targets first win of the season at Road America

Stuttgart, 30th July, 2020At round four of the IMSA SportsCar Championship at Road America, the Porsche drivers will fight for the first win of the season with the 911 RSR. The North American factory squad fields two ca. 515-hp...

British Grand Prix – A true classic

Maranello, 28 July 2020Sunday’s race will be the 71st British Grand Prix. This and the Italian GP are the only two races to have featured every year on the World Championship calendar. In fact, if Formula 1 can be considered...

Mercedes-AMG GT now available to order as Coupé and Roadster

Sales start for the new Performance models

Gooding & Company Star Car Revealed for its Geared Online August Auction

Updated 2020 August 08 ... Results added

This 1966 Ferrari 275 GTB Long Nose, equipped with enticing factory features and

presented in outstanding unrestored condition, makes its auction debut.

Exceptional Aston Martin, Mercedes-Benz, and Porsche Motorcars at Bonhams 23rd Quail Auction

Los Angeles, 27th July, 2020On August 14, Bonhams 23rd Quail Auction will take place at its Los Angeles saleroom offering blockbuster cars ranging from important classics to several modern high-performance cars of distinction....

Open Roads, RM Sotheby’s European Summer Auction Grosses in Excess of €8M

• Final auction total of €8,234,605 makes for yet another successful Online Only auction from RM Sotheby’s

• The 1966 Ferrari 275 GTB Alloy by Scaglietti, part of the Richoz Collection, tops the bids at €1,430,000

• Equally...

$16,1 Mio Sold in Monaco by Artcurial: Motorcars, Jewellery, Watches, Hermès Vintage

Some 90 collectors’ cars realized $8,2 Mio, owing to the perfect fit between the expertise of Artcurial and Monaco’s renowned passion for the automobile.

A new Organisation for Scuderia Ferrari Mission Winnow

Maranello, 22 July 2020Scuderia Ferrari Mission Winnow has restructured its technical department to render it more effective and assure a more holistic emphasis on performance development. This has been achieved by instituting a...

F1 Clienti and XX Programmes on Track in Barcelona

Barcelona, 21 July, 2020

The Barcelona track hosted the first day of private practice for the XX Programmes cars and the F1 Clienti single-seaters.

Following specific safety protocols and holding the event behind closed doors,...

Rétrospective Rétromobile - ironically “Anticipated” — Part 3/4

Between Hall 1 and Hall 2 at Rétromobile there was a long corridor of some 100 yards or more with a chronological history of the Czech marque Tatra, represented in models from all eras of production -- beginning with the...