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Le Mans Classic, 2010

The 5th running of the bi-annual Le Mans Classic historic car race meeting took place over the weekend of 9-11 July, gathering a fine array of wonderful machinery to the 13.6kms long Sarthe circuit in central France. Apart from...

Monterey Motorsports Reunion Preview - Part 3

The 1st edition of the Monterey Motorsports Reunion attracted a wonderful selection of machinery to the Laguna Seca circuit in the sandy hills between Monterey and Salinas. With nineteen races the expected 40,000 spectators can...

MINI set to join World Rally Championship from 2011

MINI is making a comeback on the international rally circuit. From 2011, the brand will compete at selected rounds of the FIA World Rally Championship (WRC) and will go on to contest the entire season from 2012 onwards. This...

Gooding & Company Pebble Beach Auction Preview

Gooding & Company will perform its Pebble Beach Auction on August 14th and 15th

2° Giro d'Italia in Automobile - 21-26 settembre 2010

100 autovetture storiche di grande pregio su di un percorso di 900 km

attraverso sei Regioni del Centro-Sud.

Green Light for Series Development of the 918 Spyder

green light for series development of the Porsche 918 Spyder. Reflecting the overwhelming response from the public and customers to the Concept Study, the Supervisory Board gave Porsche’s Board of Management the mission to...

Monterey Motorsports Reunion Preview - Part 2

If you plan to get the best images of a particular car ... or if you are a serial number spotter ... here is a little help ... each day we will publish an entry list by group which contains chassis numbers

Monterey Motorsports Reunion Preview - Part 1

If you plan to get the best images of a particular car ... or if you are a serial number spotter ... here is a little help ... each day we will publish an entry list by group which contains chassis numbers

Aesthetic and athletic – the Audi A7 Sportback

Audi is targeting a new vehicle class with the A7 Sportback. The large, elegant five-door model combines the emotional character of a grand coupe, the comfort and prestige of a sedan and the active practicality of a station...

Collectors Corner - Ferrari 375 Plus

Updated July 26, 2010 - 0384AM

The 375 Plus Spyders were factory team cars and were not raced by private entrants before the mid-season of 1954, the chassis was the same as the 375 MM, but the engine was using the crankshaft...

American Classics Bring Spirited Bidding to the Motor City

Wild weather across the Motor City failed to dampen the enthusiasm of car collectors at RM Auctions’ Vintage Motor Cars of Meadow Brook event on July 24, as spirited bidding in the room, on the phone and via the internet saw...

ALMS - BMW finishes 2nd and 3rd at Lime Rock Park

In the biggest story of accomplishment at Saturday’s American Le Mans Series Northeast Grand Prix at Lime Rock Park, the BMW Rahal Letterman Racing Team M3 GTs scored 2nd and 3rd place finishes in a triumph of race strategy at...

The first full restoration of the new BMW Classic Center is handed back to its delighted owner

Wednesday, 7 July 2010 was a red-letter day. The 1972 BMW 3.0 CSi which had been completely restored by the BMW Classic Center’s new Customer Workshop was handed back to its owner at BMW Welt. There was twofold cause for...

ALMS round 5 in Lime Rock - Double win and points’ lead for Porsche

Porsche has taken off into the second half of the American Le Mans Series season with a double victory. In Lime Rock, Porsche works drivers Joerg Bergmeister (Germany) and Patrick Long (USA) snatched back the GT class points’...

Rare Daimler "Green Goddess" Convertible to be offered at Quail Lodge sale

Super-sized British luxury car, 1 of just 7 made, and Pebble Beach Concours winner to be offered at Quail Lodge sale.

Goodwood Festival of Speed Stars

The 2010 edition of the Goodwood Festival of Speed was another phenomenal gathering of motorsport greats, both in terms of the machinery and the star studded cast of riders and drivers. More than 80 riders and drivers taking part...

Bonhams Auction at the Silverstone Classic

Updated July 24, 2010 ... Results added

Bonhams will perform an auction during the Silverstone Classic on July 24th starting 18:00, unfortunately the Ferrari 456 GT was withdrawn this model ids the spice of the month, a Florida...

Competition Cars to Headline Quail Lodge Auction

Bonhams' annual summer sale at Quail Lodge is famous for its offering of racing and sports cars. From Bugatti, Alfa Romeo and Talbot Lago to Jaguar, Aston Martin and Ferrari, Bonhams is consistently entrusted with the world's...

Bonhams Breaks World Record Price For Aston Martin DB5 Convertible

Bonhams 18th Auction at the Goodwood Festival of Speed Makes £3,707,687

Flashback 1999 ... Goodwood Fesitval of Speed sieht wieder rot

Die britischste aller automobilen Großveranstaltungen hat auch bei ihrer siebten Auflage nichts von ihrer Faszination eingebüßt. Wenn Charles, der Earl of March an Kinrara, ins südenglische Goodwood ruft, kommen alle gern – die...

Flashback 1999 ... Mille Miglia

The possibly most famous event for historical cars in the world – the Mille Miglia Storica – did again attract a high number of Ferrari this year, 33 to be more precise. The weather during this year’s "Mille" was great most of...

French Female Racecar Driver Hellé Nice to be honored at Gravesite after Twenty Six Years

Foundation Will Position Grave Marker during September Ceremony in Ste Mesme France

Le Mans Classic & Ferrari

Ferraris at the Le Mans Classic

Experience elegance and dynamic performance: The BMW Design Night

Exclusive insights into the design philosophy and development strategy of BMW are the central focus of an unusual media event at the home of the brand in Munich. At the BMW Design Night on July 21st 2010, selected media...

Flashback 1999 - No luck for Ferrari at Superflo 12h Sebring

After the various Ferrari-teams had been so successful in American motor racing during the past years, they suffered a defeat on March 20, 1999 when only one of the five 333 SPs which had been entered in the legendary 12 Hours of...

Beau succès pour la vente inaugurale d’Artcurial Motorcars - 6,815 millions € et 78% des automobiles vendues

6,815 millions d’euros pour 78% d’automobiles vendues dont 55% d'entre elles partaient à l'étranger, sont un réel succès pour la nouvelle équipe d’Artcurial Motorcars, le directeur Matthieu Lamoure et ses collaborateurs Pierre...

Ennstal-Classic 2010 - Appetizer

Peter Singhof just returned from a 3 weeks trip, Goodwood, Le Mans and Ennstal Classic here is his appetizer for the Austrian event ... during the next days ... we will post more and more from this 3 TOP events

Important high end collectable classics sold during the last weeks

Updated 19 July 2010

Important high end collectable classics sold during the last weeks ... Any prospects which held back their decisions and waited for the lowest prices may have missed the train.

Flashback 1999 ... Tour de France Auto did celebrate its 100th birthday

In 1999, the Tour de France Auto did celebrate its 100th birthday since the famous French road race had taken place for the very first time in 1899. Back in that days, the Tour had started in Cabourg (in Normandy). Its worthy...

Flashback 1999 ... Cavallino Classic VIII

Already for the eighth year in a row, the Ferrari world focused on southeastern Florida once again in January for four eventful days: While large parts of the U.S. and Europe were covered by tons of snow, "Cavallino", which is...