Rare sports cars spanning six decades are heading from Germany’s Porsche Museum to the 2011 Phillip Island Classic Festival of Motorsport from March 18-20 to celebrate Porsche’s 60th anniversary in Australia. The headline act of the collection is the 935/78 coupe nick-named ‘Moby Dick’ by Porsche race mechanics because of […]
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Motorclassica set for October 2011
Motorclassica, the Australian International Concours d’Elegance and Classic Motor Show, will return to Melbourne’s Royal Exhibition Building from 21 to 23 October 2011. Organisers expect an even bigger showing of classic vehicles for the second year, based on early expression of interest from entrants, exhibitors and patrons. Increased entries are […]
International Accolades for Motorclassica
Australia’s inaugural classic motoring concours d’elegance, Motorclassica, gained international recognition this week when it was awarded the title “World Event of the Year” by the prestigious UK-published magazine Octane. Featuring more than 150 rare, beautiful and desirable classic, vintage and veteran cars from around Australia and the world, Octane stated […]
Todd Blue’s indiGO Auto Group Acquires Lamborghini Houston Houston
Todd Blue, Chairman and CEO of indiGO Auto Group, announced today that the company has purchased Lamborghini Houston located at 13921 North Freeway in Houston, Texas. The transaction, which was completed on January 28’h, 2011, is the second franchised automotive dealership Mr. Blue has acquired in Houston following the addition […]
Introducing Thermal Motorsports Track & Club
Introducing Thermal Motorsports Track & Club, a members’ only track offering unparalleled style, performance and sophistication. The future resort destination provides a variety of amenities complementing and supporting the motorsports track. With Southern California being one of the largest luxury car markets in the world, Thermal is destined to become […]
Collectors of the Week: Ed and Carryl Howell
Ed and Carryl Howell, of Nicholasville, KY, sent in the story of their 1972 Ferrari 246 GT Dino and 1967 Fiat Dino Spider: “Two decades had passed since the beginning of this story and it is now the summer of 1998. We were making our annual pilgrimage to Elkhart Lake, […]
RM Auctions Selects Salon Privé at SyonPark for All-New ‘Quintessentially English’ UK Sale
RM Auctions, the world’s largest collector car auction house, is delighted to announce that it has selected the Salon Privé luxury car show and Concours d’Elegance at Syon Park, as the venue for its third annual European sale. Themed ‘Quintessentially English’ and scheduled for 23rd June, 2011, the new RM […]
First Designer Tribute Class Dedicated to the late GM Design VP Chuck Jordan
The Concours d’Elegance of America at St. John’s (formerly held at Meadow Brook Hall) has announced the creation of a new Designer Tribute Class, which in 2011 will be dedicated to the lifelong work of Charles M. “Chuck” Jordan, who retired as General Motors Design Vice President in 1992 and […]
Russo and Steele Surpasses All Expectations and Exceeds $21m in Sales
Highest sale for the event was 1970 Plymouth Hemi Cuda Convertible that sold for $1,705,000 Russo and Steele Collector Automobiles, one of the nation’s premier collector car auctions, specializing in European sports cars, American muscle cars, hot rods and customs announced that their 11th Annual “Sports and Muscle in Scottsdale” […]
Gooding & Co. Totals $35m from 121 Cars in Scottsdale
Scottsdale, AZ – January 24, 2011 — Renowned for selling the most valuable car of Scottsdale Auction Week for the last four years, Gooding & Company continues to lead the high-end collector car market with $34.98m in total sales by presenting the best examples to its international audience of collectors […]