February 9 – Christie’s today announced that it will postpone the sale of the 1939 Auto Union Grand Prix V12 Type D race car from the February Retromobile sale in Paris pending further exploration into the car’s race history, in collaboration with Audi Tradition. No other information is available at […]
The 16th Annual Palm Beach Cavallino Classic was presented in Palm Beach, Florida at The Breakers Hotel, on January 23-28, 2007. This meeting was a six day convention for Ferrari owners and enthusiasts, with over 700 participants and over 400 Ferraris attending from the U.S., the Americas, Europe and Japan. […]
(Ann Arbor, Mich.) – The Ecology Center today released its second Lead-Free Wheels Survey of new vehicles. Lead wheel balancing weights represent one of the largest ongoing uses of lead in the world. The survey of new 2006/2007 model year vehicles showed that while many automakers have aggressively phased out […]
Joining a 1929 Grand Prix Alfa Romeo on the front of the grid for H&H’s classic car sale on March 1 sale at Cheltenham is an ex-Jim Clark Lotus 25. Clark drove the 1962 single-seater, Chassis No.R5, to victory in the Pau and Imola Grands Prix of 1963, en route […]
No one would ever confuse Motown with Monaco, but in the 1980s the two cities had at least one thing in common: both were hosts to grand prix. In 1982, in an effort to showcase the home of Ford, General Motors, and Chrysler as a world-class city, community leaders lured […]
Irvine, CA (January 2007) – When one of the world’s most powerful and exclusive automobiles – Carroll Shelby’s personal Shelby Cobra 427 “Supersnake” – was consigned to the Barrett-Jackson Auction, it was in urgent need of paint revitalization. Meguiar’s, the century-old leader in automotive appearance care, received the call. Within […]
February 6 – The name of the venue for SCM’s February 16 Retromobile reception in Paris has changed from Cafe Jambon to ZINGER Alsace. The location itself HAS NOT changed–only the name of the restaurant. Attendees will still find Donald Osborne and the SCM gang at the rear of the […]
Grand cars for a grand hotel.Hong Kong – January 14 – The Peninsula Hong Kong has taken delivery of the largest ever single order of new Rolls-Royce Phantoms with 14 extended wheelbase cars, all finished in signature Peninsula Green. Except for a brief interlude, The Peninsula has used Rolls-Royce motor […]
Eriksson couldn’t have his cake and eat it too (photo: www.engadget.com)We’ll never know what would have happened in the Enzo retrial, because Eriksson abruptly accepted a plea bargain The Ferrari Enzo crash was one of the biggest Internet car stories of 2006, the highest trafficked “Legal Files” on our web […]
LAKELAND, Fla. (Jan. 24, 2007) — Parish Heacock Classic Car Insurance president Ford Heacock III announced he has changed the name of his classic car insurance division to Heacock Classic. “The reason for the change is to simplify our identity so that it is easier to read and remember” Heacock […]
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