Editorial

Welcome back. The holiday’s over now and we can now look forward to the run up to Christmas. Ouch, sorry about that, but I think we have some interesting stories in Classic Inside today (and of course in weeks to come) that’ll keep your mind fully occupied.

Monterey and Pebble Beach have come and gone, one of our correspondents reporting that he had ‘Finally looked at enough cars!’ Well there certainly was an awful lot to look at and if six auctions selling over $48,000,000, a race that included no less than 13 Ferrari GTOs in one class, the Ferrari Club of America national meeting, and much, much more wasn’t enough for most car fans I don’t know what is. You can see an overview of the auction scene below, together with a flavour of some of the events.

Ferrari’s F430 has finally broken cover this week, after months of spy shots and artists’ impressions. Evolutionary rather than revolutionary is an oft-used phrase but I guess it best sums up the car which, like the majority of the company’s current range, is going further down the Formula One-derived route. It’s obviously what the buyers want, and the Group has Maserati (and the 612 Scaglietti) for the more comfort-oriented market. If you had a 360/F430 plus a new Quattroporte it would be nice combination.

A nice double Christmas present in fact - which is where we came in. Classic Inside as usual next week, it’ll be Goodwood Revival weekend and don’t forget there is just enough time to book tickets for one of the motoring events of the year.

Steve Wakefield Managing Editor sw@classicdriver.com

THIS WEEK IN CLASSIC DRIVER

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year 8/1992
mileage 94.951 km / 59.000 m
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Bonhams and Goodman Auction, Sydney, Australia
29th Aug 2004

Goodwood Revival, Goodwood, W.Sussex, UK
3rd - 5th Sept 2004

Louis Vuitton Classic, Paris, France
6th - 7th Sept 2004

VSCC ‘See Red’ Festival, Donington Park, UK
11th - 12th Sept 2004

Barons Heritage & Classic Auction, Esher, Surrey
14th Sept 2004

Motor Racing Legends Pre-War Sports Car Series, Spa, Belgium
18th - 19th Sept 2004

H&H Classic Auctions, Buxton, UK
5th - 6th Oct 2004

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