Aguttes Motorcars is beginning its 2019 in fine fashion with the Spring Sale on 17 March, which, for the first time, will take place at the Espace Champerret in central Paris. Arguably the biggest talking point of the sale from a historical point of view is the collection of 21 significant Citroëns the auction house has consigned in this, the innovative and elegant French carmaker’s centenary year.
Is the concept of the motor show finally dead? This year’s Geneva Motor Show certainly didn’t do anything to point to the contrary. We felt there were both fewer stands and fewer attendees at yesterday’s press day than in previous years and with manufacturers who prefer to reveal their latest and greatest cars ahead of the event, either online or in a more Instagram-friendly location (GFG Style, anyone?), there was little in the way of genuine surprises.
On the opening day of the Geneva Motor Show 2019 – six months after Bugatti revealed the limited-production Divo – the marque from Molsheim has done the unthinkable and pulled the sheets off its first contemporary one-off. Christened La Voiture Noire, it’s on target to reclaim the pre-War ideal of elegance.
The 110-year-old Morgan Motor Company has just revealed its next-generation sports car: the all-new Plus Six. And while its traditional styling is not a dramatic departure from its predecessors, it’s underneath and inside the cabin where things have been thoroughly modernised. Firstly, the new Plus Six is the first Morgan to receive a turbocharged engine – beneath the long bonnet lurks BMW’s latest blown six-cylinder, developing 335bhp and 369lbs ft of torque. It’s mated to BMW’s eight-speed automatic gearbox, which rather sadly, is the only option available.
