Based on current-generation Aston Martin Vanquishes in coupé or Volante form, the cars all include bespoke centre console rotaries fashioned in aluminium taken from heritage models.
One of the highlights of the new event will be the 40 classic road cars paraded along the Grand Avenue ‘catwalk’ – four from each decade of the 20th Century. But for many, the static displays will be just as ‘moving’: as well as a showcase of six Le Mans racing machines with genuine competition history at La Sarthe, tributes to Hall of Fame heroes will be illustrated by displays of their old steeds. As such, visitors will see Nuvolari’s Alfa Romeo P3, Fangio’s V16 BRM and Senna’s Lotus 97T, among others.
Automotive photographer Degler roamed the Caribbean island to find the subjects for his 2015 calendar Carros de Cuba, reasoning that there was nowhere else on earth with a streetscape unchanged since the 1950s, the result of a decades-long ban on importing new cars.
Anyone with information regarding the theft should contact Arthur Bechtel Classic Motors on +49 7031 306 9522, or by email at [email protected]. Alternatively, you can make direct contact with the investigating police officers in Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler: 49 2641 974258 / [email protected].
Barn-finds are so last week. RM has just announced a ‘condo-find’ Ferrari Daytona that remains in original condition and, until its sale at Amelia Island in March, will have had only a single owner since he bought it new in 1971.
As niche strategies were adopted by various car-makers to increase sales in the 1960s – from cheap to expensive, from sporty to luxurious – BMW’s ‘New Class’ found itself pitched against Alfa Romeo’s high-priced, sporting machines. The reference to Italian automotive engineering and design was even reflected in the development of the brand’s core values – not only because Munich is closer to Italy than Wolfsburg or Stuttgart, but also because it was one of the main target markets at the time.
How do you create a designer car that will enjoy cult status from the start? The answer is, you can’t. At least, Alec Issigonis had something entirely different in mind when designing a small, practical vehicle in the mid-1950s. Issigonis, who didn’t particularly admire big houses and big cars had young families very much in mind when the Mini – then the Morris Mini-Minor – first saw the light of day in 1959.
